SBI Holdings and Visa Sign Basic Agreement for Collaboration in Digital Finance and Payment Fields
SBI Holdings and Visa have signed a basic agreement to explore potential collaboration in digital finance and payment sectors. This initiative aims to leverage both companies' strengths to utilize digital assets, including stablecoins, and develop new payment services.
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SBI Holdings Inc. (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, Chairman & President: Yoshitaka Kitao; hereinafter "SBI Holdings") and Visa Worldwide Japan Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director & President: Sittan Kitney; hereinafter "Visa") announced today that they have signed a basic agreement aimed at exploring the possibility of collaboration in the digital finance and payment sectors.
Based on this agreement, both companies will proceed with discussions on future collaboration possibilities, leveraging their respective expertise and strengths in the finance and payment fields, including the utilization of digital assets such as stablecoins. Through these discussions, they plan to explore opportunities for value creation within the payment ecosystem, such as the potential for new payment services and the advancement of payment and settlement processes.
In recent years, global interest in digital assets and next-generation payment infrastructure has been growing, alongside the development of regulatory environments. Against this backdrop, SBI Holdings is promoting a wide range of initiatives, from conventional financial services to digital asset-related businesses, while Visa is advancing the deployment of innovative payment technologies based on its global payment network.
Moving forward, both companies will combine SBI Holdings' initiatives in financial services and digital asset fields with Visa's global payment network and technological capabilities to explore the potential for contributing to the development of practical and efficient payment infrastructure, taking into account regulatory trends and market needs.
This basic agreement establishes an initial framework for future collaboration between the two companies, and specific details of the collaboration and implementation structure will be separately agreed upon as necessary, following future discussions.
**■ About SBI Holdings Inc.**
SBI Holdings is one of Japan's leading comprehensive financial groups, engaged in a wide range of businesses including financial services, asset management, PE investment, crypto assets, and next-generation businesses. Since its establishment in 1999, the SBI Group has built a financial ecosystem covering internet-based banking, securities, and insurance, and continues to expand its global business through innovation and strategic investments.
**■ About Visa**
Visa is a world leader in electronic payments, connecting consumers, businesses, financial institutions, and government entities through payment transactions in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. Visa's mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payment network, contributing to the prosperity of individuals, businesses, and economies. We believe that inclusive economics for everyone around the world improves people's lives globally and that access to the economy is key to the future of payments.
Official Website (English): https://usa.visa.com/
Official Website (Japanese): https://www.visa.co.jp/
Based on this agreement, both companies will proceed with discussions on future collaboration possibilities, leveraging their respective expertise and strengths in the finance and payment fields, including the utilization of digital assets such as stablecoins. Through these discussions, they plan to explore opportunities for value creation within the payment ecosystem, such as the potential for new payment services and the advancement of payment and settlement processes.
In recent years, global interest in digital assets and next-generation payment infrastructure has been growing, alongside the development of regulatory environments. Against this backdrop, SBI Holdings is promoting a wide range of initiatives, from conventional financial services to digital asset-related businesses, while Visa is advancing the deployment of innovative payment technologies based on its global payment network.
Moving forward, both companies will combine SBI Holdings' initiatives in financial services and digital asset fields with Visa's global payment network and technological capabilities to explore the potential for contributing to the development of practical and efficient payment infrastructure, taking into account regulatory trends and market needs.
This basic agreement establishes an initial framework for future collaboration between the two companies, and specific details of the collaboration and implementation structure will be separately agreed upon as necessary, following future discussions.
**■ About SBI Holdings Inc.**
SBI Holdings is one of Japan's leading comprehensive financial groups, engaged in a wide range of businesses including financial services, asset management, PE investment, crypto assets, and next-generation businesses. Since its establishment in 1999, the SBI Group has built a financial ecosystem covering internet-based banking, securities, and insurance, and continues to expand its global business through innovation and strategic investments.
**■ About Visa**
Visa is a world leader in electronic payments, connecting consumers, businesses, financial institutions, and government entities through payment transactions in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. Visa's mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payment network, contributing to the prosperity of individuals, businesses, and economies. We believe that inclusive economics for everyone around the world improves people's lives globally and that access to the economy is key to the future of payments.
Official Website (English): https://usa.visa.com/
Official Website (Japanese): https://www.visa.co.jp/