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)

Agenda
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
Financial Innovation Category Presentation: 1st place
Fivot, Inc.
  Presentation Slides(here)
  Solution Video(here)
Jim Lee
ABE Shogo
Fivot, Inc. - CEO
Sustainability Category Award Winner Presentation:
MOL PLUS Co., Ltd.
  Presentation Slides(here)
SAKAMOTO Takuya
MOL PLUS Co., Ltd. - CEO
Sustainability Category Award Winner Presentation
The Shoko Chukin Bank, Ltd.
  Presentation Slides(here)
NIIKURA Nana
The Shoko Chukin Bank, Ltd. - Corporate Planning Division
Sustainability Category Award Winner Presentation
VALT JAPAN, Co., Ltd.
  Presentation Slides(here)
ONO Takaya
VALT JAPAN, Co., Ltd. - CEO
Sustainability Category, Green Finance Governor’s Award Winner Presentation
binex, Inc.
  Presentation Slides(here)
ITO Koji
binex, Inc. - Director
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
  • 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")

  • Speech by KOIKE Yuriko – Governor of Tokyo

  • 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

  • GeNiE, Inc
    Presentation by SAITO Yuichiro

  • Everimpact
    Presentation by Mathieu Carlier

  • Fivot, Inc.
    Presentation by ABE Shogo

  • MOL PLUS Co., Ltd.
    Presentation by SAKAMOTO Takuya

  • The Shoko Chukin Bank, Ltd.
    Presentation by NIIKURA Nana

  • VALT JAPAN, Co., Ltd.
    Presentation by ONO Takaya

  • binex, Inc.
    Presentation by ITO Koji

  • Audience Award Ceremony to GarageBank Corporation (Left)