- Shonai Bank
Infobox Company
company_name = Shonai Bank
company_
company_type = Public (Tyo|8347)
foundation =1878-12-01
location = Tsuruoka,Japan
key_people =
area_served =Tōhoku region
industry =Financial services
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revenue =
operating_income =
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num_employees = 674 full time; 1380 total
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homepage = http://www.shonai.co.jp/
footnotes =Nihongo|The Shonai Bank, Ltd.|株式会社 荘内銀行|Kabushikigaisha Shōnai Ginkō|extra=Tyo|8347 is a Japanesebank that is headquartered inTsuruoka ,Yamagata Prefecture .The bank is relatively small, even among Japanese regional banks, and operates primarily in Yamagata, though it also operate branches in Sendai, Tomiya, Fukushima, Akita in neighboring prefectures, as well as in the capital of
Tokyo . In a departure from traditional Japanese banking practices, "Shogin", as the bank is also known, maintains full teller-supported services on the weekends and holidays at all its branches.Profile
As of
March 31 ,2005 :Assets: Approximately 737 billion yen (approximately 6.7 billion USD):Employees: 764:Branches: 73:President: Satoru Machida:Member: Regional Banks Association of Japan
History
The Shonai Bank can trace its roots to the
Meiji era when The 67th National Bank was established in1878 . The bank has merged with other local institutions, adopting its present name in1941 through a merger with the Kazama Bank, the Tsuruoka Bank, and the Dewa Bank. OnMarch 9 2004 , the government-sponsored Shoko Chukin Bank, a financial institution that provides credit and loans to small and medium sized enterprises, announced that it would carry out limited business cooperation with the Shonai Bank in order to serve the small and medium enterprises of that area.External links
* [http://www.shonai.co.jp/ Shonai Bank]
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