What’s New on the FSA Website

Week of January 7, 2022 - January 13, 2022

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

Press Releases

Councils

January 13, 2022

Publication of a summary of discussions of the "Working Group on Payment Services" (provisional English title) of the Financial System Council <Summary> The FSA published a summary of discussions of the past five meetings of the "Working Group on Payment Services" (provisional English title) of the Financial System Council, which were held from October through December 2021.  (The original press release is available in Japanese at the following URL.) https://www.fsa.go.jp/singi/singi_kinyu/tosin/20220111.html

January 12, 2022

The fifth meeting of the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council

 

Others

January 13, 2022

Publication of a summary of "Round-table Talk" (original Japanese title: Kurumaza Taiwa) meetup in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, on November 26, 2021 <Summary>  The FSA published a summary of "Round-table Talk" (original Japanese title: Kurumaza Taiwa) meetup, which was held in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, on November 26, 2021. The meetup between the Minister of State for Financial Services, SUZUKI Shunichi, who served as the main Chair, and seven participants (a university student, a working adult in his/her 20s, a retail investor, an economic analyst, a journalist, an FP [Financial Planner], and a certified consumer affairs advisor who are well-versed in asset formation and financial literacy) was held to exchange opinions and gain new insights on stable asset formation and the improvement of financial literacy.    (The original press release is available in Japanese at the following URL.) https://www.fsa.go.jp/kouhou/kurumaza/tokyo20211126.html

January 13, 2022

Publication of the main issues raised by the FSA at opinion exchange meetings with the relevant associations in the financial sector <Summary> The FSA has published the main issues raised by the FSA at opinion exchange meetings* held with the relevant associations in the financial sector in December 2021. (Available only in Japanese).   * To enhance the transparency of its administration and to share its awareness of issues in the financial sector in a timely manner, the FSA publishes every month the main issues raised by the FSA at opinion exchange meetings with the relevant associations** in the financial sector. Opinion exchange meetings are held with the respective associations on a regular basis. ** In December 2021, opinion exchange meetings were held respectively with three groups: major banks, etc.; the Regional Banks Association of Japan and the Second Association of Regional Banks; and the General Insurance Associations of Japan. (The original press release is available in Japanese at the following URL.) https://www.fsa.go.jp/common/ronten/index_5.html