The Financial Service Agency of Japan (JFSA) submitted a bill (Bill) to the National Diet to amend the Banking Act (Act No. 59 of 1981, as amended, the Banking Act) on March 3, 2017, to employ a new regulation on the electronic banking settlement agency service (Electronic Settlement Agency Service or Service), which provides agent services for bank account holders, such as giving a remittance instruction to banks or receiving bank account information from a bank on behalf of such account holders.

To learn more about this topic area please see GT Alert “Japanese Fintech Regulation Update: New Law & Regulations on Electronic Banking Settlement Agency Service.”

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Photo of Makoto Koinuma Makoto Koinuma

Makoto Koinuma focuses his practice on corporate, M&A and financial services matters. He is experienced in fund formation and management, licensing, and regulatory matters and advises a wide range of fund managers, broker dealers, financial institutions and FinTech firms (money transfer, crypto asset

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Makoto Koinuma focuses his practice on corporate, M&A and financial services matters. He is experienced in fund formation and management, licensing, and regulatory matters and advises a wide range of fund managers, broker dealers, financial institutions and FinTech firms (money transfer, crypto asset exchange, online broker, cash management service, reward point program, etc.). He also represents various clients in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and business alliance transactions. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at a leading trading company, providing him with first-hand knowledge of business, commercial and legal perspectives of Japanese corporations.

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Photo of Koichiro Ohashi Koichiro Ohashi

Koichiro Ohashi is Co-Chair of the Japan Practice and focuses his practice on representing clients in a variety of financial matters, including cross-border and domestic banking, capital market transactions e.g. establishment of sponsored American Deposit Receipt programs, fund and investment management matters (private…

Koichiro Ohashi is Co-Chair of the Japan Practice and focuses his practice on representing clients in a variety of financial matters, including cross-border and domestic banking, capital market transactions e.g. establishment of sponsored American Deposit Receipt programs, fund and investment management matters (private equities, hedge funds and REITs), and corporate matters (especially in mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring transactions). He is experienced in the Japanese domestic market and represents both Japanese and international financial institutions on numerous types of financial transactions, such as syndicated loans, securitization transactions, derivative transactions, PIPE transactions, mezzanine finance transactions and equity finance transactions.

Koichiro advises various international and domestic fund managers for private equities, hedge funds, and real estate funds in the registration of funds for distribution in Japan and frequently provides advice on the structure of both domestic and offshore funds to be distributed to Japanese investors. He also advises Japanese trust banks and pension funds on their investments into foreign funds and foreign investment regulations.

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