Japan Banks – Unloved for Many Reasons
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) offers negative interest rates on monies deposited. Japan’s banks are largely wholesale, with lumpy corporate loans and in...
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Japanese Banks: Beyond the Ides of March
“Beware the Ides of March”: the soothsayer’s repeated warning to ancient Rome’s most famous emperor in William Shakespeare’s play ‘Julius Caesar’. ...
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Who Will Win the Cashless Wars in Japan?
Astonishing as it may seem but 80% of all retail transactions in Japan are made with cash and 88% if you include the cash stored in so-called...
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The Week that Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma - Asian Currencies, Indonesian Media, and Shopee
This week's offering of Insights across ASEAN@Smartkarma is filled with another eclectic mix of differentiated, substantive and actionable insights...
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The Week that Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma - Elections, Inflation, and Indonesian Retail Therapy
This week's offering of Insights across ASEAN@Smartkarma is filled with another eclectic mix of differentiated, substantive and actionable...
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