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Rakuten Financial Conference 2015 Videos
Opening Remark
Opening Remark - Rakuten Financial Conference 2015
Masayuki Hosaka Rakuten Inc., Executive Vice President and Representative Director
SESSION 2 Panel Discussion
The Rise of Bitcoin
John McDonnell Bitnet Technologies Ltd, Co-Founder & CEO
So Saito Attorney / New York Attorney / Consulting lawyer, Auditor of JADA / Instructor of Chuo Graduate School of International Accounting
Yukio Noguchi Economist / Waseda University, Adviser of the Center of Finance Research / Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University
Moderator: Waichi Sekiguchi Nikkei Inc., Editorial Writer / Member of the Editorial Board
SESSION 3 Panel Discussion
Year 2025, the Evolution of Payment
James Anderson MasterCard, Senior Vice President of Shared Platform Services and Emerging Payments
Rohan Mahadevan PayPal Asia, Senior Vice President
Shigenobu Kobayashi Rakuten Inc., Manager of Rakuten SmartPay
Moderator: Kevin Krolicki Reuters, Japan Bureau Chief
SESSION 4 Panel Discussion
The Forefront of FinTech
Peter Bell Highland Capital Partners, Partner
Eli Broverman Betterment, Co-Founder & COO
Michael Laven Currency Cloud, CEO
David Milligan Matchi.biz, CEO
Moderator:
Steve Lewis CNBC Strategic Content and News Partnerships Group / Responsible for “Americas Top States for Business” and “Disruptor 50”
SESSION 5 Panel Discussion
Wrap-up Session - New Financial Services Resulting from Technological Innovation
Peter Thiel PayPal, Co-Founder
Hiroshi Mikitani Rakuten Inc., Chairman & CEO
Moderator: Waichi Sekiguchi Nikkei Inc., Editorial Writer / Member of the Editorial Board
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