Japan's Financial Services Agency asks Apple and Google to suspend five unregistered crypto exchange apps

Odaily News The Japanese Financial Services Agency has requested Apple and Google this week to suspend app downloads for five overseas crypto exchanges that are operating without registration. The five companies are Bybit Fintech Limited, MEXC Global, LBank Exchange, KuCoin and Bitget Limited. The Japanese Financial Services Agency issued a warning to these companies under the Payment Services Act and published their names. It had previously warned these companies not to conduct business with Japanese customers, but they did not stop, so the Japanese Financial Services Agency decided for the first time to ask them to stop operating. In accordance with the request, Apple has removed these applications from the App Store and no new downloads have been available since February 6. Google, which operates the Play Store, has not yet announced the results of the handling. (Nikkei News)