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The Chugoku Bank, Ltd. and Hitachi, Ltd. have started a joint initiative to embed AI agents directly into lending operations. Not as a side tool. As part of the actual workflow.The goal is autonomous business processes across loan operations. From analysis to decision making to optimization. Tasks that have traditionally depended on manual checks and individual judgment are now being tested with AI agents layered in and connected across systems. The projection is serious. At least 10,000 work hours reduced per year to start, with the potential to reach tens of thousands as scope expands.Chugoku Bank has already been using Hitachi’s Loan DX Service since July 2023 to digitize lending. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":28944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","postBodyCss":"","postBodyMargin":[],"postBodyPadding":[],"postBodyBackground":{"backgroundType":"classic","gradient":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[208,1,211,237,206],"tags":[1323,11648,176,167,11649],"ppma_author":[572],"class_list":["post-28943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-apac","category-fintech","category-japan","category-news","category-regional","tag-ai-agents","tag-chugoku-bank","tag-fintech","tag-hitachi","tag-lending-operation"],"yoast_head":"\n
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