Japan

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc looks to invest a massive amount on a European buying spree.

A Japanese bank frozen halted US$2.6 billion assets ofthe Iranian government after a U.S. court order.

Sales of extremely risky Japanese Government Bonds push profits of Japan’s three largest banks to a record high.

Bank lending grew again in April on the back of efforts to rebuild areas ravaged by the earthquake and tsunami of 2011.

Japan’s biggest bank intends to generate some 40% of its profit overseas from the present 28%.

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.