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Based on 10 verified sources covering Thailand:

TOKYO -- Japanese financial group SBI Holdings has approached regional banks about forming closer capital relationships, it was learned Thursday. [1]

TOKYO -- Japanese agricultural lender Norinchukin Bank is set to acquire stakes in SBI Shinsei Bank, a subsidiary of SBI Holdings, sources told Nikkei on Thursday. [2]

FinanceSBI, AllianceBernstein to launch Japan's 1st active ETF venture Tie-up aims to challenge retail investors' tilt toward low-cost, index-linked funds SBI and AllianceBernstein will establish a joint venture in Japan that aims to have 1 trillion ... [3]

SAPPORO, Japan -- SBI Holdings will expand its Russian operations by helping fellow Japanese companies set up shop in the country. [4]

TOKYO -- Japanese financial services group SBI Holdings has made Tokyo-listed drug discovery venture Acucela an equity-method affiliate and, in a change of stance, will play a role in the company's management. [5]

TOKYO -- SBI Holdings is planning to buy control of Shinsei Bank, Nikkei has learned, in a move that could transform the competitive landscape in Japan's financial services industry. [6]

TOKYO -- SBI Holdings will open a research facility Oct. 1 focusing on financial technology, or fintech, aiming to promote development in an area where Japan lags. [7]

TOKYO -- Japanese financial group SBI Holdings will enter into a joint venture with U.K.-based asset manager Man Group to set up new alternative asset investment trusts for retail investors in Japan, Nikkei has learned. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-26 · 34% match

Japan's SBI in talks with regional banks to take bigger stakes

TOKYO -- Japanese financial group SBI Holdings has approached regional banks about forming closer capital relationships, it was learned Thursday.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-11-13 · 31% match

Japan's Norinchukin Bank to take stake in SBI Shinsei Bank upon IPO

TOKYO -- Japanese agricultural lender Norinchukin Bank is set to acquire stakes in SBI Shinsei Bank, a subsidiary of SBI Holdings, sources told Nikkei on Thursday.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-11-20 · 31% match

SBI, AllianceBernstein to launch Japan's 1st active ETF venture

FinanceSBI, AllianceBernstein to launch Japan's 1st active ETF venture Tie-up aims to challenge retail investors' tilt toward low-cost, index-linked funds SBI and AllianceBernstein will establish a joint venture in Japan that aims to have 1 trillion

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-12-15 · 40% match

SBI will aid smaller Japanese companies' forays into Russia

SAPPORO, Japan -- SBI Holdings will expand its Russian operations by helping fellow Japanese companies set up shop in the country.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-06-30 · 40% match

SBI raises stake in Acucela, takes management role

TOKYO -- Japanese financial services group SBI Holdings has made Tokyo-listed drug discovery venture Acucela an equity-method affiliate and, in a change of stance, will play a role in the company's management.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-12-09 · 36% match

SBI to set up bank holding company to take control of Shinsei

TOKYO -- SBI Holdings is planning to buy control of Shinsei Bank, Nikkei has learned, in a move that could transform the competitive landscape in Japan's financial services industry.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-08-31 · 36% match

Japan's SBI readies fintech research center

TOKYO -- SBI Holdings will open a research facility Oct. 1 focusing on financial technology, or fintech, aiming to promote development in an area where Japan lags.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-07-19 · 35% match

Japan's SBI, U.K.'s Man to sell alternative funds to retail investors

TOKYO -- Japanese financial group SBI Holdings will enter into a joint venture with U.K.-based asset manager Man Group to set up new alternative asset investment trusts for retail investors in Japan, Nikkei has learned.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-10-12 · 34% match

SBI's bid for Shinsei Bank heads toward openly hostile takeover fight

TOKYO -- Shinsei Bank's resistance to a takeover by SBI Holdings in a $1 billion-plus tender offer appears ready to go up notch as it formally rejects the offer, setting up Japan's first hostile takeover battle in the banking industry.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-09-12 · 34% match

SBI unit to test cross-border blockchain funds transfers

TOKYO -- SBI Ripple Asia looks to begin testing a funds-transfer system using blockchain technology between Japanese and South Korean banks by the end of fiscal 2017, applying experience gained from experiments in Japan.

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