Japan

Looks like Japan's banking sector managed to thrive in the midst of disasters.

A new technology literally places the security of your deposits in the palm of your hand.

Japan's biggest lender has not lost its appetite for massive mergers and acquisitions.

Three Japanese trust banks have been merged last Sunday to create the nation 's biggest trust bank.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group ponders what it needs from among US$120 billion in unwanted European assets on its doorstep.

Reports say they have plans of getting 10% of the Aussie banking industry - find out what Patrick Winsbury from Moody's thinks.

The unfolding scandal in Tokyo involving pension investment management firm AIJ Investment Advisors Co. is depressingly predictable.

Every time a new way of paying for something has arrived – credit and debit cards, internet payments, contactless cards, mobile phone payments – the imminent death of cash has been announced. It sounds a reasonable prediction to make given the convenience of these new methods.

Yes, you can definitely blame it on the strong yen.

A massive restructuring by the world’s second largest bank continues to surprise with its depth.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Japan’s second largest bank in asset size, has just opened a representative office in Phnom Penh.

The Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ will penetrate deeper into the Cambodian market with the launching of its representative office.

The strong yen, a bane for Japanese exporters, is proving a gold mine for Japanese banks intent on mergers and acquisitions aboard, especially in Europe.

Aided by steady demand for business funds in areas hit by the massive March earthquake, Japanese bank lending grew 0.7 percent in January from a year earlier to 396.73 trillion yen

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial has identified 2016 as the year where things could go from bad to worse for Japan.

Mizuho Financial Group took an 80% drop in profit during 4Q11 on a tax asset write-down and weaker stock markets.