Bank of Japan

Fintech / Regtech

FSA, BOJ Offer Update on Joint Data Collection Project

By Mark Johnston | 26/06/2023

In the second half of fiscal 2023, regulators will use the new platform to start collecting “highly granular data on corporate lending” in stages, the FSA said.

ESG / Sustainability

Japan to Develop Sapporo into Green Finance Hub

By Mark Johnston | 23/06/2023

New consortium aims to attract JPY 40 trillion over the next decade to promote renewable energy sources in Sapporo.

Capital / Liquidity

Initial Margin Breaches Surged in March at JSCC JGB Division

By Editors | 20/06/2023

The JSCC reportedly attributed the rise in breaches to interest rate volatility triggered by banking turmoil in the US in March.

Crypto / Digital Assets

BOJ Publishes Findings from Phase 2 of CBDC Study

By Manesh Samtani | 29/05/2023

The second phase of the CBDC project evaluated additional functions building upon the basic CBDC ledger functions explored in the first phase.

Fintech / Regtech

34 FIs Have Joined Swift Service for Addressing Settlement Fails

By Editors | 19/05/2023

The service leverages the UTI to link all Swift messages related to the same securities settlement flow in a transaction chain.

ESG / Sustainability

Japan’s GFANZ Chapter to Support APAC Transition

By ESG Investor | 11/05/2023

The Japan Chapter will support local financial institutions as they work to decarbonise across all sectors of the economy and “seize transition-related opportunities”.

Market Infrastructure

New BOJ Governor to Review Past Monetary Policy Moves

By Editors | 01/05/2023

The review will look into various monetary policy moves taken over the past 25 years, and not be tied to near-term policy shifts.

BOJ Gets First New Governor After Ten Years

By Editors | 12/04/2023

Kazuo Ueda plans to maintain ultra-loose monetary policy but signalled an openness to tweaking the BOJ’s yield control policy.

Fintech / Regtech

APAC Regulators Form New Forum to Address Cloud Risk

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 06/04/2023

MAS assistant managing director Vincent Loy said the twice-a-year forum will help APAC regulators and CSPs ensure greater resilience of cloud adoption in the financial sector.