Japan - Can It Get Its Tech Mojo Back with Fintech?

Japan TMT Analyst

Pelham Smithers

Market Intel on Asian Tech with a Japan focus

Pelham Smithers Associates

Founded in 2009, Pelham Smithers Associates (PSA) provides market intelligence on Asian technology, focusing in particular on Japan. The industries covered by our team of specialists are: consumer electronics, telecomms, pharmaceuticals, internet, electronic parts and materials, automotive technology, retail and capital goods. 

Research is provided by the following:
Pelham Smithers: Macro, consumer electronics, telecoms & pharma
Joel Scheiman: Electronics materials / components
Julie Boote: Autos
Will Nestuk: Capital goods, machinery & transportation equipment parts
Thao Nguyen: eCommerce, internet content, marketing & advertising

Equity Bottom-Up

It was always likely to be just a matter of time before the three main players in the Japanese ePayment market, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/10928" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10928:1">SBI Holdings (8473 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/13747" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13747:1">Digital Garage (4819 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/13631" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13631:1">GMO Internet (9449 JP)</a>, started to clarify their involvement in Blockchain. GMO Internet outlined their strategy earlier in the year, when they launched the GMO Blockchain Open Source Software Project, a system that allows users to develop programs using blockchain as open source. This move follows on from the establishment in 2016…

It was always likely to be just a matter of time before the three main players in the Japanese ePayment market, SBI Holdings (8473 JP), Digital Garage (4819 JP) and GMO Internet (9449 JP), started to clarify their involvement in Blockchain. GMO Internet outlined their strategy earlier in the year, when they launched the GMO Blockchain Open Source Software Project, a system that allows users to develop programs using blockchain as open source. This move follows on from the establishment in 2016…

Japan Fintech - Digital Garage (4819) Getting in On the Act