Through Q4, encognize G.K. has continued their mission of actively promoting RegTech and Fintech innovation in Japan by participating to major industry events and representing their customers in prestigious domestic accelerators and contests.

• Participation to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government FinTech Business Camp on behalf of Pikcio
  
• September 25 to 28: contribution to Japan Fin/Sum x Reg/Sum
  
• December 12: award-winner on behalf of Pikcio at NTT Data Open Innovation contest v9
  
• December 14: FinTech Association Japan x International RegTech Association event co-organization
  

Represented by Bruno Abrioux-Takano, encognize G.K. CEO, Pikcio has won the grand prize of the first ever Visa Everywhere Initiative in Japan.
More information on Pikcio blog here
​Visa presse release (Japanese only) here​

674 startups had applied to Plug and Play Japan Batch 1 in 4 verticals : Mobility, IoT, FinTech and InsuTtech.
Only 53 of them made it thorugh...
encognize has been directly supporting 2 of them during the 4 months of the acceleration program, by representing them on stage at different pitch events (Japan Morning Pitch from Deloitte, Plug And Play Expo Day) and, more importantly, by liaising directly with Corporate Business Partners to discover possible business opportunities:

• Hexanika (Automation of Regulatory Reporting through the use of AI)
• Pikcio (a consumer-controlled, secure, GDPR-compliant Personal Data Exchange Platform)

encognize's activities do not stop with the program obviously. The new relationships build with partners and prospective clients will be nurtured further in order to support the local business development for both Hexanika and Pikcio.