FIN/SUM 2024 | SUM Series | 4 March 2024 | Marunouchi Building Hall, Marunouchi Building Conference Square (8th floor), Marucube (1st floor) 4-1 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

"Fintech," which refers to the integration of finance and technology, has sparked innovations across various sectors, including cashless payments, remittance services, asset management, lending and financing, insurance, and accounting. Not only traditional financial institutions, but also non-financial entities like IT companies, distribution and retail businesses, and startups are venturing into the realm of new financial services.}

Furthermore, a new Fintech trend is emerging in Japan, aiming to revitalize the long-stagnant Japanese economy. Efforts are being made to establish an ecosystem that supports startups through funds specifically designed to foster the growth of unlisted companies (unicorns) in Japan.

In response to the government's "Asset Income Doubling Plan," individuals and the financial industry are increasingly focusing on asset management. The goal is to transform Japan into an investment-oriented nation, where the culture of growing wealth serves as a driving force for the economy. However, it is crucial to strike a balance between pursuing economic value and ensuring the well-being of people. This involves addressing social disparities, environmental issues like climate change and decarbonization, biodiversity, and human rights concerns. The technologies that underpin Fintech, such as AI, blockchain, and big data analysis, should be effectively harnessed to tackle these challenges.

The objective is to generate, safeguard, and utilize wealth while promoting happiness among people. With this vision in mind, this event will commence with the theme of "Building a Bright Future: Fintech for Happy Growth."

This event will be held as an in-person event and will not be live-streamed. Our aim is to revive the appeal of face-to-face sessions and networking by implementing a creative approach that maximizes the benefits for attendees at the venue. We also encourage international participants to join us in person.

2024 Speakers

Fumio Kishida
Prime Minister

Shunichi Suzuki
Minister of Finance, Minister of State for Financial Services

Kazuo Ueda
Governor, Bank of Japan

Teruhisa Kurita
Commissioner, Financial Services Agency

Verena Ross
Chair
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

Masahiko Kato
Chairperson, Japanese Bankers Association, President and CEO, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

Tohru Futami
Director, Executive Vice President & CDIO（Chief Transformation Officer) & CDIO（Chief Digital Information Officer), Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd.

Takao Iwai
Corporate Senior Vice President, Managing Director of Financial Solutions Division

Takashi Ogura
President and Representative Director, Le-Techs Inc.

Daisuke Kitakaze
Managing Executive Officer / General Manager, Consulting Division, BayCurrent Consulting , Inc.

Joji Noritake
Managing Executive Officer and CDO, BayCurrent Consulting , Inc.

Norihisa Tsuruta
Director, Financial Service Industry Business Unit, Amazon Web Services Japan G.K.

Makoto Umemiya
Member of the Board of Directors, Deputy President and Senior Executive Officer (Representative Executive Officer), Group Chief Digital Officer (Group CDO)
of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

Akio Isowa
Group Chief Digital Innovation Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Senior Managing Executive Officer and Head of Digital Solution Division, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)

Atsushi Itaya
Executive Managing Director of Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

Satoshi Murabayashi
Representative Director, President, DeCurret DCP Inc., Executive Vice Presidents, Internet Initiative Japan Inc.

Keiji Minami
President and CEO, Representative Director, Sony Bank Inc.

Keiko Ogawa
EY Japan Banking and Capital Market and Wealth and Asset Management Consulting Leader, Regtech Leader, Partner, EY Strategy and Consulting Co., Ltd.

Nobuaki Ninomiya
Muroosystems Corporation, Green Blockchain Officer/ Executive Director

Jeroen Hölscher
Global Head, Payments Services, Capgemini

Miki Tsusaka
President, Microsoft Japan

Joichi Ito
President of Chiba Institute of Technology, Co-founder, board member of Digital Garage

Yutaka Matsuo
Professor, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering

Hideki Murai
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary

Junichi Kanda
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office

Tatsunori Ibayashi
State Minister of Cabinet Office (Financial Services)

Toshiyuki Miyoshi
Vice Commissioner for International Affairs, Financial Services Agency

Motoyuki Yufu
Strategy Development and Management Bureau , Financial Services Agency

Hirofumi Yoshimura
Governor of Osaka Prefecture

Fran Ryan
Business Lead for Stripe Financial Services (Product and Engineering Executive), Stripe

Yukari Hashimoto
Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd.

Daichi Iwata
Executive Business Development Professional, NEC Corproration, CEO, Painter ltd

Masaaki Matsuhashi
Seven Bank, Ltd.

