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TOKYO -- Three major Japanese banks -- MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Mizuho Bank -- will jointly issue a stablecoin, Nikkei has learned, as the lenders join forces to promote settlements made with pegged cryptocurrencies. [1]

Buenos Aires adhiere al Banco Asiático de Beijing La participación fue aprobada por una mayoría abrumadora, que unió a las fuerzas del gobierno y la oposición. [2]

TOKYO -- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Japan's largest bank, is buying credit companies in the Philippines and Indonesia for a total of 600 million euros ($618 million), aiming to gain a foothold in fast-growing consumer loan businesses in Southeas... [3]

TOKYO -- MUFG Bank is lending about 2 trillion yen ($18.5 billion) to Bristol-Myers Squibb for its purchase of fellow U.S. biopharmaceutical company Celgene, in what will be the largest merger and acquisition financing provided by a Japanese company. [4]

TOKYO -- MUFG Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking will let each other's account holders withdraw cash from their ATMs at no charge on weekdays during the day, starting in the first half of 2019 at the earliest. [5]

TOKYO -- SoftBank Group and Mizuho Financial Group plan to launch an online lending service for individual customers, capitalizing on big data and artificial intelligence. [6]

MUMBAI -- Adel Divine Court was supposed to be a manifestation of the Indian Dream -- a posh, gated high-rise complex of about 1,000 apartments in the New Delhi suburb of Faridabad. [7]

FinanceMUFG Bank, Mizuho plan big expansion in India for back-office ops Japan's top banks accelerate move out of U.S. and Europe as costs surge MUFG Bank plans to employ around 2,000 people at its Indian unit in three years. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-17 · 47% match

Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui and two other banks to jointly issue a stablecoin

TOKYO -- Three major Japanese banks -- MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Mizuho Bank -- will jointly issue a stablecoin, Nikkei has learned, as the lenders join forces to promote settlements made with pegged cryptocurrencies.

[2] MM asianews.it · 72% match

Buenos Aires adhiere al Banco Asiático de Beijing

Buenos Aires adhiere al Banco Asiático de Beijing La participación fue aprobada por una mayoría abrumadora, que unió a las fuerzas del gobierno y la oposición.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-11-24 · 51% match

Japan's MUFG to buy credit companies in Philippines, Indonesia

TOKYO -- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Japan's largest bank, is buying credit companies in the Philippines and Indonesia for a total of 600 million euros ($618 million), aiming to gain a foothold in fast-growing consumer loan businesses in Southeas

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-01-05 · 49% match

Japan's MUFG extends $18bn loan to Bristol-Myers for megadeal

TOKYO -- MUFG Bank is lending about 2 trillion yen ($18.5 billion) to Bristol-Myers Squibb for its purchase of fellow U.S. biopharmaceutical company Celgene, in what will be the largest merger and acquisition financing provided by a Japanese company.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-11-07 · 48% match

MUFG and Sumitomo Mitsui tie up on mutual free ATM usage

TOKYO -- MUFG Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking will let each other's account holders withdraw cash from their ATMs at no charge on weekdays during the day, starting in the first half of 2019 at the earliest.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-09-15 · 47% match

SoftBank-Mizuho fintech venture to dispense loans in 30 minutes

TOKYO -- SoftBank Group and Mizuho Financial Group plan to launch an online lending service for individual customers, capitalizing on big data and artificial intelligence.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-11-28 · 47% match

Indian financial sector stuck in real estate quicksand

MUMBAI -- Adel Divine Court was supposed to be a manifestation of the Indian Dream -- a posh, gated high-rise complex of about 1,000 apartments in the New Delhi suburb of Faridabad.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-09-06 · 47% match

MUFG Bank, Mizuho plan big expansion in India for back-office ops

FinanceMUFG Bank, Mizuho plan big expansion in India for back-office ops Japan's top banks accelerate move out of U.S. and Europe as costs surge MUFG Bank plans to employ around 2,000 people at its Indian unit in three years.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-12-15 · 46% match

SoftBank invests in India payment processing startup Juspay

BENGALURU -- SoftBank has led a $60 million fundraising round in Indian digital payment processing firm Juspay, months after the listing of two of its fintech investments in the country, Paytm and Policybazaar.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-05-11 · 46% match

MUFG seeks to quicken cashless push with card unit buyout

TOKYO -- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group plans to turn a credit card unit into a wholly owned subsidiary and position it as a hub for new financial services such as virtual currency payment.

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