Press Conference by Sumitomo Mitsui FG, SBI Holdings and others

Press Conference by Sumitomo Mitsui FG, SBI Holdings and others

Press conference by Sumitomo Mitsui FG, SBI Holdings, and others. Photo shows (from left) Shuji Yoshioka, President and CEO of SMBC Nikko Securities; Yukihiko Onishi, President and CEO of SMCC; Toru Nakajima, President and Group CEO of SMFG; Yoshitaka Kitao, Chairman and CEO of SBI Holdings; and Masato Takamura, President of SBI Securities.=June 16,2025,Tokyo

SMBC Nikko Securities President Change Press Conference

SMBC Nikko Securities President Change Press Conference

SMBC Nikko Securities President Change Press Conference. President Yuichiro Kondo =Date:January 31, 2024, Place: Tokyo

SMBC Nikko Securities President Change Press Conference

SMBC Nikko Securities President Change Press Conference

SMBC Nikko Securities President Change Press Conference. From left: President-elect Shuji Yoshioka and President Yuichiro Kondo =Date:January 31, 2024, Place: Tokyo

SMBC Nikko Securities President Change Press Conference

SMBC Nikko Securities President Change Press Conference

SMBC Nikko Securities President Change Press Conference. President-elect Shuji Yoshioka =Date:January 31, 2024, Place: Tokyo

SMBC Nikko Securities President Change Press Conference

SMBC Nikko Securities President Change Press Conference

SMBC Nikko Securities President Change Press Conference. From left: President-elect Shuji Yoshioka and President Yuichiro Kondo =Date:January 31, 2024, Place: Tokyo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo=Date:December 19, 2023, Place:Tokyo

Baseball: Hanshin wins Japan Series

A fan jumps into the Dotonbori River in Osaka's Minami district on Nov. 5, 2023, after local baseball team Hanshin Tigers won the Japan Series championship. (Kyodo)

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo=Date:December 14, 2020,Place:Japan

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo=Date:December 14, 2020,Place:Japan

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo=Date:December 14, 2020,Place:Japan

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo=Date:December 14, 2020,Place:Japan

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo=Date:December 14, 2020,Place:Japan

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo=Date:December 14, 2020,Place:Japan

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo=Date:December 14, 2020,Place:Japan

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo

SMBC Nikko Securities signage and logo=Date:December 14, 2020,Place:Japan

SMBC Nikko chief to take pay cut over insider trading

SMBC Nikko chief to take pay cut over insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. President Eiji Watanabe holds a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Aug. 7, 2012. The company said it will cut Watanabe's executive compensation by 30 percent for four months after a former corporate officer at the brokerage was indicted over an insider trading scandal.

SMBC Nikko chief to take pay cut over insider trading

SMBC Nikko chief to take pay cut over insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. President Eiji Watanabe (R) and other company executives bow in apology during a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Aug. 7, 2012. The company said it will cut Watanabe's executive compensation by 30 percent for four months after a former corporate officer at the brokerage was indicted over an insider trading scandal.

Ex-SMBC Nikko exec held for alleged insider trading

Ex-SMBC Nikko exec held for alleged insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. President Eiji Watanabe and other executives bow in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on June 25, 2012. Prosecutors arrested Hiroyoshi Yoshioka, a former SMBC Nikko Securities executive officer, and three others over alleged insider trading.

Ex-SMBC director Kimoto

Ex-SMBC director Kimoto

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yasuyuki Kimoto, a former senior managing director of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Olympus Corp. is making final arrangements to appoint Kimoto as its chairman as part of efforts to turn around the company's management following a scandal in which the Olympus covered up losses, company sources said on Feb. 22, 2012.

Megabank personnel shake-up

Megabank personnel shake-up

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Senior Managing Director Takeshi Kunibe (L) and Koichi Miyata, another senior managing director of the major Japanese bank. Kunibe will succeed Masayuki Oku as president of SMBC, while Miyata will replace Teisuke Kitayama as president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., SMBC's holding company, on April 1, 2011, the two firms said Jan. 28, 2011.

New Nikko Cordial kicks off operations as Sumitomo Mitsui unit

New Nikko Cordial kicks off operations as Sumitomo Mitsui unit

TOKYO, Japan - Eiji Watanabe (2nd from L), president of Nikko Cordial Securities, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. President Masayuki Oku (2nd from R) and other officials shake hands in front of the new logo of Nikko Cordial Securities Inc. at its headquarters in the Kabutocho financial district in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2009. The company began operations the same day as a wholly owned unit of SMBC after the completion of the bank's acquisition of the retail brokerage house from Citigroup Inc. of the United States.

SMBC Deputy President Nakano to become Kansai business group head

SMBC Deputy President Nakano to become Kansai business group head

OSAKA, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Deputy President Kenjiro Nakano (in file photo) is expected to become one of the two co-chairmen of the Kansai Association of Corporate Executives in 2008, sources said on Dec. 8. Nakano, 60, will replace Atsushi Kojima, 72, chairman of Ganko Food Service Co., while the group's other co-chairman, Norihiko Saito, 61, executive vice president of Kansai Electric Power Co., will remain in office, the sources said

SMBC to step up online banking security with new password system

SMBC to step up online banking security with new password system

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. will step up computer security efforts for customers of its Internet banking by introducing a new system that automatically changes a password, which can be used only once, every minute, the bank said on Jan. 12. The new ''One-time Password'' system, to be introduced next month, will provide applicants from the bank's 6 million online customers with a device (in photo) incorporating software to automatically change six-digit passwords for them.

