Jan. 29, 2020
For Immediate Release
FINOLAB Inc.
FINOVATORSWINNER ANNOUNCED FOR JAPAN FINANCIAL INNOVATION AWARD 2021
～Innovative in Financial Service Awarded and Grand Price to be announced on Feb. 26～TOKYO, Jan. 28, 2021 – FINOLAB Inc. and FINOVATORS – have announced thewinners of “Japan Financial Innovation Award 2021（JFIA2021）” of the respective
category.
JFIA was inaugurated last year to promote innovative initiatives in financial area
by adopting information technology and share best practices in the industry andexpected to further expand open innovation beyond the corporate group andbusiness sector. JFIA2021 consists of 3 categories, including Startup, Financial Institution, andCollaboration. FINOLAB, the FinTech Center of Tokyo, administrated the evaluation process by extracting
about 600 innovative initiatives from press releases during the year 2020. And final candidates and winners
were selected by the group of professionals, FINOVATORS, based on the judgement on innovation, growth,and transformation.
Further Judgment is scheduled to announce Grand Prize and Category Excellence on Feb. 26 at “FutureFrontier Fes by FINOLAB (4F) 2021.”

https://finolab.tokyo/events/4f2021/

JFIA 2020 Winners
CategoryStartup

Company400F Inc.

Bitkey, Inc.

Crezit, Inc.

Finatext Ltd.

Initiative (Some are Only in Japanese)
Financial media for chat consulting with experts "OKANEKO"
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000013.000038217.html

Digital key platform "bitkey platform"
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000023.000040203.html

Mobile credit Service "CREZIT"
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000003.000043526.html

Insurance as a Service "Inspire"https://finatext.com/news/20200909/

Soramitsu Co., Ltd.
FinancialInstitution

GMO Aozora Net Bank, Ltd.

Development of Central Bank Digital Currency "Bakong" in Cambodia
https://soramitsu.co.jp/bakong-press-release

Invoice financing for SMEs "GMO AOZORA Speed Payment"
https://gmo-aozora.com/company/news/2020/20201117-01.html

Joyo Bank, Ltd.

SBI Sumishin Net Bank, Ltd.

Elderly Monitoring Service
https://pdf.irpocket.com/C8333/xFFN/VNhn/Dc80.pdf

Online account opening for corporate accounthttps://www.netbk.co.jp/contents/company/press/2020/corp_news_200828.html

Collaboration

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking

Data analytic service with satellite information.

Corporation

https://www.smbc.co.jp/news/j602166_01.html

Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings,

PoC on real estate securitization and listing on security token exchangeInc.

http://www.tokaitokyo-fh.jp/news/pressrelease/pdf/fh20200709.pdf

AlpacaJapan Co., Ltd.
FOLIO Co., Ltd.
ELEMENTS, Inc.
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire

Robo-advisor service, "FOLIO ROBO PRO, "adopting AI Technology for institutional investor
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000067.000022761.html

Cyber risk insurance for eKYC service
https://liquidinc.asia/20200318/

Insurance Co., Ltd.

justInCase Inc.

Supporting medical workers and SMEs with COVID 19 insurance

Daido Life Insurance Company

https://justincase.xsrv.jp/news-prod/wp-content/uploads/justInCase_pressrelease_20201120.pdf

Kenedix, Inc.
Boostry Co., Ltd.

Issuance of "digital security", adopting blockchain technology

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank,

https://www.nomuraholdings.com/jp/news/nr/etc/20200731/bstr20200731.pdf

Limited

OLTA, Inc.
USEN-NEXT HOLDINGS

Financial supports for those affected by COVID 19Co., Ltd.

https://corp.olta.co.jp/pr/2020-0428-2

Shinsei Bank, Limited（In Alphabetical Order）■About FINOLAB Inc.

■About FINOLAB Community

Address：Otemachi 1-6-1, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo

The Fintech Center of Tokyo, FINOLAB is a membership community

Representative：CEO, Chie Itoand an office space located in the heart of international financial

Founded：2019-07-11

district in Tokyo）to promote

Capital：JPY 300 Million

2016 by Mitsubishi Estate and Dentsu Group as the first FinTech

Business Domain ： Promoting FinTech initiatives of Members,Center in Japan. Consists of 48 Startup Members and 16 Corporate

including startups and corporates, and expand FinTech ecosystem

Members (As of Jan. 2021). https://finolab.tokyo/in Japan.
Web：https://finolab.co.jp/

FinTech ecosystem. Launched in Feb.

■About FINOVATORS, General Incorporated Association
Non-profit organization, with a group of pro-bono experts（Layer, Investor, Consultant, Analyst, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Banker, Public
Sector Specialist, etc.）for supporting startups. Driving health innovation ecosystem in Japan by activities based on global and future vision,
not limited to any organization or business area. http://finovators.org/【Inquiry for this release】
FINOLAB Ince. (Att. Shibuya, Tachibana)
E-Mail：info@finolab.co.jp＃＃＃