SMBC Group
drives social value
through
digital innovation

Digital innovation is at the heart of SMBC Group’s business strategies. From enhancing customer convenience, improving our productivity and upgrading infrastructure, to creating new business opportunities, we innovate solutions that answer to the evolving needs of the people around us.
Through active engagement with partners and the establishment of our innovation centers across the world, we aim to employ digital technology in meaningful ways to make sustainability a reality.

LATEST

SMBC Legal X transforms contract processing with its sights set on global markets and a trillion-yen market cap

  1. From SMBC CLOUDSIGN to SMBC Legal X
  2. Moving into India with the best partner at the best moment
  3. Leading Japanese law firm goes all-in with first-ever capital tie-up
  4. Coexisting with the dramatically changing AI environment
  5. New SMBC Group corporate culture focuses on the offense
  6. Using trust and market capabilities to take on global markets and achieve a trillion-yen market cap

Ciconia Bioventures—Revolutionizing Japan’s Drug Discovery Ecosystem in the Quest for Global Leadership

  1. The drug candidate gap in Japan’s discovery ecosystem
  2. Comprehensive startup support includes evaluation and incubation
  3. Joint investment from three companies with a shared determination to completely revolutionize the industry
  4. Assessing drug candidates toward the first spinout within two years
  5. To deliver new ‘made-in-Japan’ treatments as the ace in the hole for ecosystem innovation