The Bank of the Ryukyus and UPWARD hold a dialogue seminar for the financial industry at the "FIT2025" venue

(Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Ryusuke Kaneki; hereinafter referred to as "UPWARD") will hold a free discussion seminar on the theme of sales digital transformation necessary for regional banks and other regional financial institutions at the FIT2025 (Financial International Information Technology Exhibition) to be held at the Tokyo International Forum on October 10, 2025 (Friday), featuring The Bank of the Ryukyus (Location: Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture; President & CEO: Ken Shimabukuro): (Location: Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture; President: Takeshi Shimabukuro; hereinafter referred to as "The Bank of the Ryukyus") will be invited as a guest speaker to hold a free discussion seminar on the theme of digital transformation sales and marketing required for regional banks and other regional financial institutions. The seminar will provide a special opportunity to learn about the first steps in the digital transformation sales in regional finance, as well as "external relations in the age of AI.

In addition, from Thursday, October 9 to Friday, October 10, we will have a booth at the same venue to introduce the latest functions of UPWARD, a mobile AI agent that realizes next-generation external relations activities. The latest features include "AI Schedule," which enables AI to plan optimal visits, "AI Check-in," which automatically registers time spent in the office, "AI Business Card Scan," which automatically analyzes business cards photographed, and "AI Speech," which automatically summarizes the log conversations and enters it into the daily activity report. The presentation will include specific case studies of the introduction of such cutting-edge technologies.

Seminar Outline

Title: [Bank of the Ryukyus Speaker] The Future of Regional Finance Pioneered by Mobile AI Agents -Automation of customer touchpointlog by AI and the forefront of sales tech that automatically recommends the most appropriate places to visit.

Regional financial institutions increasingly need to conduct efficient external relations activities with limited staff, against a backdrop of a shrinking population and low interest rates. However, inefficient visits, delays in information sharing, and other issues hindering productivity remain in the field. These issues also have a negative impact on the relationship of trust with customers. In this seminar, we will introduce the background and initiatives behind the Bank of the Ryukyus' challenge of sales digital transformation, exclusively for "FIT2025".

＜What you will learn at the seminar＞
・Challenges faced by Bank of the Ryukyus in digital transformation and how to overcome them
・Changes in the field digital transformation, the real situation
・Reform of external relations activities by AI and future prospects

‍Date: Friday, October 10, 2025, 10:30 - 11:10
Venue: Room G402, Glass Building 4F, Tokyo International Forum
Participation fee: Free (first 78 registrants)
How to participate: Please register at the following URL
https://fit.nikkin.co.jp/ seminar/1/6712

Speaker Information

The Bank of the Ryukyus, Ltd.
General Manager, Digital Business Innovation Office, Corporate Planning Department
Mr. Shin Nagamine

The Bank of the Ryukyus, Ltd.
Sales Management Department, Sales Planning Section, Senior Manager
Ms. Shiho Asa

UPWARD Corporation
General Manager, Enterprise Sales Department, Sales Division
Masayoshi Kawamura

Outline of FIT2025 

FIT (Financial Information Technology) is Japan's largest IT fair for financial institutions and was established in 2000 and is sponsored by Nikkin (Nippon Keizai Tsushinsha), a comprehensive financial newspaper. Over the past 23 fairs, more than 330,000 financial institutions and people related to financial institutions have visited the fair to conduct business and exchange information with exhibitors. It has earned a high reputation as the only exhibition that is relevant to financial practice and practice.
Source: https://www.nikkin.co.jp/fit.html

Date & Time: Thursday, October 9 - Friday, October 10, 2025 10:00 - 18:00 (same for both days)
Location: Tokyo International Forum
Admission: Free admission for financial institutions (including securities, insurance, non-banks, etc.) and their affiliates
Official HP: https://fit-tokyo.nikkin. co.jp/

UPWARD Booth Highlights 

The presentation will introduce each function of "Mobile CRM," which highly integrates AI and location information technology to support outside sales and liaison activities, with demonstrations and materials.

AI Schedule
Automatically creates a visit plan with the best timing for customers to be visited.
AI Check-in
Automates stay log visits. Easily create daily reports on the spot and automatically input them into CRM.
AI Business Card Scanning
Automatically input business card data into CRM by linking them to business partners.
AI Speech
Automatically input summary of conversation log with face-to-face customers into CRM.

UPWARD" INNOVATES THE LAST MILE IN THE FIELD 

UPWARD is an AI-based sales support service specialized for outside sales and door-to-door sales. It provides various AI functions specialized for outbound sales, log automatic logcustomer touchpoint using our patented "advanced geo-fencing technology". UPWARD has been implemented by more than 400 companies, including Shizuoka Bank and Bank of the Ryukyus, and is being used as a next-generation digital transformation platform for sales and marketing.
UPWARD" introduction material: https://upward.jp/downloads/allservicematerials/