Feb. 15, 2023
For Immediate Release
FINOLAB Inc.
FINOVATORSWINNER ANNOUNCED FOR JAPAN FINANCIAL INNOVATION AWARD 2023
～Innovative in Financial Service Awarded and Grand Price to be announced on Mar. 10～TOKYO, Feb. 15, 2023 – FINOLAB Inc. and FINOVATORS – have announced thewinners of “Japan Financial Innovation Award 2023（JFIA2023）” of the respectivecategory.
JFIA was inaugurated in the year 2020 to promote innovative initiatives infinancial area by adopting information technology and share best practices in theindustry and expected to further expand open innovation beyond the corporategroup and business sector. JFIA2023 consists of 3 categories, including Startup, Financial Institution, andCollaboration. FINOLAB, the FinTech Center of Tokyo, administrated the evaluation process by extracting
more than 300 innovative initiatives from press releases during the year 2022. And candidates and winners
were selected by the group of professionals, FINOVATORS, based on the criteria of innovation, growth,and transformation.
Further judgment is scheduled to announce Grand Prize and Category Excellence on Mar. 10 during“Future Frontier Fes by FINOLAB (4F) 2023.”

https://4f-otmcbldg.tokyo/JFIA 2023 Winners
CategoryCompanyStartup

Initiative (Some are Only in Japanese)
Began forecasting market conditions and industry statistics in one year
horizon, based on text information of news, etc. - Automated forecasts are

xenodata lab., Inc.

provided for approximately 25,000 items, including the Nikkei Index, crude
oil prices, and automobile sales volume.
https://www.xenodata-lab.com/news/20220324

Zeroboard supports Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank to calculate GHG emissions
Zeroboard Inc.

from their entrusted real estate - Visualization of GHG emissions at theirproperty management operation to promote environmental awareness in realestate.

https://zeroboard.jp/3616l

SimpleForm, Inc.

Launch of ”SimpleCheck,” which will automate corporate KYC process.
https://www.simpleform.co.jp/news/jRm1Hxy4

Announcing “Smartpay Bank Direct,” a BNPL (Buy Now, Pay Later) service,
Smartpay K.K.

directly settled with 67 banks.
https://smartpay.co/en/news/netkeizai-smartpay-bank-direct/

Financial
Institution

Seven Payment Service, a subsidiary of Seven Bank, releases new service "Seven Bank,Ltd.

Collections through ATM " ~No Special Card Needed!~ Easy money collection
at Seven Bank ATMs using a smartphone app.
https://www.sevenbank.co.jp/corp/news/2022/pdf/2022042701.pdf

Started issuing "SAISON CARD Digital for becoz," first credit card in Japan
Credit Saison Co., Ltd.

which can visualize CO2 emissions based on payment data.
https://corporate.saisoncard.co.jp/wr_html/news_data/avmqks000000btxsatt/20220602_Release.pdf

MS&AD Insurance GroupHoldings, Inc.

Preventing traffic accidents by evaluating and identifying areas with highpotential risk, by launching "Accident Risk AI Assessment".
https://www.ms-ins.com/news/fy2022/pdf/1128_1.pdf

Collaboration

Sompo Japan Insurance and Kiva, which provides extended warranty
kiva corp"proteger" for e-commerce, have started a project on a new warranty scheme

Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.

- aiming for a safer, more secure, and easier extended warranty.
https://hi.helloproteger.com/news/sompo-alliance/

IB inc.

FinTech startup IB and three insurance companies, including SBI, Zurich,

SBI Insurance Co., Ltd.

and LIFENET, launched joint project for insurance policy management

Zurich Insurance Company Ltdplatform.

LIFENET INSURANCE COMPANY

https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000018.000039233.html

Infcurion, Inc.
LayerX Inc.

Infcurion provided “Xard” for “Bakuraku Business Card,”
issued by LayerX.
https://infcurion.com/news/news-20220726_001/

G-Bank Technologies OÜ

GIG-A, a multilingual mobile financial service, partners with UI Bank, a

GIG-A Co., Ltd.

member of the Tokyo Kiraboshi Financial Group.

UI Bank Co., Ltd.

https://www.uibank.co.jp/cms_source/data/news/2022/000217.html（In order of announced dater）

■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 57 Startup Members, 4 Associations

including startups and corporates, and expand FinTech ecosystemandin Japan.

https://finolab.tokyo/

24

Corporate

FinTech ecosystem. Launched in Feb.

Members(AsofFeb.

2023).

Web：https://finolab.co.jp/■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 Inc. (Att. Tachibana / Saito)
E-Mail：info@finolab.co.jp＃＃＃