Financial Services AgencyFSA Weekly Review No.323

December 13, 2018

What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of December 3 - December 7, 2018

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

Press Releases

(The following press releases are available in English)

International 

December 7, 2018 Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) published the report ”Cyber-resilience: range of practices” open new window
December 6, 2018 PDF Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a letter to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors open new window


Banks

December 7, 2018 Overview of major banks’ financial results for the six months ended September 30, 2018
December 7, 2018 Overview of the Japanese regional  banks’ financial results for six months ended 30 September, 2018


Others

December 6, 2018 Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the “Payment Services Act”


(The following press releases are available in Japanese)

Councils

December 6, 2018 Publication of the agenda and handouts of the fourth meeting (in the program year 2018) of the “Study Group on the Financial System” under the Financial System Council open new window
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The FSA published the agenda and handouts of the fourth meeting (in the program year 2018) of the “Study Group on the Financial System” under the Financial System Council, which was held on December 6, 2018.


Banks

December 7, 2018 Outline of the “Report on the Measures for the resolution of failed financial institutions” delivered by the Minister of State for Financial Services, Taro Aso, in the Committee on Financial Affairs of the House of Representatives open new window
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The Minister of State for Financial Services, Taro Aso, delivered an outline of the “Report on the Measures for the resolution of failed financial institutions” in the Committee on Financial Affairs of the House of Representatives. The report, addressing the semiannual period extending from October 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018, had been submitted to the Diet on June 22, 2018 pursuant to the “Act on Emergency Measures for the Revitalization of the Financial Functions.”


Others

December 5, 2018 Publication of the agenda and handouts of the second meeting of the “Advisory Council on Enhancement of Auditing Information Provision” open new window
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The FSA published the agenda and handouts of the second meeting of the “Advisory Council on Enhancement of Auditing Information Provision” which was held on December 4, 2018.
December 3, 2018 Publication of the “Policy Evaluation Implementation Plan for FY 2018” open new window
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The FSA published its “Policy Evaluation Implementation Plan for FY 2018.” To ensure objectivity and improve the quality of evaluation, the plan has been reviewed by outside experts and their inputs are reflected in the plan. The FSA will conduct policy evaluation pursuant to the plan and the results will be published in due course.
December 3, 2018 “Symposium on the 100-Year Life Society – Talk About Money, an Integral Element to Enrich/Enjoy Our Lives –” (provisional English title) open new window
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The FSA and Local Finance Bureaus, namely, the Hokuriku Local Finance Bureau, the Kyushu Local Finance Bureau, the Shikoku Local Finance Bureau, the Okinawa General Bureau of the Cabinet Office, the Fukuoka Local Finance Branch Bureau, and the Hokkaido Local Finance Bureau have jointly started holding the “Symposium on the 100-Year Life Society – Talk About Money, an Integral Element to Enrich/Enjoy Our Lives –” (provisional English title) in multiple locations across the nation since December 5, 2018, scheduled to be ended on March 1, 2019. The Symposium is mainly targeted at people who are interested in asset-building, inclusive of students, homemakers, and working members of society.

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