Ayumu Wada
Executive Partner, BayCurrent Consulting , Inc.

Toru Shiomitsu
SUMITOMO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Takafumi Watanabe
Executive Managing Officer and CFO

Kaya Kanamori
Chief Fintech Stragegist, Head of DX Business Planning Dept., Sony Bank Inc., SNFT, Inc.

MAX HUA
CFO BITMAIN

Akira Kaneko
Business Executive Officer, Banking and Capital Markets Sales Group, Financial Service Industry Group

Tomohiro Kozakai
General Manager, Systems Development Division, Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank

Yuichiro Sunakawa
Okinawa Financial Group, Inc.
The Bank of Okinawa, Ltd.

Takaki Fujiwara
Executive Officer, IT Division, The Tokyo Star Bank, Limited

Ryohei Sakai
The Ehime Bank, Ltd.

Norifumi Inoue
Senior Director, Financial Systems Department

Hirokuni Onozawa
GMO Aozora Net Bank, Ltd, Executive Officer, Group Head, Sales and Marketing Group

Yoshikzu, Yamai
Managing Executive Officer, Director or Infrastructure Engineering Division, Internet Initiative Japan Inc., President, IIJ Engineering Inc.

Kaoru Numata
Senior Managing Director, Digital Company and Retail Division Marketing of Nomura Holdings Inc.

Eiji Kobayashi
Country Head, Japan,, Securitize Japan K.K.

Noritaka Oe
Head of Co-Creation Planning Department, DAIDO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Kei Fukuda
Director, Blockchain Solution Dept., Hitachi, Ltd.

Yoshio Hirako
Executive Officer, CDO, MIROKU JYOHO SERVICE CO., LTD. (MJS), CEO, MJS Finance & Technology Inc.

Kazuhiro Tokita
Senior Managing Excutive Officer and Business Management, DeCurret DCP Inc.

Hiromi Yamaoka
Board Director, Future Corporation, Chairperson, Digital Currency Forum

Masashi Namatame
Managing Executive Officer, Group CDO (Chief Digital Officer), Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. CEO, Tokio Marine Resilence, Co. Ltd.

Hitoshi Matsubara
Professor, The University of Tokyo

Noriyuki Yanagawa
Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo

Dr. Junichi Shukuwa
Teikyo University, Faculty of Economics, Professor and Doctor of Economics.

Itaru Koizumi
Strategic Plannning Officer, Le-Techs Inc.

Takashi Sano
Chief Investment Officer, MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Ltd.

Naotaka Terai
Managing Executive Officer Corporate Planning Department, HOKKOKU FINANCIAL HOLDINGS

Keisuke Banjyo
Director of Digital Promotion Division, Ishikawa Prefecture

Hatsuko Matsumoto
Principal FSI Innovation Specialist, Amazon Web Services Japan

Masayuki Takanashi
Executive Officer, Group CSuO (Chief Sustainability Officer), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

Katsutoshi Matsushita
Executive Officer, SMBC Venture Capital

Eihiro Saishu
President and CEO, Groovenauts, Inc.

Junichi Taguchi
General Manager, Investment Department No.2, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co.,Ltd

Hiroshi Takiyasu
Senior Manager., BayCurrent Consulting , Inc.

Masakazu Kikuchi
Founder and CEO, Secured Finance AG

Akihisa Taketa
Chief Manager, Nippon Life Insurance Company

Yuka Iwasaki
YOUTRIST Co., Ltd.

Isshu Rakusai
CEO, Helpfeel Inc.

Takeaki Sanda
Sales Manager, Helpfeel Inc.

Isao Otokita
Managing Executive Officer, Deputy Division Director of Digital Transformation Business Unit,TIS Inc.

Muuto Morikawa
CEO, Ginco

Tokushi Nakashima
President/CEO,Founder, Global Mobility Service Inc. (GMS Inc.)

Daimei Inaba
Founder, Japan Open Chain, CEO, G.U.Technologies Inc.

Hidekazu Kondo
Founder, Japan Open Chain, CTO, G.U.Technologies Inc.

Seiichiro Uchiyama
CEO, Credit Engine, Inc.

Kenichiro Niiro
COO, Credit Engine, Inc.

Haruhiko Matsui
CEO/funder, GrowShip Partners, CEO/funder, OwnerShip

Hikaru Kusaka
xID Inc.

