So you want to disrupt finance? This is what it’s going to take
For decades (centuries, really) lending in Japan has relied on personal guarantors and...
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Category: FinTech Startups
How Japanese graffiti Is sneaking onto the blockchain
Graffiti is impermanent. Normally, thats a good thing, but as the global art world has begun to...
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What three-card monte can teach you about NFTs
NFTs are easy to understand if you examine their core utility. Unfortunately, there are thousands...
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DJ Selects: How to Sell Without Salesmen in Japan – Daisuke Sasaki
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.
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The Secret to Making E-Payments Work in Japan
Whenever you hear someone claim that the Japanese will never do something for unspecified...
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This Japanese Startup Is Using Your Phone to Make Insurance Social
The insurance industry has proven very resistant to innovation. In fact, it has not really changed...
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How You Can Prepare for Japan’s Coming Wave of Cybercrime
Corporate Japan is about to go through a major transition in its approach to computer security. In...
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This Startup is Turning Investing into a Lifestyle Brand
The financial services industry in Japan is pretty unsophisticated. There are relatively few...
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This Is Why Japanese Startups Can’t Pivot
Japanese enterprises are particularly susceptible to disruption, and Japanese startups have a...
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Why Japan is Already Becoming the World’s FinTech Leader
FinTech in Japan is far more advanced than most outside observers imagine it to be, and based on...
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How U.S. FinTech Stripe Broke into Low-Tech Japan – Daniel Heffernan
Stripe’s Japan market entry did not go according to plan. Things worked out worked out well in the...
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How to Win Over Japanese Regulators – Jonathan Epstein – PayPal
FinTech is one of the hottest startup sectors right now, but if you’ve been in the industry...
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