Sony Bank

Overview

Sony Bank is Japanese online bank + Sony Financial Group Japanese parent + Sony Group Corporation TYO: 6758 ultimate parent + Japan's longest-established online-first bank since Jun 11 2001 [1, jp-cro].

History

Jun 11 2001 — Sony Bank founded as Sony's Japanese online bank distinctive Japanese online banking heritage.

2010 — Sony Bank mobile banking app launch.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Sony Bank Inc (Japanese online bank; Sony Financial Group parent).

Major shareholders: Sony Financial Group (Japanese financial services holding) parent + Sony Group Corporation (TYO: 6758; Japanese conglomerate; Sony Electronics + Sony Pictures + Sony Music + Sony Financial Group) ultimate parent.

Regulators: FSA Japan + BoJ.

Technical integration

Sony Bank mobile app (iOS + Android) + moneykit.net online + Sony Bank Visa cards; JP Zengin + JP QR Payment Link.

Implementations & partners

Sony Group parent: [[sony-group]] (Sony Group Corporation; TYO: 6758; Japanese conglomerate; Sony Electronics + Sony Pictures + Sony Music + Sony Financial Group ultimate parent).

Major Japanese banking + payments competitors: [[mufg-bank]] (MUFG Bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group; TYO: 8306 + NYSE: MUFG; Japan's largest commercial bank by assets) + [[smbc-olive]] (SMBC Olive Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation; TYO: 8316; Japan's #2 commercial bank by assets) + [[mizuho-bank]] (Mizuho Bank; TYO: 8411; Japan's #3 commercial bank by assets) + [[japanpost-bank]] (Japan Post Bank Yucho; TYO: 7182; world's largest bank by deposits) + [[seven-bank]] (Seven Bank; TYO: 8410; Japan's largest ATM network bank by ATMs via 7-Eleven Japan convenience stores) + [[rakuten-bank]] (Rakuten Bank; TYO: 5838; Rakuten Japanese e-commerce digital bank subsidiary) + [[paypay]] (PayPay; SoftBank + Yahoo Japan Japanese super-app mobile wallet; ~65M+ Japanese users; Japan's largest mobile wallet by users) + [[line-pay]] (LINE Pay; LINE mobile wallet; Japanese operations) + [[d-barai]] (d払い d Barai NTT Docomo Japanese mobile wallet) + [[au-pay]] (au PAY KDDI Japanese mobile wallet).

Regulators: FSA Japan + BoJ.

Status

Active, Japanese online bank + Sony Financial Group Japanese parent + Sony Group Corporation TYO:6758 ultimate parent + Japan's longest-established online-first bank since Jun 11 2001 [1, 2].

Sources

• 1 Sony Bank — official
• 2 Sony Bank — Wikipedia
• jp-cro In-corpus: reports/countries/JP-japan.md

Source

Biography extracted from sony-bank.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.