AWARD CEREMONY (2024)
On March 3, 2025 (Monday), we held the award ceremony for the Tokyo Financial Award 2024 at the "Japan Fintech Week 2025 Opening Party," co-hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Financial Services Agency.
We honored the recipients in the Financial Innovation and Sustainability Categories.
The archived video of the event can be viewed from the link below.
Original Audio (Japanese and English mixed)
Japanese Audio (Translated)
English Audio (Translated)
| Time | Agenda | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 4:00- 4:10pm |
Opening Remarks | - KOIKE Yuriko, Governor of Tokyo - NISHINO Daisuke, Minister of State for Financial Services Parliamentary Vice-Minister |
| 4:10- 4:25pm |
Tokyo Financial Award 2024 Award Ceremony | - KOIKE Yuriko, Governor of Tokyo - YAMAOKA Hiromi, Chief Judge - Tokyo Financial Award Winners(7 representatives) |
| 4:25- 5:05pm |
Financial Innovation Category Presentation: 3rd place GeNiE, Inc. Presentation Slides(here) Solution Video(here) |
SAITO Yuichiro GeNiE, Inc. - CEO |
| Financial Innovation Category Presentation: 2nd place Everimpact Presentation Slides(here) Solution Video(here) |
Mathieu Carlier Everimpact - CEO |
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| Financial Innovation Category Presentation: 1st place Fivot, Inc. Presentation Slides(here) Solution Video(here) |
Jim Lee ABE Shogo Fivot, Inc. - CEO |
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| Sustainability Category Award Winner Presentation: MOL PLUS Co., Ltd. Presentation Slides(here) |
SAKAMOTO Takuya MOL PLUS Co., Ltd. - CEO |
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| Sustainability Category Award Winner Presentation The Shoko Chukin Bank, Ltd. Presentation Slides(here) |
NIIKURA Nana The Shoko Chukin Bank, Ltd. - Corporate Planning Division |
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| Sustainability Category Award Winner Presentation VALT JAPAN, Co., Ltd. Presentation Slides(here) |
ONO Takaya VALT JAPAN, Co., Ltd. - CEO |
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| Sustainability Category, Green Finance Governor’s Award Winner Presentation binex, Inc. Presentation Slides(here) |
ITO Koji binex, Inc. - Director |
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| 5:05- 5:35pm |
Session by the Financial Services Agency | - YAMAOKA Hiromi, Board Member of Future Corporation - OKITA Takashi, Chairperson of Fintech Association of Japan - Yanase Mamoru, Deputy Director-General, Strategy Development and Management Bureau of Financial Services Agency |
| 5:35- 6:20pm |
Tokyo Financial Award Fintech Pitch Session* | Finalist for the Tokyo Financial Award Financial Innovation Category (13 representatives) |
| 6:20- 6:55pm |
Presentations by the municipalities designated as the “Special Zones for Finance and Asset Management Business" | - Sapporo City - Tokyo Metropolitan Government - Osaka Prefecture - Fukuoka Prefecture |
| 6:55- 7:05pm |
Announcement and recognition of Tokyo Financial Award Audience Award winner | - YOSHIMURA Keiichi, Director General of the Office for Startup and Global Financial City Strategy, Tokyo Metropolitan Government - A Winner of Tokyo Financial Award Audience Award |
| 7:05- 7:10pm |
Closing Remarks | |
* At the Fintech Pitch event, a pitch contest was held by 13 fintech companies (excluding 3 awardees) that passed the preliminary screening among the 136 applicants in the Tokyo Financial Award’s Financial Innovation Category. The audience voted for the company they deemed most innovative, to select the “Audience Award”.
The Audience Award 2024 Winner：GarageBank Corporation
The presentation material of the Audience Award winner can be viewed here.
Highlights of the Award Ceremony
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Tokyo Financial Award Group Photo (Award winners (7 companies), KOIKE Yuriko - Governor of Tokyo, NISHINO Daisuke - Minister of State for Financial Services Parliamentary Vice-Minister, YAMAOKA Hiromi - Chairperson of the Jury, Three judges, YOSHIMURA Keiichi - Director General of the Office for Startup and Global Financial City Strategy (Tokyo Metropolitan Government), two representatives from the Financial Services Agency, and one representative from the “Special Zones for Finance and Asset Management Business")
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Speech by KOIKE Yuriko – Governor of Tokyo
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Speech by NISHINO Daisuke - Minister of State for Financial Services Parliamentary Vice-Minister
Introduction by YOSHIMURA Keiichi - Director General of the Office for Startup and Global Financial City Strategy, Tokyo Metropolitan Government -
Judging Comments and Lecture by YAMAOKA Hiromi - Chairperson of the Jury
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GeNiE, Inc
Presentation by SAITO Yuichiro -
Everimpact
Presentation by Mathieu Carlier
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Fivot, Inc.
Presentation by ABE Shogo -
MOL PLUS Co., Ltd.
Presentation by SAKAMOTO Takuya
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The Shoko Chukin Bank, Ltd.
Presentation by NIIKURA Nana -
VALT JAPAN, Co., Ltd.
Presentation by ONO Takaya
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binex, Inc.
Presentation by ITO Koji -
Audience Award Ceremony to GarageBank Corporation (Left)