Seven Bank is considering investing in a FamilyMart-affiliated credit-card company and is in discussions to do so, according to the Japanese lender’s president. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/12/companies/seven-bank-familymart-card-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sevenbank #familymart #creditcards #banks #investments
Japan’s Seven Bank mulls investing in FamilyMart card affiliate

The Tokyo-based bank is looking for areas beyond its main business of operating automated teller machines in convenience stores for its tie-up with FamilyMart.

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Seven & I Holdings is considering selling part of its stake in Seven Bank to Itochu to improve its corporate value by focusing on its convenience store business, people familiar with the matter say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/05/21/companies/seven-bank-shares-itochu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #seveniholdings #sevenbank #itochu #stocks
Seven & I considers selling portion of Seven Bank shares to Itochu

The move is part of efforts to improve its corporate value by focusing on its convenience store business amid a bid to acquire it.

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Seven Bank has introduced a service allowing its account holders to deposit and withdraw cash using facial recognition technology at 26,000 automated teller machines across the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/09/companies/seven-bank-atm-face-recognition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sevenbank #facialrecognition #banks #atm
Japan's Seven Bank starts ATM service using face recognition

Named Face Cash, the new service enables depositors with Seven Bank or Shizuoka Bank to make deposits and withdrawals without cash cards or smartphones.

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Seven Bank Enters Malaysia; Targets Deployment of 100 CRMs at 7-Eleven Outlets Nationwide #7eleven #atm #banking #crm #deployment #installations #malaysia #plans #sevenbank

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Seven Bank, which is partly owned by Seven & I Holdings, will seek to expand its ATM cash machine network beyond its parent company’s 7-Eleven shops into other convenience stores. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/11/companies/seven-bank-atms/ #business #companies #seveneleven #seveniholdings #banks #conveniencestores #sevenbank #atm
Seven & I Holdings, the convenience-store operator facing a takeover approach from Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard, reportedly plans to reduce its stake in its banking unit to 38% as part of a broader revamp. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/06/companies/seven-bank-stake-reduce/ #business #companies #seveniholdings #seveneleven #retailers #conveniencestores #alimentationcouchetard #sevenbank #corporategovernance
Convenience store ATM operators in Japan are rushing to install machines at regional banks, supermarkets, and hospitals as banks reduce their own ATMs to cut costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/08/21/convenience-store-atms-spreading/ #business #atms #banks #sevenbank #lawsonbank #conveniencestores
Convenience store ATMs on the increase in Japan

Competition for making ATMs multifunctional, going beyond just withdrawing cash, and more user-friendly has been intensifying.

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