Moven, a neobank, is a pioneer in the next generation digital banking space, and has influenced many with a new approach to the banking client experience with mobile-direct banking, mobile payments, digital client engagement, incorporating social networks & social data, everyday financial wellness advice delivered real time and at scale. Mr. Alex Sion, Co-founder and former President of Moven, spoke on the current state and the future prospects of the company, financial wellness, neobanks, and other fintech-related issues. (The interview was conducted in August 2016, before Mr. Sion started working at JP Morgan Chase as Head of Mobile Platform in October 2016.)

The rapid globalization of Japanese companies’ operations in recent years has underscored the need to develop executives capable of succeeding in this new global era. Exactly what qualities are required of today’s executives? We invited Prof. Badaracco, who teaches at the Harvard Business School and has written books about leadership theory, to help us answer that question.