Aug 13, 2025 • Cointelegraph
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Metaplanet outperforms Japan's most liquid blue-chip stocks in 2025
Metaplanet has outperformed the Topix Core 30 index year-to-date, a benchmark tracking corporate giants like Toyota, Sony and Mitsubishi.
Aug 11, 2025 • Benzinga
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SoftBank Plans Biggest US IPO Since Arm Went Public: Taps Top Wall Street Banks For A Potential $2 Billion Offering - ARM Holdings ( NASDAQ:ARM ) , Goldman Sachs Group ( NYSE:GS )
Japan's Softbank Group Corp. SFTBY is reportedly in talks with major U.S. investment banks regarding an initial public offering for its payments platform, PayPay. Softbank is testing its 52-week high. See the chart here. The banks leading the preparations include Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Aug 11, 2025 • South China Morning Post
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SoftBank selects banks for US IPO of payments app amid tech rebound
SoftBank Group has selected investment banks to help organise a potential initial public offering (IPO) in the US for its Japanese payments app operator PayPay, according to two people familiar with the matter. The banks leading preparations for the listing were Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, ...
Aug 07, 2025 • Benzinga
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Japanese Banking Giant Creates 'AI CEO' Using ChatGPT To Mimic Its Group Head: 'Sounds Like The Boss' - Bank of America ( NYSE:BAC ) , Deutsche Bank ( NYSE:DB )
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. SMFG has launched a ChatGPT-powered "AI CEO" that employees can ping for guidance, meant to mimic the thinking of Group CEO Toru Nakashima.
Jun 30, 2025 • Zacks Commentary
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HSBC's Arm to Exit German Custody Business Under Simplification Plan
HSBC's arm has agreed to sell its German custody business to BNP Paribas as part of a broader effort to streamline global operations.
Jun 25, 2025 • GlobeNewswire
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Announcement Regarding Filing of Annual Report on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
NEW YORK, June 25, 2025 ( GLOBE NEWSWIRE ) -- Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. hereby announces that it filed an annual report on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 25, 2025.