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SMBC Group Drives the Stablecoin Future with an All-Star Collaboration

1. Stablecoins as a new financial infrastructure
2. Four-firm collaboration realizes a finance x Web3 all-star team
3. Reliable design backed by advanced security and infrastructure
4. Stablecoin implementation strategy exploiting Japan’s institutional advantage
5. Stablecoins as the catalyst for Japan’s return to growth

Co-Creating the Future with Startups — How RCBC and SMBC are Driving Financial Innovation

Design Team Aims to Create the Most Preferred Financial Group Through the Power of Design

1. Customer-centric thinking
2. Becoming a designer―at a megabank!
3. Proving the power of design with future-facing proposals
4. Growing Group fans and making SMBC an innovation leader

GFTN Group CEO Sopnendu Mohanty x SMBC Group’s Akio Isowa: How AI is Transforming the Future of Finance (GFTN Forum Japan 2025 Report)

1. Japan’s biggest global fintech event
2. How genAI is transforming the future of finance
3. Risks and returns: The role of financial institutions
4. The genAI-powered future: Unlocking borders

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

Exploring Japanese Cybersecurity with SMBC CyberFront CEO Yasunori Aoki Sprinting from new grad to CEO in 11 years, what’s his vision for the future?

1. From corporate sales to cybersecurity
2. Gaining cutting-edge cybersecurity knowhow at a US grad school
3. From overseas postgrad study to CEO after just 11 years in the workforce
4. Collaborating to strengthen Japan’s cybersecurity