Online banking portal integrates client feedback into a differentiated user experience – built and optimized by client insights

SMBC Americas today announced the launch of cash management and payments capabilities as part of SMBC Connect, a new brand designed to support the payment and liquidity management needs of global clients. The offering aims to enhance control, transparency, and efficiency in clients' operations.

Available to U.S. clients today, SMBC Connect includes an online banking portal and will progressively roll out additional services across North America.

"Cash management systems should be as intuitive and frictionless as the apps on our smartphones," said Craig Vaream, Head of Cash Management for SMBC Americas. "SMBC built this platform from the ground up, based on feedback from dozens of clients, to ensure our offering is best-in-class for the control, transparency, and efficiency that our clients need."

SMBC is working closely with corporate treasurers through ongoing product development sessions to enhance the portal and expand beyond traditional transaction banking. As the platform continues to evolve, it will include capabilities such as:

Control and Security: Integrated processes, intuitive tools, and AI to help treasurers mitigate the increasing threat of fraud.
Personalization: A consistent, customizable interface to deliver real‑time insights tailored to each user's role, across regions.
Transparency: Real-time updates to improve tracking and reduce follow-up, including for cross-border transactions.
Efficiency: Global single sign-on, advanced technology, and transaction tagging to optimize cash usage and payment solutions.

SMBC Connect supports SMBC Group's three‑year strategic plan, which identifies global transaction banking as a key growth focus.

About SMBC Group

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 150 offices and 120,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG's shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and ADRs on the New York (NYSE:SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. The Group's operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Americas Holdings, Inc., SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Nikko Securities Canada, Ltd., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd. (collectively, SMBC Group Americas Division). For more information, please visit www.smbcgroup.com.

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260422318235/en/

MediaRelationsAmericas@smbcgroup.com

SMBC Americas Announces Global Transaction Banking Platform Available for U.S. Clients