Jack Momose, founder of Tokyo-based gaming company Degica, talks about payments and fintech in Japan, creating payments platform Komoju, and the challenges of going global.

Timecodes:

0:00 - Jack Momose, Degica

1:13 - Japan's payments biz in the spotlight

2:06 - Outdated tech stacks in Japan

5:30 - The innovation scene in Japan

8:00 - Entrepreneurs and startups in Japan

10:11 - Degica's story

14:40 - Cash and other payment methods

16:41 - The birth of Komoju

18:45 - Size of the business

19:26 - Going international

21:21 - Payments infrastructure, Japan and the world

22:39 - Buy now, pay later trends in Japan

24:16 - Challenges to expansion

25:10 - Games, fintech, NFTs