Nippon Steel group named to lead Mitsui Mining reconstruction

Nippon Steel group named to lead Mitsui Mining reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsui Mining Co. President Taro Yamaho (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 16 after the state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan named a Japanese consortium led by Nippon Steel Corp. to sponsor the reconstruction of the ailing mining firm. The consortium, which includes trading house Sumitomo Corp. and Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal Investment Co., an investment arm of Daiwa Securities Group Inc., has competed for the sponsorship with U.S. investment fund WL Ross & Co.

Daiwa Securities Group names Daiwa SMBC director Suzuki as head

Daiwa Securities Group names Daiwa SMBC director Suzuki as head

TOKYO, Japan - Daiwa Securities Group Inc. said April 19 it has decided to name Shigeharu Suzuki (R), senior managing director of the group's wholesale securities unit, Daiwa Securities SMBC Co., as its next president. The current president, Yoshinari Hara (L), will become chairman without representation rights, the company said.

SMBC adds extra consulting hours for individual customers

SMBC adds extra consulting hours for individual customers

OSAKA, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) on March 15 began consulting services for individual customers who find it difficult to visit the bank's outlets during regular business hours on weekdays, at six of its main outlets. Photo shows a booth for the new services at Osaka's Umeda branch, where the services will be available from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends and holidays.

Sumitomo Mitsui, Goldman, Daiwa to form corporate revival firm

Sumitomo Mitsui, Goldman, Daiwa to form corporate revival firm

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Masanori Mochida, president of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Yoshifumi Nishikawa, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., and Masayasu Oi, president of Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal Investments Co., shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8. Sumitomo Mitsui will set up a joint company with Goldman and Daiwa in November to help revive troubled companies.

SMBC voices readiness to recapitalize by end of FY 2002

SMBC voices readiness to recapitalize by end of FY 2002

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshifumi Nishikawa, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 30. Nishikawa expressed his readiness to expand his bank's capital base by the March 31, 2003 end of the current fiscal year.

SMBC midyear net profit jumps 61.3%

SMBC midyear net profit jumps 61.3%

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) President Yoshifumi Nishikawa announces in Tokyo on Nov. 25 that the bank's group net profit in the first half of fiscal 2002 rose 61.3% from a year earlier, improving sharply from a 68.1% drop the previous midyear and a 463.89 billion yen full-year loss posted in fiscal 2001.

Ex-Daiwa Securities official suspected of insider trading

Ex-Daiwa Securities official suspected of insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. President Akira Kiyota (C) and Vice President Kensuke Uchida (L) bow at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 16. to apologize for allegations that the company's division chief has earned more than 3 million yen in February through insider trading.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking to fall into red

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking to fall into red

TOKYO, Nov. 21 Kyodo - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (R) speaks at a media briefing Nov. 21, 2001. He said SMBC will likely plunge into the red for the fiscal year to next March 31 as it will sharply raise the amount of loan-loss charges to accelerate its efforts to dispose of bad loans.

SMBC Nikko Securities' market manipulation scandal

SMBC Nikko Securities' market manipulation scandal

SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. President and CEO Yuichiro Kondo speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 24, 2022. The major Japanese brokerage said an investigation panel looking into its market manipulation scandal has called it an "inappropriate and unfair act."

SMBC Nikko Securities' market manipulation scandal

SMBC Nikko Securities' market manipulation scandal

SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. President and CEO Yuichiro Kondo (C) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 24, 2022. The major Japanese brokerage said an investigation panel looking into its market manipulation scandal has called it an "inappropriate and unfair act."

SMBC Nikko Securities' market manipulation scandal

SMBC Nikko Securities' market manipulation scandal

SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. President and CEO Yuichiro Kondo (C) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 24, 2022. The major Japanese brokerage said an investigation panel looking into its market manipulation scandal has called it an "inappropriate and unfair act."

SMBC Nikko Securities' market manipulation scandal

SMBC Nikko Securities' market manipulation scandal

SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. President and CEO Yuichiro Kondo (C) bows in apology at a press conference in Tokyo on June 24, 2022. The major Japanese brokerage said an investigation panel looking into its market manipulation scandal has called it an "inappropriate and unfair act."

SMBC Nikko Securities

SMBC Nikko Securities

Photo shows a signboard stating SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. in front of a building housing the headquarters of the Japanese brokerage in Tokyo on April 13, 2022.

SMBC Nikko deputy president arrested for alleged market manipulation

SMBC Nikko deputy president arrested for alleged market manipulation

Photo taken March 24, 2022, shows a sign of SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. at its headquarters in Tokyo. Prosecutors arrested SMBC Nikko Deputy President Toshihiro Sato the same day in the latest development in the investigation into alleged market manipulation by the major brokerage.

