<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>cryptobanking.news — SBJ Bank (Shinhan Financial Group)</title><link>https://cryptobanking.news/banks/sbj-bank/</link><atom:link href="https://cryptobanking.news/banks/sbj-bank/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Verified items about SBJ Bank (Shinhan Financial Group)</description><item><title>SBJ Bank, JPYC and LINE NEXT sign MOU for a proof of concept linking bank accounts to yen stablecoin wallet top-ups</title><link>https://cryptobanking.news/item/sbj-bank-jpyc-line-next-stablecoin-poc/</link><guid>https://cryptobanking.news/item/sbj-bank-jpyc-line-next-stablecoin-poc/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>SBJ Bank, the Japanese entity of Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group, announced on 21 October 2026 that it signed a memorandum of understanding on 20 October 2026 with LINE NEXT Inc. and JPYC Inc. covering a proof of concept for a new account-linked top-up function, in which each party provides infrastructure: bank accounts, stablecoin issuance and redemption, and the Unifi digital wallet. SBJ Bank says it will provide bank accounts and banking infrastructure and test a mechanism connecting stablecoins with existing financial services, and will consider commercialising new services including remittances and payments with LINE NEXT after the PoC. (Source text in Japanese; summary translated.) Source: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000039.000141845.html</description><category>stablecoins</category></item></channel></rss>