Sony files application for Internet banking license

Sony files application for Internet banking license

TOKYO, Japan - Tamotsu Iba (L), vice chairman of Sony Corp., and Shigeru Ishii, chief of Sony's financial service preparatory division, speak about the company's planned Internet bank at a press conference at the firm's head office in Tokyo on Jan. 31. Sony asked the Financial Services Agency for a preliminary license to establish Sony Bank Corp., with an eye to launching it in June.

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