Corporate History
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1957 |
Apr |
Established as the Nippon Fudosan Bank, Limited (capital: ¥1 billion) in accordance with the Long-Term Credit Bank Law |
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1964 |
Jul |
Started foreign exchange business as an authorized foreign exchange bank |
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Sep |
Listed stock on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
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1970 |
Feb |
Listed stock on the Osaka Securities Exchange |
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1977 |
Oct |
Changed name to the Nippon Credit Bank, Ltd. |
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1994 |
Feb |
Established the Nippon Credit Trust Bank, Ltd. (currently GMO Aozora Net Bank, Ltd.) |
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1998 |
Dec |
Started special public management and terminated listing of stock on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange |
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1999 |
Sep |
NCB Services Co., Ltd. (currently Aozora Loan Services Co., Ltd.), commenced servicer operations |
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2000 |
Sep |
Ended special public management |
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2001 |
Jan |
Changed name to Aozora Bank, Ltd. |
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2005 |
Jun |
Established a subsidiary, Aozora Asia Pacific Finance Limited, in Hong Kong |
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Jul |
Established New York Representative Office |
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2006 |
Apr |
Converted from "Long-Term Credit Bank" to an "Ordinary Bank" |
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Nov |
Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
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2007 |
May |
Established Shanghai Representative Office |
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2009 |
Apr |
Established Internet Branch (currently BANK Branch) and commenced Internet banking services |
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2012 |
Aug |
Announced the Comprehensive Recapitalization Plan |
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2013 |
Mar |
Launched Aozora Cash Card Plus (Visa debit) |
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2014 |
Feb |
Established Aozora Investment Management Co., Ltd. |
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May |
Established Singapore Representative Office |
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2015 |
Jan |
Established Aozora Real Estate Investment Advisors Co., Ltd. |
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Jun |
Full repayment of public funds |
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Dec |
Established a subsidiary, Aozora Europe Limited, in London |
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2016 |
May |
Completed conversion to new Kanjo-kei core banking system |
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2017 |
May |
Moved headquarters |
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2018 |
Apr |
Established Aozora Corporate Investment Co., Ltd. |
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Jul |
GMO Aozora Net Bank, Ltd. commenced Internet banking services |
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Oct |
Completed transfer of trust operations from GMO Aozora Net Bank, Ltd. and started concurrent trust operations |
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2020 |
Jun |
Purchased an ownership stake in Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank, a commercial bank based in Vietnam (making it an equity method affiliate of Aozora) |
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Sep |
Aozora North America, Inc., the Bank’s New York subsidiary, commenced finance operations |
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2022 |
Apr |
Listed on the Prime Market segment of the Tokyo Stock Exchange following the restructuring of its market segments |
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2023 |
Nov |
Established a subsidiary, Aozora Asia Pacific Limited, in Hong Kong |
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2024 |
May |
Entered into a Capital and Business Alliance Agreement with Daiwa Securities Group Inc. |