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合同会社 BOREALIS


Founded in 2024, GK Borealis offers fintech, payments and financial services advisory. Our recent and current engagements have focused on:

  • Product platform, digital transformation and strategy advisory for banks & financial services companies

  • Innovation in embedded finance & BNPL for online retail

  • Distribution, payments acceptance & fraud tools for big volume e-ecommerce players & online start-ups

Based on 25 years of experience in B2B software and services, e-commerce and payments, we offer packages of advisory and executive services in the following areas:

Digital Product & Platform Strategy for Banks⁠

  • Payments issuing and core banking business advisory for banks and fintechs

  • Product and platform strategy for new payment types & credentials

  • Payments acceptance strategy and implementation, local payments methods, mix management, fraud baselining and optimisation

  • Revenue target alignment including cards, installments & global BNPL offerings

  • Digital wallet & super app advisory for large online sellers and banks

  • Payments product zero-to-one build, go-to-market, launch Planning & execution

Fractional CPO Services⁠

  • Fractional Chief Product Officer services for technology and financial services businesses

  • Product strategy development for new market entrants in payments and financial services

  • We can help you define your market aims & in the Execution of the plan to achieve them

Startup & Investment Advisory ⁠

  • CPO mentoring for early and growth stage businesses

  • Product & strategy evaluation for investors looking at businesses in Japan & APAC

  • Helping VCs and funds evaluate investment opportunities in early stage businesses

  • Japan entity establishment including representative director services for fast time-to-market for businesses new to Japan

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