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Consumer Spending In Japan May Be Buoyed By Labor Demand
Consumer Spending In Japan May Be Buoyed By Labor Demand
May 31, 2017  |  Economy

Tight labor conditions in Japan may give a boost to consumer spending in Japan, Reuters reported. The demand for workers in the country is at...

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30M Japanese Now Using Line Pay
30M Japanese Now Using Line Pay
May 31, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Line, the maker of a digital chat app in Japan, disclosed on Tuesday (May 30) that close to half of its domestic chat app users...

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Bitcoin Payment Makes Way To Japanese Retailers
Bitcoin Payment Makes Way To Japanese Retailers
May 30, 2017  |  Bitcoin

BITPoint Japan Co. is reportedly gearing up to enable hundreds of thousands of Japanese retail outlets to accept the digital currency bitcoin, reported Bloomberg News. In...

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Japan’s Mizuho Launching FinTech Venture
Japan’s Mizuho Launching FinTech Venture
May 26, 2017  |  Fintech Investments

Mizuho Financial Group, the Japanese financial company, is gearing up to launch a venture in June to create new businesses with FinTech. According to a...

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Speculators Drive Bitcoin Above $2,400
Speculators Drive Bitcoin Above $2,400
May 25, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin continued its unprecedented climb on Wednesday (May 24), setting a new record at $2,409 per crypto-coin. The digital currency has more than doubled in...

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Bitcoin Tracker: Blowing Past Milestones
Bitcoin Tracker: Blowing Past Milestones
May 05, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Sometimes it pays to be volatile — but there’s always the nagging risk of losing it all. Bitcoin’s value keeps breaking through ceilings again and...

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PayRange’s Mobile Payment Solution Coming To Japanese Vending Machines
PayRange’s Mobile Payment Solution Coming To Japanese Vending Machines
April 20, 2017  |  Mobile Payments

PayRange Inc., creator of the world’s simplest mobile payment solution for machines, announced in a press release that it has signed an agreement with Sumitomo Mitsui Card...

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Mizuho, Metaps, WiL And Mizuho Bank Rolling Out Digital Wallet Company
Mizuho, Metaps, WiL And Mizuho Bank Rolling Out Digital Wallet Company
April 20, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Mizuho Financial Group is teaming up with Mizuho Bank, Metaps and WiL to create a new service settlement using FinTech. According to a report, the four...

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Hackers Tricking Japan’s Mobile Gamers With Offers Of Fake Fantasy Cash
Hackers Tricking Japan’s Mobile Gamers With Offers Of Fake Fantasy Cash
April 18, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

In Japan, gamers may be at risk of being played, by hackers. Bloomberg News reports that hackers are luring gamers with “virtual trinkets” that help them...

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