Japan

Airwallex Teams With Deutsche Bank For Foreign Exchange, Collections
Airwallex Teams With Deutsche Bank For Foreign Exchange, Collections
July 28, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Deutsche Bank will allow FinTech firm Airwallex to offer foreign exchange services powered by application programming interface (API) in Hong Kong and virtual account collections in Japan,...

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Bitcoin Daily: MUFG To Issue Crypto For Payment App; Unsuccessful Hackers Demanded $7.5M In Crypto From Argentina’s Telecom SA To Stop Attack
Bitcoin Daily: MUFG To Issue Crypto For Payment App; Unsuccessful Hackers Demanded $7.5M In Crypto...
July 20, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), the biggest banking enterprise in Japan, is scheduled to release a cryptocurrency later this year, CoinDesk reported. The digital currency...

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UN Rule Mandates Connected Cars Be Secured Against Cyberattacks
UN Rule Mandates Connected Cars Be Secured Against Cyberattacks
July 09, 2020  |  Legal & Regulation

A new rule from the United Nations will require connected cars sold in Japan, South Korea and the European Union, among other places, to be...

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SoftBank Wants Out Of Wirecard Partnership After Last Year’s $1B Investment
SoftBank Wants Out Of Wirecard Partnership After Last Year’s $1B Investment
July 01, 2020  |  Cybersecurity

SoftBank is looking to put distance between itself and Wirecard due to the German payments company’s ongoing scandal involving missing money and cooked books, The...

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Boku, Japan’s LINE Pay Team To Power Up Mobile Sales
Boku, Japan’s LINE Pay Team To Power Up Mobile Sales
June 25, 2020  |  Mobile Payments

Mobile payments firm Boku plans to partner with Japan’s LINE Pay, a money transfer service, to allow the more than 37 million LINE Pay users...

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Stripe Expands In Europe, Inks JCB Tie-Up In Japan
Stripe Expands In Europe, Inks JCB Tie-Up In Japan
May 27, 2020  |  Cross-border Payments

Stripe, a technology company that allows businesses to make and receive online payments, has launched in five more European countries, the San Francisco firm announced Wednesday (May 27). The...

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Bitcoin Daily: Reddit To Test Crypto As User Reward; Ripple To Be Offered At Japanese ATMs
Bitcoin Daily: Reddit To Test Crypto As User Reward; Ripple To Be Offered At Japanese...
May 18, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Ten31, a FinTech arm of Germany-based WEG Bank, has partnered with Singaporean technology incubator Anquan Capital, with an eye towards working with blockchain for banking...

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Rakuten’s 5G Launch Postponed By Three Months
Rakuten’s 5G Launch Postponed By Three Months
May 15, 2020  |  Mobile

Customers waiting for Rakuten Inc.’s launch of its 5G services, which were originally planned for June, will have to wait. Reuters reported that the Tokyo...

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Deep Dive: COVID-19 Spurs Biometric Innovations For A Contactless Global Society
Deep Dive: COVID-19 Spurs Biometric Innovations For A Contactless Global Society
April 22, 2020  |  Authentication

Global concern over the coronavirus spreading on contaminated surfaces in public places is unleashing rapid development of innovative biometric products that could assist a touchless...

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