Wallets/sony-bank
Sony Bank
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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, Japan report.
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 (Mitsubishi UFJ Direct app) (MUFG Bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group; TYO: 8306 + NYSE: MUFG; Japan's largest commercial bank by assets) + Olive (SMBC + Sumitomo Mitsui Card) (SMBC Olive Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation; TYO: 8316; Japan's #2 commercial bank by assets) + Mizuho Bank (Mizuho Direct + Mizuho Wallet) (Mizuho Bank; TYO: 8411; Japan's #3 commercial bank by assets) + Japan Post Bank (Yucho) (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払い (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
- Japan report In-corpus:
reports/countries/JP-japan.md
Source
Biography extracted from sony-bank.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.