JFIA2025en | Japan Financial Innovation Award

JFIA 2025 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. JFIA2025 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 2024. 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. 3 to announce Grand Prix and Category Excellences.

Title

Japan Financial Innovation Award 2025 Ceremony
(at Future Frontier Fes by FINOLAB )

Date and Time

Mar. 3, 2025

Venue

OCA TOKYO【By invitation only】

Host

FINOLAB Inc.

Co-Host

FINOVATORS

Future Frontier Fes by FINOLAB (4F)

“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.

4F

JFIA 2024
Grand Prix and Category Excellence

Grand Prix

Enpay, a cashless and DX-enabled company, has launched a new service called “koufuri+” which will facilitate various payments from bank accounts.

koufuri＋

enpay Inc.

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

SyFu Announces Launch of Web3 Project Utilizing Payment Data with GameFi

SyFu

GINKAN, Inc.

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

Launch of “Asset Formation Plus,” a Platform Service to Support Asset Formation, and an Online Banking Service Utilizing BaaS.

Asset Formation Plus

The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited.

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.