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Generative AI Platform "NAM-GPT" Wins Celent's "Model Buy-Side Award 2025"

Norbert Gehrke

02 Jul 2025 — 2 min read

Nissay Asset Management announced that its generative AI platform "NAM-GPT" has won the "Model Buy-Side Award 2025 Digital Transformation and Generative AI Utilization Category" hosted by Celent. Celent is a member of GlobalData, and is a global research and advisory firm focused on the financial services industry.

Celent's "Model Buy-Side Award" recognizes best practices in technology utilization that support customer relationships and decision-making in institutional asset management. Award recipients are determined based on recommendations from buy-side financial institutions and rigorous evaluation by Celent analysts, with three evaluation criteria: "demonstrating business benefits," "high level of innovation within the industry," and "excellence in technology and implementation."

Jamm Pay Raises Approximately JPY 500m in Seed Round

Jamm, which aims to realize a free payment society, has completed a fundraising of 496 million yen through third-party allocation with ANRI and XTech Ventures as co-leads, and DG Daiwa Ventures and Riku Sugie (former Paidy CEO) as participants. About "Digital Cash Payment! Jamm" "Digital Cash Payment!

Japan FinTech Observer #118

Welcome to the one hundred eighteenth edition of the Japan FinTech Observer. We are going to be a bit policy- and white paper-heavy this week. From a macro perspective, we have included the government's "Grand Design and Action Plan for a New Form of Capitalism, 2025 Revised

Financial System Council: Examination of the System Surrounding Crypto Assets

The 55th General Meeting of the Financial System Council and the 43rd Joint Meeting of the Financial System Subcommittee, jointly held on Wednesday, June 25, reviewed the current status of and the regulatory framework for crypto assets in Japan. The regulatory approach aims to balance user protection with innovation promotion,

Grand Design and Action Plan for a New Form of Capitalism, 2025 Revised Edition

The "Grand Design and Action Plan for a New Form of Capitalism, 2025 Revised Edition," was approved at a Cabinet meeting on June 13, 2025. It is a comprehensive policy blueprint from the Japanese government outlining its strategy to fundamentally reshape the nation's economy. It presents

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Jamm Pay Raises Approximately JPY 500m in Seed Round

Japan FinTech Observer #118

Financial System Council: Examination of the System Surrounding Crypto Assets

Grand Design and Action Plan for a New Form of Capitalism, 2025 Revised Edition