After working for the Bank of Japan for 30 years, he was appointed as the president of Nippon Credit Bank (currently Aozora Bank) for special public management, and led the sale to Softbank, Tokio Marine, and the Orix Union. After that, he became Chairman of Marsh McLennan Companies Japan and Special Advisor to former UFJ Holdings, and became Chairman of Promontory Financial Japan, Chief Advisor of CPF Group (current position).
In 2010, after working at a financial consulting company, she established a venture capital company in San Francisco that specializes in early stage start-ups. The venture has invested in more than 100 start-up companies, mainly settlement and fintech start-ups. After that, she participated in the prestigious entrepreneurship support program "Y Combinator" and established Apto in 2014. In 2015, Apto’s service launched in the US; the UK and EU launch completed in 2019.
After working at Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Department of Respiratory Physiology and Sleep Medicine, he established RESM Shin-Yokohama Respiratory and Sleep Medical Care Clinic in 2013. He has participated in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s overseas support program to educate doctors in Indonesia and other countries about sleep apnea syndrome, and has engaged in fronteer research on sleep as a visiting researcher at Harvard Medical School & Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. Currently, he is engaged in research as a specially-appointed associate professor at the Keio Leading-edge Laboratory of Science and Technology. He is also a member of the medical and scientific staff of the Japanese Olympic Committee, a member of the medical and scientific committee of the Nippon Surfing Association, an outside advisor to XEBIO HOLDINGS CO.,LTD and an industrial physician advisor to many companies.
Company name | Kort Valuta |
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Business services | Issuing, managing, and operating various payment/employee ID cards |
Founded | August 2014 |
Address | 153-0051 Tokyo Meguro-ku Kamimeguro 3-6-18 TY Building 5th FLoor |
TEL | 03-6303-2555 |
Capital | 1,145 million yen (Including capital reserve) |
CEO | Hideki Shibata |
Directors | Mitsumaro Akai, Norihiko Akamatsu, Kazunari Kono |
Advisors |
Takuya Fujii (Former Chairman of Promontry Financial Japan)
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Special advisors |
Greg Kidd
Meg Nakamura
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Corporate Attorney |
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
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Professional associations |
Japan Payment Service Association
Member of NCB Lab.
Fintech Association of Japan
Japanese Chamber of Commerce in the UK
Japan Metaverse Association
Financial Data Utilizing Association
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Certifications |
Authorized Prepaid Payment Instruments for Third-Party Business Issuer.
Fund transfer service registration (preparing for application)
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August 2014 | RBAJ (Ripple Business Associate of Japan) Founded |
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December 2014 | Ripple Japan License acquisition |
June 2015 | Joined Nippon Card Business Institute Group |
October 2015 | Company name changed to Kort Valuta Inc. |
November 2015 |
Invested in Silicon Valley Venture
Shift Financial, Inc
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July 2016 | Joined the FinTech Association of Japan |
October 2018 | Joined the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in the UK |
January 2020 | Joined the Japan Payment Service Association |
February 2021 | Completed PCI DSS compliance |
March 2021 | Authorized Prepaid Payment Instruments for Third-Party Business Issuer. Director-General of the Kanto Finance Bureau No. 00743 |
March 2022 | Joined Japan Metaverse Association |
Nov 2022 | Financial Data Utilizing Association |