regional bank
The Snowflake World Tour stopped by in Tokyo on September 11 & 12, with some interesting Finance case studies on the agenda. This presentation details the successful project by Chiba Bank, one of Japan's largest regional banks, which has embarked on an ambitious digital transformation (DX) initiative aimed
data
The Snowflake World Tour stopped by in Tokyo on September 11 & 12, with some interesting Finance case studies on the agenda. This presentation details the successful project by Japan Post (Kampo) Life Insurance, one of Japan's largest life insurers, to overhaul its data analytics infrastructure using Snowflake.
korea
The Seoul FinTech Week 2025 Conference took place on Monday, September 29, 2025, and was live streamed via YouTube. We summarize our key takeaways, as well as some of the insights gathered from the individual sessions. Top 10 Takeaways from Seoul FinTech Week 2025 1. AI is the Undisputed Core
venture capital
TRUSTART, which supports DX transformation of users' real estate-related operations through proprietary real estate big data collection, has raised 1 billion yen through third-party allotment to HIRAC FUND (MoneyForward Venture Partners), Daiwa Corporate Investment, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Japan Venture Capital, Asia Air Survey, Iwagin Future Investment, GMO VenturePartners, mint,
data
Japan's Digital Agency has published its "Data Governance Guideline", which are intended to serve as a comprehensive strategic framework for corporate executives in Japan. Its primary objective is to guide companies in establishing robust data governance practices as they pursue Digital Transformation (DX). The ultimate goal
ESG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and its consolidated subsidiary, MUFG Bank, have entered into an investment agreement with Greenprint Technologies, a company that operates digital platform for sustainability reporting and data. As a result of this agreement, MUFG has become one of the seed round investors. Established in Oct 2023, Gprnt
regional bank
Chiba Bank has constructed an "Analysis and Marketing Foundation" in collaboration with NS Solutions and Nippon Information and Communication to pursue "Advanced One-to-One Marketing". By utilizing this foundation, Chiba Bank will deliver optimal information and proposals to each customer at the most appropriate timing. In recent
artificial intelligence
MUFG Bank has selected Databricks as its next-generation data and AI platform, aiming to consolidate AI model development platforms scattered across the company and to use the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform as a foundation for developing new AI applications. This announcement came merely a week after MUFG Bank announced its
artificial intelligence
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Fujitsu announced a partnership to explore the creation of a data analytics business, designed to empower customers with enhanced decision-making and operational efficiency. The partnership comes after a joint project team formed by the two companies in 2024 conducted a survey of customer needs and
secure computation
NTT Communications, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Nomura Research Institute, NRI Secure Technologies, and GMO CyberSecurity by Ierae have published the interim report on the "Guidelines for Data Utilization Using Secure Computation." The aim is to promote the understanding and utilization of secure
trading
AlpacaTech, a subsidiary of FOLIO Holdings that provides innovative financial solutions as part of the SBI Group, has begun providing Japanese and US stock news data owned by Minkabu The Infonoid and its subsidiary Minkabu Solution Services on the Snowflake Marketplace. Snowflake is currently accelerating its adoption as a data