Inside SMBC’s Asia Innovation Center: The Future of Corporate Banking
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Rethinking Core Banking — From the Inside Out
In this special GFTN Japan edition of Couchonomics with Arjun, we welcome Mayoran Rajendra, Managing Director and Head of the Asia Innovation Center at SMBC — one of Japan’s largest financial institutions. We discuss how his team is re-engineering the core of corporate banking using generative AI, automation, and agentic infrastructure — not just adding on shiny tools, but rebuilding from within.
🔍 In this episode:
- How data-driven dashboards are transforming CFO decision-making
- Why real innovation starts with fixing foundations, not chasing trends
- The hype vs. reality of GenAI in financial services
- The rise of Agentic BaaS — and what it means for the future of banking
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