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Company announcement/markets

SBI Securities centralises settlement operations with Broadridge

To enhance services to its clients and further automate operations across business lines, SBI Securities Co., Ltd., one of Japan’s largest online securities companies, has expanded its business relationship with Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global Fintech leader.

20 October 2021

News/crypto

SBI, Sygnum and Azimut launch $75 million digital asset venture fund

SBI Group, Sygnum and Azimut Group have created a $75 million venture capital fund to invest in start-up companies in the digital asset sector.

01 October 2021

Company announcement/payments

SBI Ripple Asia opens payments corridor between South Korea and Thailand

“SBI Ripple Asia” hereby announces that it has partnered with Global Money Express, a leading South Korean money transfer company, and launched a DLT-based money transfer business between South Korea and the Kingdom of Thailand.

12 August 2021

News/crypto

Ripple makes ODL strides in Japan

Ripple has completed its first On-Demand Liquidity implementation in Japan, opening an XRP to fiat remittance corridor for the Filipino diaspora.

28 July 2021

News/payments

Finleap Connect scores $22 million to expand across Europe

Finleap Connect, a company formed from the merger of three fintech companies in the Dach countries, has raised €22 million as part of a push to create a pan-European Open Banking platform.

17 June 2021

News/crypto

SBI takes stake in digital asset bank Sygnum

Swiss digital asset bank Sygnum has scored an eight-figure dollar investment from a unit of Japanese financial behemoth SBI Holdings.

18 February 2021

News/crypto

SBI opens cryptocurrency dealing desk

Japan's SBI Financial Services is opening a cryptocurrency dealing desk after acquiring liquidity provider B2C2.

16 December 2020

Company announcement/crypto

SIX and SBI Digital Asset Holdings plan Singapore JV

SIX Digital Exchange ("SDX") and SBI Digital Asset Holdings Co., Ltd., an SBI Group ("SBI") (8473) company today announced their intentions to work towards a joint venture to drive institutional digital asset liquidity through a Singapore-based digital issuance platform, exchange and CSD venue that is set to go-live by 2022 subject to regulatory approvals from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

08 December 2020

News/crypto

SBI Holdings unit introduces Bitcoin lending service

A unit at Japan's SBI Holdings is offering clients the option to lend it their Bitcoin holdings at a one per cent annual interest rate.

25 November 2020

News/payments

Ripple invests in Money Tap

Ripple has invested in Money Tap, the P2P cash transfer app operated by a consortium of Japanese financial institutions.

03 November 2020

Company announcement/crypto

Sygnum and SBI establish early-stage fund for digital asset opportunities

Sygnum Group and SBI Group have entered into a partnership to establish an early-stage fund investing in digital asset opportunities across Southeast Asia and Europe.

06 October 2020

Company announcement/crypto

SBI takes 10% stake in Nomura/NRI blockchain unit Boostry

Nomura Holdings, Inc. today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI) and SBI Holdings, Inc. (SBI) to transfer a portion of the shares it owns in BOOSTRY Co., Ltd., Nomura’s joint venture1 with NRI, to SBI. After the share transfer, Nomura will own 56%, NRI 34% and SBI 10% of BOOSTRY’s shares.

23 July 2020