Bank of Thailand to begin testing CBDC in Q2 2022
The central bank awarded a contract for a CBDC prototype to central bank service provider G+D...
Tag : Japan
UBS launches wealth management JV with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust
The new firm is called UBS SuMi TRUST Wealth Management...
Four Japanese firms are co-developing a facial recognition payment system
The four firms are Resona Holdings, Panasonic System Solutions Japan, JCB and Dai Nippon Printing...
Dai-ichi Life acquires Westpac’s life insurance business for $660 mn
Through this deal, Dai-ichi will look to boost its international business...
Japan’s govt pension fund slashes US bonds and bills to 35% of its foreign debt
This is attributed to boosting holdings of European sovereign bonds...
Japan’s Air Do and Solaseed Air announce merger
The carriers will establish a new joint company next year...
AxelSpace receives $24mn funding for its Earth observation satellites
Axelspace has raised the funds from a group of domestic VCs, including Sparx Group...
COVID-19 vaccination programme to spur economic boost: BOJ
Japan is yet to decide whether it wants to extend its state of emergency...
Japan’s parliament approves the world’s largest free trade deal
RCEP will boost Japan’s GDP by 2.7% and create around 570,000 jobs...
ANA commits to net zero emission by 2050
Earlier, the plan was to cut emission by half by 2050...