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

Admission

Please go to Peatix. *It will be open soon.

Channel

YouTube FINOLAB CHANNEL

“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.

Honorary Mention

Remarks :
Creation of new insurance adding to the existing product have provided effective support for those who suffered from the COVID-19 crisis.

JFIA 2024 Winners

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.

TICKET

The event will be held online this year and can be viewed for free.
If you wish to participate, please do so by booking a ticket in advance.