Bank · Japan
SBJ Bank (Shinhan Financial Group)
SBJ Bank Limited (株式会社SBJ銀行) · sbjbank.co.jp (opens source in new tab)
Crypto readiness score
2/3 status dimensions verified · 1 initiative · last verified 2026-10-26
Score breakdown
How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.
| Component | Weight | Points | Basis (verified input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial availability | 35 | 3.5 | Announced / exploring · initiative |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Technical delivery | 20 | 4 | Developing / partnership established · initiative |
| Product breadth | 15 | 5 | 1 product category with a verified status: Stablecoin payments |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 5 | Last verified change 2026-10-21 |
Score = sum of points, rounded. Only verified tracker statuses count; “Unknown” earns nothing and is never estimated. Methodology
Initiatives (1)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Stablecoin payments · Japan
SBJ Bank account-linked yen stablecoin (JPYC) top-up PoC with LINE NEXT
- regulatory
- Unknown
- technical
- Developing / partnership established2026-10-20
- commercial
- Announced / exploring2026-10-21
SBJ Bank, Shinhan Financial Group’s Japanese bank, signed an MOU on 20 October 2026 with JPYC and LINE NEXT for a proof of concept of an account-linked top-up function connecting bank accounts, JPYC yen stablecoin issuance and redemption, and the Unifi digital wallet.
Scope: MOU for a proof of concept; no launch date given.
In tracker · last verified 2026-10-26
Licences & registrations
Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).
No licence or registration record in our verified data. This means “not reviewed”, not “unlicensed”.
Partners & providers
From tracker records and verified item text only. “Co-named” means both appear in the same source — open it for context. Full map
- BCV · named role (tracker) · yen stablecoin issuer
Regulator records & actions
Register entries and regulator publications that name this institution.
None in our verified data.
Markets (from stated target markets): Japan
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2026-10-21 · Status
Release says SBJ Bank and LINE NEXT will consider commercialising remittance and payment services after the PoC.
2026-10-21 · Item
SBJ Bank (via PR TIMES)
2026-10-20 · Status
MOU signed with JPYC and LINE NEXT for an account-linked top-up PoC.
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