Takahiro Chiba
CEO, TRUSTDOCK Inc.

Akihide Higo
CISO, TRUSTDOCK Inc.

Kenichi Matsuguma
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Tamaki Shibuya
Executive Officer, Head of Transaction Business Division, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

Masashi Watanabe

Seihaku Yoshida
CEO, HashPort Inc.

Ken-ichi Kawamoto
Director General, Policy and Planning Bureau, Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition

Chikahisa Sumi
National Graduate Institute For Policy Studies

YJ Fischer
Director of International Affairs, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Evy Wee
Managing Director, Regional Head of Financial Planning & Advisory Solutions, DBS Bank Ltd.

Shin'ichiro Mastuo
Research Professor, Virginia Tech, Research Professor, Georgetown University

Hideaki Takase
Managing Corporate Executive, Group Chief Strategy Officer(CSO), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

Yam Ki Chan
Vice President, Strategy and Policy, Circle Internet Financial (Circle)

Masayuki Ishibashi
Partner, Attorney-at-Law, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Toshihiko Onuki
Concordia Financial Group, Ltd, The Bank of Yokohama,Ltd.

Benedicte Nolens
Bank for International Settlements, Innovation Hub, Centre Head, Innovation Hub Hong Kong Centre

Naomi Takeda
Director-General, Payment and Settlement Systems Department, Bank of Japan

Mamoru Yanase
Deputy Director-General, Strategy Development and Management Bureau, Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA)

Hiroshi Okada
Deputy Director-General Supervision Bureau, Japanese Financial Services Agency (“JFSA”)

Satoshi Ikeda
Deputy Commissioner for International Affiars/Chief Sustainable Finance Officer

Yukio Wakahara
Deputy Director-General of the Policy and Markets Bureau, Financial Services Agency of Japan

Masanori Kusunoki
Digital Agency

Masaki Bessho
Head of FinTech Center, Bank of Japan

Mikiharu Noma
Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University

Yuko Seimei
Representative Executive Officer and CEO, Monex Group, Inc. President, Monex, Inc.

Amanda Wick
Principal, Incite Consulting

Chang Li
VP, Fintech/Insurtech
Director, Fintech Association of Japan

Takuro Okada
President

Takao Tajiri

Naho Nakakubo
CEIO(Chief ESG Innovation Officer), Cierpa & Company

Chloe White
Independent Advisor, Riskmastery.xyz

Madhusudan Ekambaram
Co-Founder and CEO, Kreditbee

D Venkatesh
Founder and CEO, Lentra

Ankit Agrawal
Co-Founder and CEO, InsuranceDekho

Rikiya Nakashima
CEO, Agent Tech Consulting Inc.

Kenta Yoshida
Director, MUFG Ganesha Fund

Mikio Ogawa
Vice President, DataRobot Japan, Acting Representative Committee of Publication, Financial Data Utilizing Association

Naoya Ariyoshi
Partner, Nishimura & Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo)

Yohei Fusayasu
COO, Ginco Inc.

Akiyoshi Okuda
Joint General Manager, APLUS CO., LTD.

Jiro Yasuda
Corporate Officer and General Manager, The Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank,Ltd.

Kentaro Kojima
General Manager, Nippon life Insurance Company

Masakazu Tanigawa
General Manager, Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co., Ltd.

Takafumi Ikeda
Stripe, APAC Partner Solution Engineer

Toru Imaizumi
Service Account Manager, Stripe

Takahiro Matsusaka
JAPAN POST INSURANCE Co.,Ltd

Sumito Sugata
Senior Director, Technology Strategic Unit

Tatsuya Saito
Founder and CEO

Yutaka Hyodo
President and Representative Director CEO , PayPay Insurance Service Co.

Ryota Hayashi
CEO, Co-Founder, Finatext Holdings Ltd.

Toshio Taki
Money Forward, Inc.

Kenichi Saito
Senior Director, Sozo Ventures, Director, Fintech Association of Japan

Yukihiro Osugi
General Manager,TOKYO OFFICE Start-up Support Division, THE SHIZUOKA BANK,LTD.

Hayato Watanabe
HAMAMATSU IWATA, SHINKIN BANK MANAGER

Tomohiro Sugo
Head of Payment and Settlement Systems Division, Bank of Japan

Fernando Vazquez
CEO, SBI Digital Asset Holdings

Masayuki Tagai
Managing Director, Industry Issues, Payments, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Tokyo Branch

Hiroyuki Sanbe
Partner, Attorney-at-Law, Atsumi & Sakai, Guest Professor, Research Center on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues, Osaka University

Minoru Etoh
Professor, OSAKA UNIVERSITY

Takehiko Eguchi
The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited

Hiroki Fujimoto
Senior Executive Officer,General Manager Next Business Planning Dept., Sumitomo Life Insurance Co.

