Several senior loan bankers at Mizuho and SMBC have left their roles in Asia, amid a slump in lending across the region that’s already prompted departures at other firms in recent months. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/14/companies/senior-loan-bankers-leave-japan-megabanks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mizuho #sumitomomitsui #asia #banks
Tokyo police have arrested four suspects for allegedly exchanging counterfeit commemorative ¥10,000 silver coins at financial institutions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/08/japan/crime-legal/arrest-counterfeit-silver-coins/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #china #tokyo #fukuoka #banks
Singapore's biggest banks are retraining all 35,000 of their domestic staff on AI in an attempt to limit the large-scale job losses seen at some financial firms in the U.S. and Europe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/08/tech/singapore-ai-banker-bootcamp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #singapore #banks #jobs #ai
Bankers expect another blockbuster year for sales of yen-denominated corporate debt from Japanese companies following the record tally of bonds issued in 2025. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/07/markets/corporate-debt-sales-banner-year/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #bonds #banks
Stablecoins are likely to be a factor, not a game changer, in Japan’s bond market as issues will focus on buying short-term debt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/05/markets/stablecoins-bond-market/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #jpyc #stablecoins #currencies #digitalization #cashless #sbi #shinseibank #banks #bonds #debt #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #jgb
NY Fed cash transfers to banks increase dramatically in Q4 2025
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Goldman Sachs is planning to expand its acquisitions and investments in Japan’s corporate deals market over the next decade by about $5.1 billion, with a focus on mid-sized firms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/companies/goldman-sachs-investment-japan-companies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #goldmansachs #investments #acquisitions #banks #corporategovernance
Citigroup will further increase its investment banking team in Japan to capitalize on a record-breaking boom in mergers and acquisitions that it expects to reach new heights. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/23/companies/citigroup-investment-banking-boost/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #citigroup #banks #investments #mergers #acquisitions #corporategovernance
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group might post a consolidated net profit of ¥2 trillion earlier than the currently expected period of around 2030, President Toru Nakashima said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/18/companies/mitsui-sumitomo-net-profit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sumitomomitsui #banks #ai #investments
Dealmakers say Japanese buyers account for only a small fraction of all deals targeting Indian companies right now, which totaled $90 billion in value this year, but that their share of them is growing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/17/companies/japan-banks-india-market/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #banks #india #investments
SBI Shinsei Bank surged as much as 16% in its trading debut in Tokyo on Wednesday after raising ¥322 billion in Japan’s second-biggest initial public offering of the year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/17/companies/sbi-shinsei-bank-tokyo-trading-debut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sbishinsei #ipo #stocks #banks
Junichi Hanzawa, the next CEO of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, will take the reins of Japan’s largest bank as it rakes in record profits. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/16/companies/mufg-next-ceo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mufg #banks #jobs #junichihanzawa
Japan's first bank-backed yen-based stablecoin could be available by 2026 with the payments market as one of the main targets for the product https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/16/tech/sbi-stablecoin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #jpyc #stablecoins #currencies #digitalization #cashless #sbi #shinseibank #banks
Elham Credit Partners has partnered with a Daiwa Securities Group-backed digital investment bank to explore private credit opportunities in Asia Pacific, with an initial focus on Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/16/companies/elham-daiwa-bank-team/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #elhamcreditpartners #daiwa #banks
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking’s Asia Pacific arm has completed its first $3.2 billion synthetic risk transfer deal with Blackstone, Stonepeak Partners and Clifford Capital. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/15/companies/smbc-synthetic-risk-transfer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #smbc #banks #hedgefunds #investments
Japan's three megabanks are set to give loans totaling up to around ¥2 trillion in stages from fiscal 2027 to Rapidus, which aims to mass produce cutting-edge chips, sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/12/companies/megabanks-rapidus-loans/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #rapidus #banks #chipmakers #mufg #sumitomomitsui #mizuho
Mizuho Financial Group’s CEO expressed optimism that momentum in investment banking will continue both at home and in the U.S., where Japan’s third-biggest lender has been expanding. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/11/companies/mizuho-ceo-optimism-us-investment-banking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mizuho #banks #masahirokihara #us #investments #boj #japaneseeconomy #tariffs
State-owned Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) is expanding beyond traditional development lending into financing for economic security projects as geopolitical risks reshape investment priorities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/01/economy/jbic-chief-interview-economic-security/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #jbic #economicsecurity #nobumitsuhayashi #banks #development #aid