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Japan FinTech Observer #69

Jul 22, 2024

Welcome to the sixty-ninth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #68

Jul 15, 2024

Welcome to the sixty-eighth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #67

Jul 8, 2024

Welcome to the sixty-seventh edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #66

Jul 1, 2024

Welcome to the sixty-sixth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #65

Jun 24, 2024

Welcome to the sixty-fifth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #64

Jun 18, 2024

Welcome to the sixty-fourth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. This newsletter has exceeded 10,000 subscribers (on LinkedIn). Thank…

Japan FinTech Observer #63

Jun 10, 2024

Welcome to the sixty-third edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #62

Jun 3, 2024

Welcome to the sixty-second edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #61

May 27, 2024

Welcome to the sixty-first edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #60

May 20, 2024

Welcome to the sixtieth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. We have tons of earnings results on tap, the three mega banks have all come…

Japan FinTech Observer #59

May 14, 2024

Welcome to the fifty-ninth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #58

May 6, 2024

Welcome to the fifty-eighth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #57

Apr 30, 2024

Welcome to the fifty-seventh edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #56

Apr 22, 2024

Welcome to the fifty-sixth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #55

Apr 17, 2024

Welcome to the fifty-fifth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. An event-laden week centered around the TEAMZ Summit distracted us…

Japan FinTech Observer #54

Apr 8, 2024

Welcome to the fifty-fourth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. Cherry blossoms, finally!

Japan FinTech Observer #53

Apr 2, 2024

Welcome to the fifty-third edition of the Japan FinTech Observer, and a happy new fiscal year! There was a raft of announcements last week…

Japan FinTech Observer #52

Mar 26, 2024

Welcome to the fifty-second edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. 52! Happy first anniversary! To celebrate the occasion, the Bank of…

Japan FinTech Observer #51

Mar 18, 2024

Welcome to the fifty-first edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #50

Mar 12, 2024

Welcome to the fiftieth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #49

Mar 5, 2024

Welcome to the forty-ninth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #48

Feb 26, 2024

Welcome to the forty-eighth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #47

Feb 20, 2024

Welcome to the forty-seventh edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #46

Feb 14, 2024

Welcome to the forty-sixth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #45

Feb 5, 2024

Welcome to the forty-fifth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #44

Jan 29, 2024

Welcome to the forty-fourth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #43

Jan 22, 2024

Welcome to the forty-third edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #42

Jan 15, 2024

Welcome to the forty-second edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #41

Jan 8, 2024

Happy New Year! Welcome to the forty-first edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #40

Dec 31, 2023

Welcome to the fortieth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. This one really could not carry over into 2024, and had to be published on…

Japan FinTech Observer #39

Dec 26, 2023

Welcome to the thirty-ninth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. What a way to end the year: a Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Meeting, as…

Japan FinTech Observer #38

Dec 19, 2023

Welcome to the thirty-eighth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. The last Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Meeting is taking place on…

Japan FinTech Observer #37

Dec 12, 2023

Welcome to the thirty-seventh edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. We would like to take the opportunity to highlights two of our DeFi…

Japan FinTech Observer #36

Dec 6, 2023

Welcome to the thirty-sixth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer, which includes two looks outside of the FinTech domain, with our report…

Japan FinTech Observer #35

Nov 28, 2023

Welcome to the thirty-fifth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer, or the “Japan as a Global Financial Center” Observer, as we like to call…

Japan FinTech Observer #34

Nov 21, 2023

Welcome to the thirty-fourth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. The reporting season is over — the mega banks have reported fiscal…

Japan FinTech Observer #33

Nov 15, 2023

Welcome to the thirty-third edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. The theme of the previous “Last Word” about information leakage echoed…

Japan FinTech Observer #32

Nov 7, 2023

Welcome to the thirty-second edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. Some brief observations from Hong Kong FinTech Week, before the…

Japan FinTech Observer #31

Oct 30, 2023

Welcome to the thirty-first edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. All eyes are on Bank of Japan Governor Ueda this coming week, with the…

