{"id":169318,"date":"2025-03-07T13:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T04:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=169318&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-03-07T13:43:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T04:43:01","slug":"kyushu-banks-push-digital-promissory-note","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-banks-push-digital-promissory-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu Banks Push for Digital Promissory Note"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu\u2019s regional banks are accelerating efforts to replace paper promissory notes with digital alternatives ahead of Japan\u2019s 2026 deadline. Fukuoka Financial Group will stop issuing paper promissory notes by March 2026, while Chikuho Bank is hosting seminars to guide businesses through the transition. Challenges remain, as some companies lack the necessary digital infrastructure. Nationwide, promissory note transactions in Kyushu still totaled \u00a53.1 trillion in 2022, highlighting the scale of the transition. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-fg.com\/news_info_pdf\/2025\/20250121-1_release.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Financial Group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-169306\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_watanabe-dori-chikuho-bank_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1155&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu Banks Push for Digital Promissory Note\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_watanabe-dori-chikuho-bank_2024_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_watanabe-dori-chikuho-bank_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_watanabe-dori-chikuho-bank_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C845&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fnn_watanabe-dori-chikuho-bank_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C634&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyushu\u2019s regional banks are accelerating efforts to replace paper promissory notes with digital alternatives ahead of Japan\u2019s 2026 deadline&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":169311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-169318","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/169318","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=169318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}