As part of an effort to raise awareness and promote the sound development of RegTech in Japan, encognize had the great honor to contribute to the RegTech Book written by Mr Sasaki and published by Nikkei BP (Japanese Only).
Some of encognize GK proprietary RegTech Research has been used to deepen the global RegTech perspective discussed in the book, as well as the IRTA Survey conducted in Japan in Q1 2018.
Book details here

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.