• Preferred Networks launched PLaMo 3.0 Fin, a finance-focused language model targeting Japanese financial institutions.
• The model supports on-premises deployment, offering potential cost savings and faster processing for institutions handling sensitive customer and transaction data.
• Japanese financial knowledge scores exceeded Gemma 4 E4B and gpt-oss-20b, but trailed Qwen3.5-9B and Ministral 3 14B.
• Commercial use is free with registration for businesses and individuals whose latest annual revenue or sales do not exceed JPY 1 billion.
• Incorrect answers remain a risk, requiring human review where facts and figures are critical.

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