Japan Passes Gambling Addiction Countermeasures Bill
Japan’s upper house has passed a gambling addiction countermeasures bill and introduced integrated resort (IR) …
Japan: Financial Services Agency Publishes Report on New Supervisory Approaches
Japan’s Payments Systems: Digitisation, Globalisation & Innovation
SWIFT has published this paper analysing the payments and settlements landscape in Japan. The financial …
Virtual Currencies: Issues Remain After Payment Services Act Amended
The Nomura Research Institute (NRI) has published this report with analysis of the impact of …
Japan: Central Bank Summary of the Forum and Conference on Retail Payments
The Payment and Settlement Systems Department of the Bank of Japan has published English versions …
ECB and Bank of Japan Launch Joint DLT Project
Japan: New Data Protection Law Amendments Come Into Effect
On May 30, 2017, the Personal Information Protection Commission announced that the amendments made to …
Asia-Pacific: FS-ISAC and MAS to Strengthen Cyber Information Sharing Across Nine Countries
On November 14, 2017, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Financial Services Information …
ECB and Bank of Japan Publish Joint Investigation Report on Use of DLT for Financial Market Infrastructures
On March 27, 2018, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) …