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Podcast: Wharton FinTech Podcast
Episode: Digitizing Japan’s Status Quo with Shinichi Takatori, Founder/CEO of Kyash
Description: Miguel Armaza is joined by Shinichi (Shin) Takatori, Founder and CEO of Kyash the largest digital bank in Japan offering digital wallet, mobile payments, and credit card services.
Launched in 2015, Kyash has raised more than $70 million in funding from backers including all three major Japanese megabank groups and venture capital investors including Greenspring Associates and Broadhaven Capital Partners.
Prior to Kyash, Shin worked at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking and Kurt Salomon Consulting. He is a graduate of Waseda University.