Mr. Hitoshi Kume is a Deputy Director, Banking Business Division I, Supervision Bureau of Financial Services Agency (FSA) since July 2022. He is in charge of banking business issues including payment and settlement. Prior to his current position, he served as a Consul at the Consulate General of Japan in NY 2017-2020 and a Deputy Director at Financial Bureau, Ministry of Finance 2020-2022. He joined FSA in 2008, and has immersed himself in financial regulatory issues on supervion over banks and broker dealers, international financial regulations and FSA's strategic planning. He was respoinsible for establishing FSA's "FinTech Support Desk" in 2015.