Japan's first Web bank to launch

Japan's first Web bank to launch

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of Sakura Bank and other investors in Japan's first Web bank -- including Tokyo Electric Power Co., Fujitsu Ltd. and NTT DoCoMo Inc. -- join hands at a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Oct. 11, the eve of the start of the bank's operations. Japan Net Bank is set to become the first bank in Japan to enable computer users to pay for goods and services on the basis of their deposits at the bank, and to accept applications from individual customers for loans via the Web.

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