Emerada

About:

Emerada provides a semi-autonomous banking infrastructure for regional banks to provide frictionless lending services to small businesses.

Website: https://emerada.co.jp/

Top Investors: JAFCO, Nippon Life Insurance Company of Japan, Monex Ventures

Description:

Emerada is one of the fintech startups that are deeply embedded in the banking sector in Japan. It acts as Banking as a Service (BaaS), a semi-autonomous banking infrastructure for financial institutions (mainly regional banks and community banks) to provide frictionless lending services to small businesses. Emerada was named “Top 50 Startups” by Forbes and “Top 100 Startups” by Toyokeizai, the leading business media in Japan.