UPWARD was featured in the *Financial and Economic News* (Mitsubishi UFJ Bank Selects UPWARD as an AX Partner for Its Business Operations)
On July 13, 2026, the *Financial and Economic News* featured an article on page 2 titled “AX in the Sales Domain: Mitsubishi UFJ Bank and UPWARD—Starting with ‘Handover Greetings,’” which covered Mitsubishi UFJ Bank’s adoption of “UPWARD,” an SFA/CRM system specialized for field sales.
The article describes how Mitsubishi UFJ Bank selected UPWARD as its AX (AI Transformation) partner for the sales domain and details the bank’s efforts to transform its sales operations, starting with the planning of client visits by account managers.
Please see the newspaper for details on the role of “UPWARD” in streamlining the planning of client visits for the bank’s account management team and maximizing face-to-face time with customers through features such as the “UPWARD Geo AI Scheduler.”
* This article originally appeared in the print edition of the *Financial and Economic News* (it is not available online).
Related Press Releases
"Mitsubishi UFJ Bank Selects UPWARD as AX Partner for Its Business Operations" (Announced July 1, 2026)
https://upward.jp/info/20260701/
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▼Learn more about UPWARD
Product page for "UPWARD," an SFA/CRM system specialized for field sales: https://upward.jp/
ABOUT UPWARD CORPORATION
UPWARD CO., LTD. PROVIDES DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SERVICES THAT SPECIALIZE IN SOLVING ISSUES FACED BY FIELD WORKERS WHO CREATE VALUE THROUGH OFFLINE CONTACT WITH CUSTOMERS BY VISITING THEM IN THE FIELD, BASED ON THE COMPANY'S MISSION OF "DRAWING OUT THE CREATIVITY OF FIELD WORKERS TO ACCELERATE THE GROWTH OF COMPANIES AND SOCIETY. WE PROVIDE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SERVICES THAT SPECIALIZE IN SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF FIELD WORKERS WHO CREATE VALUE THROUGH ON-SITE, OFFLINE CONTACT WITH CUSTOMERS. BY LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WORKERS CAN PERFORM THEIR TASKS WITH A SINGLE MOBILE DEVICE, WE AIM TO CREATE A WORLD IN WHICH THEY CAN BE ACTIVE REGARDLESS OF WHERE AND HOW THEY WORK.
Company Profile
Company name UPWARD Co.
Location 26F Marunouchi Eiraku Building, 1-4-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Representative Ryusuke Kaneki, CEO and Representative Director
Year Established July 2016
Capital 100 million yen
Business Activities: Development and provision of the field sales AI agent "UPWARD"
Press contact
UPWARD Co., Ltd. Corporate Headquarters, PR Team
Tel: 03-6897-3683
Mail pr@upward.jp
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