Learning Practical FinTech from Successful Companies / Yoshitaka Kitao.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 23, 2018).

Intro; Learning Practical FinTech from Successful Companies; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Planning/Editing Staff of the SBI Group; Chapter 1 Internet Revolution and Evolution of FinTech; Paradigm Shift from FinTech 1.0; Advent of FinTech 1.0; FinTech 1.5 : The Result of New Technology; Blockchain-based FinTech 2.0; Practical Strategy for the Financial Industry; Financial Ecosystem and Strategic Advantage; Chapter 2 Evolution of the SBI Group; Accomplishments During the FinTech 1.0 Era; Complexity Knowledge and Business Ecosystem.

Group Strategy to Promote the Shift to FinTech 1.5 and FinTech 2.0Big Data Office; Blockchain Promotion Department; Establishing Funds; The FinTech Fund; SBI Regional Bank Value Creation Fund; Establishing Joint Ventures; SBI Ripple Asia; Joint Venture with IBM; Strategies of Various Companies in the FinTech 1.5 and 2.0 Era; 1. Securities; 2. Investment Trust Rating Agency; 3. Bank; 4. Insurance; 5. FX-Related Business; 6. Cryptocurrency; 7. Savings Bank; Chapter 3 Background of the FinTech Revolution; Ascertaining Prospects of Growth Companies; 1. Target Market and Customers.

2. Management Team3. Business Strategy; Chapter 4 Breakthrough FinTech Companies; Robo-advisor; A Tenfold Difference in Assets; Automating the Asset Management Process; Taking the Subjectivity out of Asset Management; Bringing the Bank-Brokerage-Robo -- Advisor Model to Japan; Appealing to a Younger Generation through Micro-Investing; Fixing the Wealth Gap; WealthNavi's Future Outlook; Automated Household Account Book and Cloud Accounting; Automated Household Account Book and Asset Management Service; Money Forward; MF Cloud Series, Cloud Services for Businesses.

Expanding Money Forward to Financial InstitutionsLaunch of Official Account: A Private Page for Financial Institutions; Promotion of the Open Bank API Project; Making Use of the Fund-Raising Service MF Cloud Finance; Shift from Data Aggregation to Problem Solutions; Toward a Solution for Money Problems and Greater Productivity; Savings App; App for Natural Savings; A Business Model That Does Not Rely on User Fees; Connecting Life Information and Finance; A Savings App as an Introduction to Financial Services; Crowdfunding; Investment Crowd Financing That Is Not Simply Fundraising.

Support for Business Plans and AuditsShift from a Focus on Collateral to Business Feasibility; Hopes for Revitalizing Local Communities and Growth Money; Reducing the Time Required to Raise Funds; Supplying Funds from Japan to Abroad; Payments; Formidable Obstacles to Creating an E-Commerce Business; Shift from Platform to Payment Services; EC Platform BASE; Online Payment Service PAY. JP; ID-Based Payment Service PAY ID; Limits to Making Use of Payment Proxy Services; Creating Services through Business Tie-Ups; Moving toward the FinTech Era.

Praise for LEARNING PRACTICAL FINTECH FROM SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES "Throughout my career I've seen the world of finance transformed by technology, from the earliest days of online lending to the current innovations happening with blockchain and cryptocurrency. I believe we're at a critical point in history where a new Internet of Value is starting to emerge, and I'm excited to see so many talented entrepreneurs tackling problems in global finance today." 'CHRIS LARSEN, Cofounder and Executive Chairman of Ripple "Blockchain technology is changing the way the world does business. This book offers an inside look at how institutions from all corners of financial services and other areas of commerce are collaborating with software firms like R3 to re- engineer the infrastructure that enables money, goods, and information to flow around the globe." 'DAVID RUTTER, Founder, Chief Executive Officer of R3 "When we think about FinTech, we often think about New York, Silicon Valley, and London, but this book tackles the awakening dragon that is Asian FinTech. Do yourself a huge favor and read this book. Asia is where the real FinTech evolution is happening." 'BRETT KING, Author of Augmented and BANK 4.0, Host of the Breaking Banks Radio Show, Founder of Moven.