Category: FinTech Startups

Everything you ever wanted to know about Fintech in Japan

by Tim Romero | Sep 17, 2024 | 0

We live in a global financial system, but fintech innovation is surprisingly local. Makoto...

How to build a startup in Japan

by Tim Romero | Aug 6, 2024 | 2

If you have ever wondered what it really takes to start and grow a startup as a foreigner in...

So you want to disrupt finance? This is what it’s going to take

by Tim Romero | Sep 19, 2023 | 0

For decades (centuries, really) lending in Japan has relied on personal guarantors and...

How Japanese graffiti Is sneaking onto the blockchain

by Tim Romero | May 2, 2023 | 0

Graffiti is impermanent. Normally, thats a good thing, but as the global art world has begun to...

What three-card monte can teach you about NFTs

by Tim Romero | Jan 18, 2022 | 8

NFTs are easy to understand if you examine their core utility. Unfortunately, there are thousands...

DJ Selects: How to Sell Without Salesmen in Japan – Daisuke Sasaki

by Tim Romero | Mar 19, 2019 | 2

Corporate accounting is not usually the first thing the comes to mind when you think of disruptive technology, and for the most part, that’s a good thing. Daisuke Sasaki of Freee, however, is changing the way sales are made in Japan from the bottom up.