Tag: Japan

Paidy, a Japanese point-of-sale financing platform, has reportedly secured $48m in a Series C round, coming just months after its former round.

Russian payments company QIWI has received an investment from Japanese bank SBI Holdings.

Japanese digital bank Kyash has collected $45m in its Series C round, coming less than a year after it closed its Series B on $14m.

Japanese Sony Bank has unveiled a new English-language online banking service to make it easier for foreigners to open and manage their accounts.

Some countries are simply better at creating and using digital defences than others. Now a new study has revealed an official ranking.

Out оf the 10 largest FinTech deals in Japan since 2015, five were raised by Payments & Remittances companies (Line Pay, Paidy, & Origami)....

An eclectic group of startups from around the world has been chosen to take part in Plug and Play Japan winter and spring batch.

Plug and Play Japan KK has selected 94 startups to take part in its next six accelerator programmes.

iSTOX, a digitalized securities issuance, custody and trading platform, has netted $5m from Japan-based Tokai Tokyo Financial.

WealthNavi, a robo-advisor based in Japan, has raised 4.1bn JPY ($37.6m) in a funding round to support the expansion of its management base.