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Mizuho Securities picks NRI AI tech to slash time spent on compliance

Mizuho Securities is using AI and voice recognition technology from Nomura Research Institute (NRI) to help monitor and analyse communications between its sales reps and investors.

12 December 2017

Company announcement

NRI and Microsoft Japan firm financial digital innovation consortium

NRI, a leading global provider of system solutions and consulting service, and Microsoft Japan, today announced a joint decision between the two companies to establish the Financial Digital Innovation Consortium.

31 October 2017

Company announcement

OpenMarkets revamps back office with NRI

Australia’s fastest-growing online stockbroker, OpenMarkets, today announced the successful upgrade of its back office technology to NRI Financial Solutions for Broker Dealers provided by the Nomura Research Institute (NRI), a leading global provider of system solutions and consulting services.

24 August 2017

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Mizuho and NRI use AI to eliminate tedious derivative contract procedures

Japan's Mizuho Bank has been working with Nomura Research Institute (NRI) on the use of artificial intelligence to eliminate lengthy and complex derivative contract procedures.

01 August 2017

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Nomura Asset Management trials AI for investment decision making

Japan's Nomura Asset Management (NAM) has tapped artificial intelligence (AI) to quantitatively assess text from news websites and blogs, using the results to help portfolio managers make investment decisions.

26 June 2017

Company announcement

NRI automates post-trade operations

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.(NRI) today announced NRI’s Prime Settlement Service (PSS), Japan’s first utility service for investment banks, will incorporate Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to automate manual processes for post-trade operations starting April 2017.

04 April 2017

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JPX bigs up blockchain

Japan Exchange Group is talking up the transformational potential of the use of distributed ledgers in capital markets after analysing the results of proof of concept trials with member firms over the course of the past year.

30 August 2016

Company announcement

Mizuho experiments with Facebook Bot anmd Amazon Echo

Mizuho Bank, Ltd. has conducted two experiments of new financial communication services through Facebook bot and new banking services with an Alexa skill prototype for Amazon Echo in Silicon Valley, collaborating with Information Services International-Dentsu,Ltd.

15 August 2016

Company announcement

NRI to upgrade SmartBridge platform to connect to Jasdec

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.(NRI, TOKYO:4307), a leading provider of consulting services and system solutions, has today announced it is upgrading its SmartBridge solution to connect to Japan’s Securities Depository Center, Inc.(JASDEC) new settlement system.

12 July 2016

Company announcement

NRI launches ASP management system for bonds, OTC derivatives and cash management

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (NRI), a leading provider of consulting services and system solutions, today announced the launch of VOLCS, an ASP (Application Service Provider) multipurpose management system for financial institutions.

13 June 2016

Company announcement

NRI’s I-Star Suite to be upgraded for T+1 settlement of Japanese government bonds

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.(NRI), a leading provider of consulting services and system solutions, today announced that it has begun the next phase of its I-Star suite upgrades in preparation for the shortened settlement cycle of Japanese Government Bonds(JGB) to T+1 set by the Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA) Working Group scheduled for early 2018.

26 April 2016

Company announcement

Japan Exchange group and NRI commence blockchain PoC

Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) and Nomura Research Insitute have agreed to jointly begin conducting proof of concept (PoC) tests for blockchain, or distributed ledger, technology.

07 April 2016