Introducing the World's First Direct Connection to Swift

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Exciting news from NRI! I-STAR/GX is the first post-trade system directly connected to Swift. Now, without having to build a separate interface, financial institutions can connect to Tokai Tokyo Securities Co.Ltd seamlessly, significantly reducing their operational and infrastructural management burdens. “As the first post-trade system that’s connected to Swift using Swift Business Connect, we’re expanding opportunities for our financial services clients helping cut costs and deliver more flexible workflows.” said Hiroyuki Nakayama, Senior Corporate Managing Director at NRI. Learn more.

NRI's expert consultant, Hiroko Washiyama tested 5 different generative AI models and measured how well the models’ generated answers aligned with insurance sales scenario questions. "With the advent of generative AI capable of natural language interactions, AI now has the potential to take over even creative work." says Washiyama. Find out which model performed the best.

NRI's system consultant, Natsumi Torase evaluated pre-trained generative AI models to select one for an AI development program for the insurance industry. Which training improved the selected models’ performance on?an academic test??Find out here.

Our thoughts on the end of Japan’s negative interest rate

On March 19th, officials at the Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced that, with sustainable inflation of 2% “in sight”, they would scrap a suite of measures instituted to pull the economy out of its deflationary doldrums—marking the end of a radical experiment. Takahide Kiuchi , NRI's executive economist discussed how this will affect Japanese investors with The Economist .

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