Tag: Bank of Japan
Should central banks open up payment systems to non-banks?
The rise of nonbank giants such as PayPal and WeChat is leading central banks to reassess to whom they should allow access to their payment and settlement systems. Read more: www.finextra.com
Blockchain could expand central bank access, says Bank of Japan
Central banks could allow access around the clock if they used blockchains, a senior Bank of Japan official speculated last week. Read more: www.coindesk.com
Bank of Japan’s third FinTech forum to focus on blockchain
The Bank of Japan is going to host its third Fintech Forum on 28 February 2017, the event will focus on blockchain or distributed ledger technology. Read more: www.econotimes.com
Europe and Japan’s central banks partner for blockchain
The Bank of Japan has revealed a new joint research project with the European Central Bank to study potential use-cases of blockchain technology. Read more: www.cryptocoinsnews.com
Measures to make banks’ FinTech convenient and safe
Attention may well be paid to whether newly developed financial technology could serve as a tide to change the future of the banking business. Read more: www.chicagotribune.com
Bank of Japan may apply FinTech to its operations
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the central bank may apply financial technology to its operations in the future. Read more: www.reuters.com