MUFG Partners With Coinbase To Allow 40 Million Customers To Buy Bitcoin In J...
Coinbase is launching in Japan through a new partnership with one of the largest banks in the country, Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG) Financial Group.Today, Coinbase announced that it is launching in Japan through a new partnership with one of the largest banks in the country, Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG) Financial Group. The partnership will allow 40 million MUFG account holders to quickly access and begin buying Bitcoin on Coinbase. The head of Coinbase Japan, Nao Kitazawa commented, “We aim to reach out to a wide range of customers by offering low-hurdle services.” Coinbase customers in Japan will have....
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Leading US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced it will launch operations in Japan yesterday. The exchange will be partnering with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), a banking institution with more than 40 million customers, to make it easy for residents of Japan to purchase and sell cryptocurrencies. Coinbase Launches in Japan Coinbase, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has launched operations in Japan, offering part of its products and services to Japanese customers. The blog post communicating the news confirms Coinbase will strive to offer an....
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG), the largest bank in Japan, has revealed that it is developing its own digital currency called MUFG coin. MUFG began the trial for its own virtual currency MUFG coin last fall and the smartphone application prototype that goes in tandem with the currency is also nearly done, as reported by the Asahi Shimbun, a national Japanese daily newspaper. The project is the bank’s endeavor to rein in costs and increase savings from lowered financial transactional costs including cheaper international remittance and money transfer. According to the publication, the....
Is a major Japanese financial institution developing its own digital currency? First asserted in a report by The Asahi Shimbun in February, a number of reports are now speculating that Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG), one of Japan’s largest banks by total assets, is working on its own digital currency, named MUFG coin. As reported by The Asahi Shimbun today, MUFG coin is expected to become available in late 2017, a release that would allow users to withdraw digital currency from its ATM network onto a mobile device. The news source wrote: "Under the planned system, users can....
Coinbase announced its official launch in Japan in partnership with banking giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group providing a “quick deposit” fiat on-and-off ramp. Coinbase, the top crypto exchange in the U.S. has announced its official launch in Japan in partnership with banking giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG).The firm led by CEO Brian Armstrong announced on Aug. 19 that it will first launch retail trading products including “a suite of five top assets based on trading volume,” with more assets and products to be listed in the coming months. “We also plan to introduce more....
Bitcoin exchange and platform Coinbase has announced new investment and partnership with the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BMTU), Japan’s biggest bank. The endeavor will see Coinbase look toward expansion efforts in Japan and Asia. Bitcoin exchange and services platform Coinbase will raise $10.5 million from Japanese investors today with the aim to launch services in Japan. Currently, Coinbase only has an Asian presence in Singapore. Investors include the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BMTU) Japan’s largest lender and bank, respectively. The....