JFIA 2024 Overview
JFIA started from 2020 to promote innovative initiatives in the financial services by adopting information technology and to share best practices in the industry, expecting to further expand open innovation beyond the corporate group and business sector. JFIA2024 consists of 3 categories, including Startup, Financial Institution, and Collaboration. FINOLAB, the FinTech Center of Tokyo, administrated the evaluation process by extracting about 400 innovative initiatives from press releases during the year 2023. Final candidates and winners will be selected by a group of professionals, FINOVATORS, based on the evaluation on innovation, growth, and transformation. Further Judgment is scheduled on Mar. 4 to announce Grand Prix and Category Excellences.
Title
Japan Financial Innovation Award 2024 Ceremony
(at Future Frontier Fes by FINOLAB )
Date and Time
Mar. 4, 2024, 17:30 – 20:00
Venue
Host
FINOLAB Inc.
Co-Host
FINOVATORS
MC
Mayumi Sakai
“4F” is an annual event for various stakeholders of financial innovation to gather and discuss their future action. There, the JFIA Award Ceremony, FINOPITCH (a pitch contest by domestic and foreign startups) and its award ceremony, various lectures, keynote speeches and panel discussions are held. It started in 2020 with the aim of becoming a participatory festival where stakeholders of innovation can share their experience and information, as opposed to a conventional conference.
JFIA 2024
Grand Prix and Category Excellence
Grand Prix
Remarks :
The digitalization of the collection process, with direct deposit capability, was highly evaluated for its ability to enhance the convenience of payment operations.
Startup Category Excellence
Remarks :
The new wallet equipped with GameFi, which converts the value of payment data into digital assets, was highly evaluated for its ability to visualize the economic contribution through users’ consumption behavior.
Financial Institution Category Excellence
Remarks :
The company was recognized for its efforts to provide their insurance clients with a general platform to manage all types of assets, including BaaS capability.
Collaboration Category Excellence
Remarks :
They were highly evaluated for its ability to provide flexible debt financing to meet the diverse financing needs of growth-stage startups.
JFIA 2024 Winners
Startup
Financial Institution
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Collaboration
MOVIE
JUDGES
Masakazu
MASUJIMA
FINOVATORS Founder & President
The chairman
Mitsunobu
OKUBO
FINOVATORS Founder
Toshio
TAKI
FINOVATORS Founder
Tatsuto
FUJII
FINOVATORS Founder
Yusuke
MANABE
FINOVATORS Member
*The order of the Japanese syllabary after the chairman.
