What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of July 21 - July 24, 2015

This page contains the latest in events, developments, and updates to the FSA website.

Press Conferences

July 22, 2015:	Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (July 21, 2015) Japanese version
July 21, 2015:	Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (July 17, 2015) (Available in Japanese)

Press Releases

(The following press releases are available in English)

International

July 22, 2015:	Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a document “Corporate governance principles for banks”
July 22, 2015:	Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published “Report on the impact and accountability of banking supervision”
July 22, 2015:	Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published a consultative document “General guide to account opening”

Others

July 21, 2015:	Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the "Payment Services Act"
July 21, 2015:	The Panel for Vitalizing Financial and Capital Markets Releases the Statement for Vitalizing Financial and Capital Markets

(The following press releases are available in Japanese)

Councils

July 23, 2015:	Publication of the agenda and handouts of the first meeting of the Working Group on Payments and Transaction Banking of the Financial System Council «Summary» The FSA published the agenda and handouts of the first meeting of the Working Group on Payments and Transaction Banking of the Financial System Council, which was held on July 23, 2015.

Securities

July 24, 2015:

Updated list of entities that are operating financial instruments businesses without proper registration (Kanto Local Finance Bureau) «Summary» The FSA (Kanto Local Finance Bureau) issued warnings to Binry-777 Service Office and Kabushiki Kaisha Yamato* who are operating financial instruments businesses without proper registration. * Corporate name in Roman characters/bilingual (English) corporate name not available

Others

July 22, 2015:	Results of the survey on financial institutions’ accessibility services offered to their customers with disabilities (preliminary figures) «Summary» The FSA published the results of the survey on financial institutions’ accessibility services offered to their customers with disabilities (as of March 31, 2015).