Kyushu-Shinwa asks Fukuoka Financial Group to integrate management

Kyushu-Shinwa asks Fukuoka Financial Group to integrate management

FUKUOKA, Japan - President Takashige Araki of Kyushu-Shinwa Holdings Inc., a local lender in Kyushu, speaks at a news conference in Fukuoka on May 2 where he announced the bank has given up on its own efforts to turn around its business and asked Fukuoka Financial Group Inc. for a merger. Fukuoka Financial, the top lender in Kyushu and the nation's No. 4 regional bank, has replied positively and agreed to begin merger talks as soon as possible, Kyushu-Shinwa said.

Nishi-Nippon City Bank aims to become No. 1 bank in Kyushu

Nishi-Nippon City Bank aims to become No. 1 bank in Kyushu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Nishi-Nippon City Bank Chairman Masahiro Honda (L) and President Tsuneo Shindo shake hands at a press conference in Fukuoka on Oct. 1 following inauguration of the bank through the merger of Nishi-Nippon Bank and Fukuoka City Bank. The president of the new bank pledged to make the bank No. 1 in the Kyushu region.

3 regional banks in talks on creating joint holding firm

3 regional banks in talks on creating joint holding firm

FUKUOKA, Japan - The picture shows the head office of Fukuoka City Bank in Hakata Ward in the city of Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. Three regional banks in Kyushu -- Fukuoka City Bank, Kyushu Bank and the Bank of Nagasaki -- are in the final phase of talks on creating a joint holding company by April 2002 to integrate their business operations, bank sources said Dec. 29.

Kyushu-Shinwa asks Fukuoka Financial Group to integrate manageme

Kyushu-Shinwa asks Fukuoka Financial Group to integrate manageme

FUKUOKA, Japan - President Takashige Araki of Kyushu-Shinwa Holdings Inc., a local lender in Kyushu, speaks at a news conference in Fukuoka on May 2 where he announced the bank has given up on its own efforts to turn around its business and asked Fukuoka Financial Group Inc. for a merger. Fukuoka Financial, the top lender in Kyushu and the nation's No. 4 regional bank, has replied positively and agreed to begin merger talks as soon as possible, Kyushu-Shinwa said. (Kyodo)

3 regional banks in talks on creating joint holding firm

3 regional banks in talks on creating joint holding firm

FUKUOKA, Japan - The picture shows the head office of Fukuoka City Bank in Hakata Ward in the city of Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. Three regional banks in Kyushu -- Fukuoka City Bank, Kyushu Bank and the Bank of Nagasaki -- are in the final phase of talks on creating a joint holding company by April 2002 to integrate their business operations, bank sources said Dec. 29.

Nishi-Nippon City Bank aims to become No. 1 bank in Kyushu

Nishi-Nippon City Bank aims to become No. 1 bank in Kyushu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Nishi-Nippon City Bank Chairman Masahiro Honda (L) and President Tsuneo Shindo shake hands at a press conference in Fukuoka on Oct. 1 following inauguration of the bank through the merger of Nishi-Nippon Bank and Fukuoka City Bank. The president of the new bank pledged to make the bank No. 1 in the Kyushu region. (Kyodo)

2 Japanese regional banks form Kyushu Financial Group

2 Japanese regional banks form Kyushu Financial Group

A poster announcing the launch of Kyushu Financial Group on Oct. 1, 2015, is displayed at Higo Bank's central branch in Kumamoto the same day. The management integration of Higo Bank and Kagoshima Bank, two regional banks based in southwestern Japan's Kyushu region, makes the newly established financial group the second largest lender in Kyushu in terms of assets. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo