The mission runs from November 30th - December 2nd and will include briefings with Mitsubishi Estate, The Bank of Tokyo and NTT.

Among the FinTech startups selected for the trip are Innovate Finance members Azimo, City Falcon, FundApps, Money Mover, Prophis, World Remit and Yoyo Wallet.
Japan is ramping up its FinTech initiatives to help reform its existing financial services sector, which currently makes it difficult for new players to enter the market and inhibits local entrepreneurial growth. The country has made inroads to allow greater flexibility in financial services, particularly in the remittance market. Since 2010, new entrants have entered this space, including UK FinTech startup World Remit, which will be launching services this year. The rise in new mobile payments firms are also helping to disrupt the country's banking sector.

Commenting on the mission, Innovate Finance CEO Lawrence Wintermeyer said "The trade mission to Japan will showcase the UK talent that is helping to reform banking and hopefully inspire the Japanese financial markets to do more to change their financial systems and support more FinTech innovation."

The UK has the world's largest and most diverse FinTech ecosystem. The industry was worth £20billion to the British economy in 2014 across payments, software, data analytics and platforms, according to a recent report.