Taku Sakai
CEO, Unirobot Corporation

Laura Loh
Director, Investment (Blockchain)

Alexander Pui
Senior Vice President, Marsh

Jason Chomik
Director, Finiacial Data Exchange

Nat Sakimura
Chairman, OpenID Foundation

Daryl Ho
Executive Director (Monetary Management),
Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Joseph Beverley
Co-Founder, Soulbis, Strategy Office, SingularityNET

Mitchell Travers
Co-Founder, Soulbis

Soko Sugawara
CEO , SOKO LIFE TECHNOLOGY

Sing Chiong Leong
Deputy Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Michihiro Maruyama
Japan Head of Customer Success, Tractable KK

Ryozo Iwai
Vice President, MUFG Bank, Ltd.

Hisataka Akaoka
General Manager,Credit Department No.1 Credit Office for Innovative Startups,Mizuho Bank,Ltd.

Takashi Watanabe
Vice Manager, Safie Inc., NEP Management & Technology Advisor, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization

Yuki Takeda
Acting Senior General Manager,Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Rui Suzuki
Senior Corporate Executive / Chief Financial Officer

Shota Matsuzawa
Co-founder, Decima Fund, Web3.0 Business Expert, Digital Agency Japan Government

Yo Okada
Counsellor, Secretariat of New Form of Capitalism Realization Headquarters, Cabinet Secretariat

Aya Shimada
Founder and Representative Director, CULTURELABS K.K.

Mitsunobu Okubo
Digital Agency, Assistant CDO, Ministry of Finance

Yasutoshi Tanaka
Managing Director, Head of Digital Service Planning Division, Planning Department, MUFG Bank,Ltd.

Yasushi Sasajima

Hiroshi Kobayashi

Junichi Maekawa
Vice President, Digital Service Planning Division, Planning Department, MUFG Bank,Ltd.

Hideo Iwano
Managing Director Head Of Growing Industries Support Office, MUFG Bank, Ltd.

Hidenori Tsuruoka
Assistant General Manager, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation

Yuta Hagiwara
Founder and CEO, PREVENT Inc.

Naoto Egawa
FonesLife Corporation

Satoru Someya
Executive Officer and COO and CMO and Head of Marketing and Sales Dept., TradeWaltz Inc.

Shuji Kobayakawa
Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Meiji University

Hajime Tomura
Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

Koji Itazu
Director of Industrial Digitalization Promotion Division, Gifu Prefectural Government

Saiko Nakagawa
Director for Assset Management Business, FSA

Tomohiro Miura
Director of Insurance Business Division, Supervisory Bureau, Financial Services Agency

Ryosuke Ushida
Chief Fintech Officer

Masashi Tanabe
Director of the Banking Business Division Ⅱ, Financial Services, Agency of Japan.

Shunsuke Takanabe
Deputy Director, Planning and Management Division, Supervision Bureau, Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA)

Masayuki Kazato
Director, Head of Digital Transformation Studies Group, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan,

Takashi Hashimoto
Director, Financial System and Bank Examination Department, Bank of Japan

Kazutoshi Kan
Director, Bank of Japan

Kazutoshi Sugimura
Director, Payment and Settlement Systems Department, Bank of Japan

Keita Sekiguchi
Fintech Editor ,Nikkei Inc.

Sawako Oiwa
Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc

Akiko Sugimoto
Local Area Business Editor, Regional News Center, Editorial Division

Jemima Kelly
Columnist, The Financial Times

2024 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Aflac
• NEC
• Le-Tech Inc.
• BayCurrent

GOLD SPONSORS:
• aws
• Mizuho
• SMBC
• Daiwa-GRP
• DeCurret IIJ
• Moneykit
• EY
• Murro Systems
• Bitmain
• Capgemini
• Microsoft

SILVER SPONSORS:
• MUFG
• Stripe

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• NISSAY
• YOUTRUST
• Helpfeel
• TIS
• Ginco
• GMS
• Credite Engine
• G.U . Technologies
• GrowShip Partners
• xID
• Trust Dock

SPECIAL SPONSOR:
• Mitsubishi Estate