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JPX takes stake in Nomura-led blockchain business Boostry

Japan Exchange Group (JPX) is taking a stake in Nomura-led blockchain project Boostry as part of a deal to push the development of the security token market.

04 April 2023

Company announcement/crypto

Zodia Custody inks joint venture with SBI Digital Asset Holdings

Zodia Custody Limited (“Zodia Custody”), a leading crypto asset servicing provider for institutional investors and a subsidiary of Standard Chartered, and SBI Digital Asset Holdings Co., Ltd. (“SBI DAH”) announce that they have entered into definitive agreements to launch a joint venture in Japan.

02 February 2023

News/crypto

Global banks test DeFi protocols for FX and Government bond transactions

DBS Bank, JPMorgan and SBI Digital Asset Holdings have completed the first pilot transactions on Project Guardian, a Monetary Authority of Singapore-inspired initiative that explores potential decentralised finance (DeFi) applications in wholesale funding markets.

02 November 2022

Company announcement/crypto

MAS grants Capital Markets Services licence to SBI Digital Markets

SBI Digital Markets Pte. Ltd. (SBI DM), a subsidiary of Tokyo-based SBI Digital Asset Holdings (DAH), has just been awarded the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Capital Markets Services (CMS) Licence. SBI DM received In-Principle Approval for its CMS licence from the MAS back in early May 2022.

16 September 2022

Company announcement/wholesale

Singapore-headquartered fintech banco raises US$6.7 million in Series A round

Singapore-headquartered, Financial Technology (FinTech) company, banco (RABC Group) today announced the successful raise of US$6.7M in Series A funding led by Japan-based leading financial group SBI Group, alongside investors Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), R3, Savills, KZM & Company, and others.

30 August 2022

News/crypto

SBI invests in Digital Asset for 'smart yen' joint venture project

SBI has invested in Digital Asset with the aim of creating a joint venture company in Japan for programmable money.

31 May 2022

Company announcement/markets

PhillipCapital and SBI collaborate on trade matching platform for US equities in Asian time zone

Mr. Lim Hua Min, Chairman, PhillipCapital Group and Mr. Kitao Yoshitaka, Chief Executive Officer, SBI Holding (SBI Group) have announced the collaboration between Singapore’s PhillipCapital and Japan’s SBI Group to create a Trade Matching Platform for the trading of US-listed equities during Asian time zone.

02 March 2022

Company announcement/markets

SBI Securities centralises settlement operations with Broadridge

To enhance services to its clients and further automate operations across business lines, SBI Securities Co., Ltd., one of Japan’s largest online securities companies, has expanded its business relationship with Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global Fintech leader.

20 October 2021

News/crypto

SBI, Sygnum and Azimut launch $75 million digital asset venture fund

SBI Group, Sygnum and Azimut Group have created a $75 million venture capital fund to invest in start-up companies in the digital asset sector.

01 October 2021

Company announcement/payments

SBI Ripple Asia opens payments corridor between South Korea and Thailand

“SBI Ripple Asia” hereby announces that it has partnered with Global Money Express, a leading South Korean money transfer company, and launched a DLT-based money transfer business between South Korea and the Kingdom of Thailand.

12 August 2021

News/crypto

Ripple makes ODL strides in Japan

Ripple has completed its first On-Demand Liquidity implementation in Japan, opening an XRP to fiat remittance corridor for the Filipino diaspora.

28 July 2021

News/payments

Finleap Connect scores $22 million to expand across Europe

Finleap Connect, a company formed from the merger of three fintech companies in the Dach countries, has raised €22 million as part of a push to create a pan-European Open Banking platform.

17 June 2021