{"id":148589,"date":"2022-09-13T14:33:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T05:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=148589&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-09-13T14:34:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T05:34:07","slug":"fukuoka-as-international-financial-center-attracts-four-new-firms","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-as-international-financial-center-attracts-four-new-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka as International Financial Center Attracts Four New Firms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four new companies, including a Taiwanese bank, are planning to set up operations in Fukuoka City, according to a report at a general meeting of an organization (TEAM Fukuoka) aiming to attract an international financial center to the city. The government is considering the establishment of an international financial center to serve as a representative center for foreign financial institutions in Asia, and Fukuoka, Tokyo, and the Kansai region have all expressed interest. The four companies include Taiwan&#8217;s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E.SUN Bank <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and M-DAQ, a Singaporean company that provides financial services called fintech, which combines finance and IT. Q, which provides financial services in Singapore called fintech, which combines finance and IT. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20220912\/5010017310.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/fnn_team-fukuoka-sep_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C745&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\" Fukuoka as International Financial Center Attracts Four New Firms\" width=\"1400\" height=\"745\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-148595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/fnn_team-fukuoka-sep_2022_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/fnn_team-fukuoka-sep_2022_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/fnn_team-fukuoka-sep_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C545&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/fnn_team-fukuoka-sep_2022_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C409&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English regularly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. Opt out at any time and privacy is protected. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the \u201cNow\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disclaimer: These summaries are from publicly posted contents. Errors might occur during translation. Images are sourced independently for illustrative purposes and credited appropriately. Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send feedback or ask for edits.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four new companies, including a Taiwanese bank, are planning to set up operations in Fukuoka City, according to a report at a general meeting of an organization (TEAM Fukuoka) aiming to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":148596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-148589","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/148589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}