World FinTech Festival is back!

World FinTech Festival Japan is held together with the world's largest fintech event, Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF).

Last year, the event attracted over 60,000 participants. Co-hosted with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and partners from G20 countries, including Japan. More than 560 prominent speakers such as Bill Gates, Satya Nadella (CEO of Microsoft), CEOs of Citigroup, VISA, PayPal, and Nasdaq.

This year, World FinTech Festival Japan is back on a brand new digital platform to bring a another level of experience to you.

Previous Speakers

Kenji Nakanishi

State Minister of Finance
House of Councillors

Huey Min Tern

Deputy Commissioner (International, Investigation & Indirect Taxes)
Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore

Pascal Saint-Amans

Director
OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration

Robert Patalano

Deputy Head of Division
OECD

Mike Hodin

CEO; Managing Partner
Global Coalition on Aging; High Lantern Group

Kathy Matsui

Vice Chair
Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.

Yumiko Murakami

Head of OECD Tokyo Centre
OECD Tokyo Centre

Keiko Tashiro

Deputy President
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

Motonobu Matsuo

Secretary-General
Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission

Hideki Ito

Strategy Development and Management Bereau, Vice Commissioner for Policymaking, Digital and FinTech Strategy
Financial Services Agency of Japan

Hirohiko Nakahara

Deputy Director-General
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Jumpei Miwa

Assistant Commissioner, Innovation, FinTech and Sustainable Finance
Financial Services Agency Japan

Koichi Narasaki

Group CDO, Executive Vice President & Executive Officer
Sompo Holdings, Inc.

Kristina Yasuda

Identity Standards Architect
Microsoft Corp.

Keiichi Aritomo

Executive Director
FinCity.Tokyo

Ryosuke Ushida

Deputy Director, Fintech and Innovation Office
Financial Services Agency, JAPAN

Yasuki Okai

Executive Fellow
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.

Masayori Shoji

Partner, Head of Fintech Innovation
KPMG Consulting Co,ltd.

Keiko Ogawa

Partner, EY Japan RegTech Leader
EY ShinNihon LLC

Min-Jeong Lee

Reporter
Bloomberg LP

Yuri Suzuki

Senior Partner
Atsumi & Sakai

Trista Bridges

Cofounder and Principal
Read the Air

Anita Varshney

VP, Purpose and Brand Experience, SAP
SAP

Oki Matsumoto

Chairman and CEO
Monex Group, Inc.

Takayuki Watanabe

Fintech Innovation Senior Manager
KPMG Consulting Co., Ltd.

Felix Beatty

CISO
Paidy, Inc.

Julien Bringer

CEO. Expert in security, cryptography, biometrics, identity, privacy, blockchain technologies and innovation
Kallistech

Donato Calace

VP of Accounts and Innovation
Datamaran

Paul Chapman

Chief Executive and Founder
Moneytree KK

Jacek Czarnecki

Global Legal Counsel
Maker Foundation

Donald Eubank

Co-founder and principal
Read the Air Coalition

Jean-Christophe (JC) Finidori

Founder; General Manager
HODLNG

Pieter Franken

Special Advisor to the Board
ASEAN Financial Network (AFIN) / APIX Platform

Naohiro Fujie

Board member, General Manager
OpenID Foundation Japan, ITOCHU Techno Solutions

Tatsuto Fujii

Senior Industry Executive
Microsoft Japan

Kenji Fuma

CEO
Neural Inc.

David Hardoon

Senior Advisor for Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
UnionBank Philippines

Kazy Hata

CEO
justInCase

Akihide Higo

Director & Co-founder
TRUSTDOCK

Hiroshi Kanesaki

Business development manager, Business Creation Dept.
SOMPO Japan Insurance Inc.

Abe Karar

Partner, Digital Transformation
Fintech Galaxy

Yuji Kawada

Deputy Director, International Affairs Office
Japanese Financial Service Agency

Yuki Kishi

Director, Fintech and Brand&Retail
Plug and Play Japan

Takeshi Kito

Vice Chair
Fintech Association of Japan

Hirotaka Kobayashi

President
Celonis KK

Jesper Koll

Senior Adviser
WisdomTree Investments

Kenichi Kurimoto

CEO
Nayuta inc.

Daniel Liebau

Founding Director & Affiliate Faculty
Lightbulb Capital & Singapore Management University

mumu Makinose

Head of GFC
Global Finance Centre（GFC）

Masa Mashita

Senior Vice President, Strategic Innovations Department
JCB Co., Ltd.

Koji Nakao

Distinguished Researcher
NICT

Mitsunobu OKUBO

Executive Advisor to the Government CIO (Cabinet Secretariat/Ministry of Finance/Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
FINOVATORS Co-Founder, Fintech Association of Japan Advisory Board

Anand Prasad

Founder and CEO
wenovator LLC

Amit Ranjan

Japan Ambassador
Singapore FinTech Festival

Karl Richter

Executive Director
EngagedX

Makoto Shibata

Head of FINOLAB, CCO
FINOLAB Inc.

Maninder Pal Singh

Executive Director
EC Council

Toshio Taki

Board Director, Head of Fintech Institute
Money Forward, Inc.

Masashi Tsujinaka

CEO
Nowcast Inc.

Gen Uehara

Head of Strategy and Planning, Asia Pacific Region
Symphony

Aaron Wright

Professor
Cardozo Law School

Previous Partners