Japan FinTech Observer #30

Oct 24, 2023

Welcome to the thirtieth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. Crypto climbs on expectations of a Bitcoin ETF. Fixed Income market…

Japan FinTech Observer #29

Oct 18, 2023

Welcome to the twenty-ninth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. We finally get to take a week off and make it back to Europe for the…

Japan FinTech Observer #28

Oct 13, 2023

Welcome to the much delayed twenty-eighth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers…

Japan FinTech Observer #27

Oct 2, 2023

Welcome to the twenty-seventh edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #26

Sep 26, 2023

Welcome to the twenty-sixth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer.

Japan FinTech Observer #25

Sep 19, 2023

Welcome to the twenty-fifth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. Last week saw Token 2049 in Singapore with a raft of announcements, but…

Japan FinTech Observer #24

Sep 11, 2023

Welcome to the twenty-fourth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. Last week saw Korea Blockchain Week in Seoul, and the Global FinTech…

Japan FinTech Observer #23

Sep 4, 2023

Welcome to the twenty-third edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. This week, we have crossed 7,000 subscribers, and we appreciate you all…

Japan FinTech Observer #22

Aug 29, 2023

Welcome to the twenty-second edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. It seemed a relatively quiet week, but there was still enough to report…

Japan FinTech Observer #21

Aug 21, 2023

Welcome to the twenty-first edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. Last week saw the largest weekly drop in the TOPIX since mid-March, so…

Japan FinTech Observer #20

Aug 15, 2023

Welcome to the twentieth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer, a little later than usual. Last week gave the stage to both Son and…

Japan FinTech Observer #19

Aug 7, 2023

Welcome to the nineteenth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. This was a big earnings week, with the three mega banks, Nomura, and…

Japan FinTech Observer #18

Jul 31, 2023

Welcome to the eighteenth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. What an amazing week that was, offering (to paraphrase Lou Bega): a little…

Japan FinTech Observer #17

Jul 24, 2023

Welcome to the seventeenth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. It is hot in Tokyo. Tourists are back, and tons of visitors to this…

Japan FinTech Observer #16

Jul 17, 2023

Welcome to the sixteenth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. SMBC owned the last week: launch of the Jenius digital bank in the US, a…

Japan FinTech Observer #15

Jul 10, 2023

Welcome to the fifteenth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. Do you remember the government’s five-year startup plan? One element of the…

Japan FinTech Observer #14

Jul 3, 2023

Welcome to the fourteenth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. Last week was dominated by the IVS conference in Kyoto, for which quite a…

Japan FinTech Observer #13

Jun 26, 2023

Welcome to the thirteenth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. The World Economic Forum and IMD gave us their annual rankings this week…

Japan FinTech Observer #12

Jun 19, 2023

Welcome to the twelfth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. Sunday marked the beginning of Japan Blockchain Week, running until July 9…

Japan FinTech Observer #11

Jun 12, 2023

Welcome to the eleventh edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. This past week, Tokyo FinTech became six years old, so while we are a little…

Japan FinTech Observer #10

Jun 4, 2023

Welcome to the tenth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. This past week saw Japan’s birth rate declining for the seventh consecutive…

Japan FinTech Observer #9

May 29, 2023

Welcome to the ninth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. This past week saw major cabinet decisions and law promulgation affecting the…

Japan FinTech Observer #8

May 21, 2023

Welcome to the eighth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer, writing from our home in Tokyo again. This past week saw all the mega banks…

Japan FinTech Observer #7

May 14, 2023

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Apr 30, 2023

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Apr 9, 2023

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Japan FinTech Observer #1

Apr 3, 2023

We have decided to rename the “Tokyo FinTech Digest” to the “Japan FinTech Observer”, and have also moved the primary source to the…

Tokyo FinTech Digest #8

Jan 15, 2022

For us, the new year really only starts once we have the “Coming of Age Day” behind us, which falls on the second Monday in January. While…