SMBC Nikko deputy president arrested for alleged market manipulation

SMBC Nikko deputy president arrested for alleged market manipulation

Yuichiro Kondo, president and CEO of SMBC Nikko Securities Inc., meets the press in Tokyo on March 24, 2022, after prosecutors arrested Deputy President Toshihiro Sato in the latest development in the investigation into alleged market manipulation by the major brokerage.

SMBC Nikko deputy president arrested for alleged market manipulation

SMBC Nikko deputy president arrested for alleged market manipulation

Photo taken March 24, 2022, shows a sign of SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. at its headquarters in Tokyo. Prosecutors arrested SMBC Nikko Deputy President Toshihiro Sato the same day in the latest development in the investigation into alleged market manipulation by the major brokerage.

SMBC Nikko Securities workers nabbed for alleged stock manipulation

SMBC Nikko Securities workers nabbed for alleged stock manipulation

Yuichiro Kondo (R), president and CEO of SMBC Nikko Securities Inc., bows in apology at a press conference in Tokyo on March 5, 2022, after Tokyo prosecutors arrested four of the company's employees in connection with alleged stock manipulation.

SMBC Nikko Securities workers nabbed for alleged stock manipulation

SMBC Nikko Securities workers nabbed for alleged stock manipulation

Yuichiro Kondo, president and CEO of SMBC Nikko Securities Inc., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 5, 2022, after Tokyo prosecutors arrested four of the company's employees in connection with alleged stock manipulation.

Nippon Steel group named to lead Mitsui Mining reconstruction

Nippon Steel group named to lead Mitsui Mining reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsui Mining Co. President Taro Yamaho speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 16 after the state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan named a Japanese consortium led by Nippon Steel Corp. to sponsor the reconstruction of the ailing mining firm. The consortium, which includes trading house Sumitomo Corp. and Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal Investment Co., an investment arm of Daiwa Securities Group Inc., has competed for the sponsorship with U.S. investment fund WL Ross & Co. (Kyodo)

SMBC to step up online banking security with new password system

SMBC to step up online banking security with new password system

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. will step up computer security efforts for customers of its Internet banking by introducing a new system that automatically changes a password, which can be used only once, every minute, the bank said on Jan. 12. The new ''One-time Password'' system, to be introduced next month, will provide applicants from the bank's 6 million online customers with a device (in photo) incorporating software to automatically change six-digit passwords for them. (Kyodo)

SMBC Deputy President Nakano to become Kansai business group hea

SMBC Deputy President Nakano to become Kansai business group hea

OSAKA, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Deputy President Kenjiro Nakano (in file photo) is expected to become one of the two co-chairmen of the Kansai Association of Corporate Executives in 2008, sources said on Dec. 8. Nakano, 60, will replace Atsushi Kojima, 72, chairman of Ganko Food Service Co., while the group's other co-chairman, Norihiko Saito, 61, executive vice president of Kansai Electric Power Co., will remain in office, the sources said (Kyodo)

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking to fall into red

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking to fall into red

TOKYO, Nov. 21 Kyodo - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) President Yoshifumi Nishikawa (R) speaks at a media briefing Nov. 21, 2001. He said SMBC will likely plunge into the red for the fiscal year to next March 31 as it will sharply raise the amount of loan-loss charges to accelerate its efforts to dispose of bad loans.

SMBC voices readiness to recapitalize by end of FY 2002

SMBC voices readiness to recapitalize by end of FY 2002

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshifumi Nishikawa, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 30. Nishikawa expressed his readiness to expand his bank's capital base by the March 31, 2003 end of the current fiscal year. (Kyodo)

SMBC midyear net profit jumps 61.3%

SMBC midyear net profit jumps 61.3%

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) President Yoshifumi Nishikawa announces in Tokyo on Nov. 25 that the bank's group net profit in the first half of fiscal 2002 rose 61.3% from a year earlier, improving sharply from a 68.1% drop the previous midyear and a 463.89 billion yen full-year loss posted in fiscal 2001. (Kyodo)

Ex-Daiwa Securities official suspected of insider trading

Ex-Daiwa Securities official suspected of insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - Daiwa Securities SMBC Co. President Akira Kiyota (C) and Vice President Kensuke Uchida (L) bow at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 16. to apologize for allegations that the company's division chief has earned more than 3 million yen in February through insider trading. (Kyodo)

Sumitomo Mitsui, Goldman, Daiwa to form corporate revival firm

Sumitomo Mitsui, Goldman, Daiwa to form corporate revival firm

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Masanori Mochida, president of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Yoshifumi Nishikawa, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., and Masayasu Oi, president of Daiwa Securities SMBC Principal Investments Co., shake hands at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 8. Sumitomo Mitsui will set up a joint company with Goldman and Daiwa in November to help revive troubled companies. (Kyodo)

Spieth at 1st day of SMBC Open

Spieth at 1st day of SMBC Open

Jordan Spieth of the United States (R) chats with his agent Jay Danzi, who is standing in for the golfer's injured caddie Michael Greller, before teeing off during the opening day of the SMBC Singapore Open at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore on Jan. 28, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo