Akira Ieda

CEO, Money Forward Fine

Biography

Joined Money Forward in Sept. 2018.
Before joining Money Forward, Akira worked for Bank of Japan for more than 30 years, his most recent responsibility as the Head of Center for Advanced Financial Technology. He also has experience working at the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Financial System and Bank Examination Department, and as Head of Kagoshima Branch.
University of Tokyo (MA in Science)

Sessions

The Potential for Online Lending in Japan

Description

The online lending market in the US is evolving into an online fundraising market as it spreads beyond loans to factoring etc attracting traditional financial services to this market in addition to the online lending specific players. This session discusses the future of online fundraising in Japan taking into account the trends overseas.