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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Japan's three megabanks are planning to jointly issue corporate-use stablecoins pegged to legal tender like the yen and the dollar, aiming to promote their use in the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/18/japan-banks-stablecoins/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #banks #mizuho #mufg #sumitomomitsui #cryptocurrencies

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Japan's top three banks to jointly issue stablecoins

MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking and Mizuho Bank intend to issue the stablecoins under a unified standard for use in corporate fund settlements.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has bought Japan National Stadium naming rights for five years, with the financial services company seeing opportunity in the investment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/15/more-sports/mufg-national-stadium/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #nationalstadium #tokyo #2020tokyoolympics #mufg #banks #sponsorship #advertising

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MUFG buys Japan National Stadium naming rights for five years 

The financial services company anticipates opportunities from the investment.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The heads of Japan’s biggest financial firms are going out of their way to assuage worries that artificial intelligence will take away jobs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/10/companies/bank-ceo-ai-push/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #banks #ai #mizuho #mufg #nomura #daiwa

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

The Tokyo District Court has sentenced a former employee of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group to nine years in prison for stealing cash and valuables from customers’ safe-deposit boxes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/japan/crime-legal/mufg-deposit-box-theft-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mufg #japanesecourts #theft

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Japan’s largest bank is recruiting more new graduates and experienced specialists as it seeks a bigger piece of the country’s growing wealth management market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/03/companies/mufg-wealth-management-market-push/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mufg #banks #wealth #jobs #investments

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MUFG is hiring more bankers in Japan wealth management push

MUFG is targeting clients with at least ¥300 million in total assets. The bank estimates that about 300,000 of its account holders fit that description.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

After refraining from setting up a retail outlet for some 20 years, MUFG Bank will open a novel small branch to deal exclusively with individual customers in Tokyo's Minato Ward. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/10/companies/mufg-bank-new-retail-outlet-near-takanawa-gateway-station/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mufg #banks #takanawagateway #tokyo #osaka

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Since its 2023 launch, the value of Sakana AI has soared past $1 billion, making it Japan's fastest startup to reach so-called unicorn status. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/10/companies/sakana-ai-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sakanaai #ai #mufg #banks

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Japanese issuers are on the verge of topping $100 billion in bond issuance across dollars and euros for the first time ever in any year, with companies from the nation storming the primary debt market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/02/economy/bond-milestone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #dollar #japaneseeconomy #bonds #nomura #mufg

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is in talks with a number of governments as it seeks to build a pipeline of swaps to help developing nations refinance debt and free up funds for social and infrastructure projects. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/13/companies/mufg-helps-developing-nations-refinance-debt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mufg #banks #debt

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

The combined net profits of Japan's five major banking groups rose 2.7% on the year in April-June due partly to growth in income from their lending operations reflecting interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/05/companies/japan-banks-earnings-up/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #banks #mufg#sumitomomitsui #mizuho #donaldtrump #tariffs

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

The CEO of Japan’s largest bank has described September or October as "desirable" for the Bank of Japan to raise its policy rate, given the outlook for higher inflation in the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/05/companies/mufg-rate-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mufg #india #inflation #us #japaneseeconomy #tariffs #donaldtrump #boj #banks

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

MUFG Bank said Monday that a former employee in his 60s has defrauded a customer out of ¥39.84 million by suggesting fictitious financial products and issuing forged deposit receipts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/23/japan/ex-mufg-worker-defraud-customer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mufg #fraud

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