March 16, 2016
Hitachi to Establish FinTech Research Organization in North America
Hitachi, Ltd. today announced that it has decided to establish Financial Innovation Laboratory, a FinTech research organization in the Silicon Valley office of Hitachi's Global Center for Social Innovation - North America (CSI-NA) in Santa Clara, California. Operations are expected to commence from April 2016. The new organization will work together with CSI-NA in areas such as research & development of blockchain technology, a core technology of FinTech, and on collaborative creation with financial institutions.