Asia Tech Podcast - Episode 105 - Makoto Tominaga and Shuichi Nagao - Credify - We Can Take That Existing Relationship and Superpower It The Asia Tech Podcast was joined by the co-Founders of Credify,  Makoto Tominaga (CEO) and Shuichi Nagao (Director of Engineering).  Credify is creating the future of embedded finance through a suite of award-winning self-sovereign identity and secure data passporting technologies and a powerful privacy-first financial services cross-offering platform.  Both founders have extensive experience in the startup and technology space and combined, they have been through multiple acquisitions and exits. From their home base in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, these two Japanese founders aspire to build a global company.   Topics covered in this episode: - Their Experiences with Successful Startup Companies Across Multiple Verticals - Building a Stock Trading Community - Fingerprint Sensor Innovation and a Sale To Apple - Service Marketplaces in Japan and Reputation Modules - Traditional Review Systems are Gamed and Skewed - Distributed Ledger Technologies - Smart Contracts and Loyalty Programs - Network Effects - Self-Sovereign Identity