Like their peers overseas, Japan’s millennials aren’t known for squirreling away their money. Kazuhisa Shibayama is trying to change that, one coin at a time.
The founder and chief executive officer of WealthNavi Inc., a startup backed by Japan’s three biggest banks, is developing an app that encourages users to invest their spare change by putting aside a few yen each time they open their wallets.
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