Japan to let banks and securities companies share customer data

Financial watchdog wants to remove 'firewall' amid fierce global competition

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Japan's financial regulator hopes the move will allow the country's financial institutions to compete more effectively with those in the U.S. and Europe. © Reuters

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japan's Financial Services Agency intends to lift the ban on sharing customer information between banks and securities companies within the same group, Nikkei has learned.

The watchdog has shown financial institutions a plan which would effectively remove the regulations that have separated the operations of banks and securities companies for 30 years.

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