Kasanare-Backed Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Wins FDUA Grand Prize for AI Knowledge Initiative
The award signals a shift in financial AI strategy, prioritizing corporate knowledge over advanced AI models as the source of competitiveness.
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Kasanare Co., Ltd. supported Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking in implementing generative AI to build a corporate knowledge base. The initiative won the FDUA Award 2026 Grand Prize from the Financial Data Utilization Association. The award recognized the bank's approach of treating specialized knowledge as a corporate asset rather than relying on advanced AI models. The project has been expanded to four business areas and nine operations, achieving approximately 71,000 hours of operational efficiency per year.
Kasanare Co., Ltd. provided implementation support for Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking's generative AI initiative, which was recognized with the FDUA Award 2026 Grand Prize. The Financial Data Utilization Association awarded the project for redefining competitiveness as corporate knowledge rather than AI models. The initiative involved building a knowledge database, creating a glossary of specialized terms, and structuring unstructured data. As of January 2026, the system had expanded to four business areas and nine operations, yielding an estimated 71,000 hours of operational efficiency annually. Kasanare helped establish a mechanism for continuously accumulating and improving on-site knowledge.
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