SBI e-Sports and Japannext Securities Announce Sponsorship Agreement! Focusing on the affinity between finance and e-Sports

( Japannext ), a leading financial services company, announced on February 3, 2023 (Friday) that it has signed a sponsorship agreement with a professional gaming team, SBI e-Sports. With the signing of the sponsorship agreement, SBI e-Sports will display the Japannext logo on its website and uniforms from February 2023.

SBI e-Sports and Japannext Securities sign sponsorship agreement!

SBI e-Sports and Japannext Securities sponsors announce the signing of a sponsorship agreement. With the Corona Disaster expected to increase online distribution and the number of fans, as well as the expansion of the e-sports market, SBI e-Sports has reached a sponsorship agreement with Japannext Securities, sharing its vision of " contributing to the healthy development of the e-sports field and aiming to become a world-class team. The sponsorship contract was concluded with SBI e-Sports.

In addition, Japannext Securities has a strong point in " PTS" (Private Trading System), which has similarities with e-sports. The similarities between PTSs and e-sports are that latency affects player performance, and that advanced and reliable infrastructure such as systems (software), hardware, and communication lines are important.

In the future, Japannext Securities aims to utilize the Metaverse technology to create an environment and provide services that enable stock trading around the world from anywhere, anytime, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Japannext plans to support SBI e-Sports in various ways, not limited to logo placement, in order to promote interest in PTSs and investment.

Masatoshi Kotani, President and Representative Director, SBI e-Sports, Inc.

are honored to sign a Platinum Partner Agreement with Japannext Securities Co. In today's financial business world, especially in the area of trading via the Internet, we feel that there is a more pronounced need to make decisions faster than anyone else based on comprehensive information and to make deals (transactions) with accuracy. From this perspective, we are grateful for your support in focusing on the affinity between finance and e-sports.

Masakatsu Yamada, CEO, Japannext Securities Co.

very pleased to conclude a sponsorship agreement with SBI e-Sports, Inc. We believe that our "PTS" financial trading platform and e-Sports have a lot in common in that they both require fast and accurate actions and reliable infrastructure to achieve high performance. Through this sponsorship, we hope to learn from e-Sports and provide investors with a variety of unprecedented experiences in the world of financial trading.