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Mizuho Financial Group, other Japanese banks to jointly offer virtual-currency services

( September 19, 2017, 01:27 GMT | Insight) -- Mizuho Financial Group, Japan Post Bank, and a number of Japanese regional banks are forming a partnership to handle a new digital currency that's tentatively called J Coin, the Nikkei newspaper reports.Mizuho Financial Group, Japan Post Bank, and a number of Japanese regional banks are forming a partnership to handle a new digital currency that's tentatively called J Coin, the Nikkei newspaper reports. The partnership will provide payment services linking accounts of participating banks. J Coin won't be volatile because its value would mirror the Japanese currency. The government's Financial Services Agency is open to the idea. There is a possibility that Japan's other major banks could join the group, according to the newspaper....

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