City bank (Japan)

A city bank is a Japanese term (Japanese: 都市銀行 = "Toshi ginkō" or 都銀 = "Togin") for one of the several mega-banks, with their head offices in Tokyo or Osaka, Japan's two largest cities. These banks have wide networks of branches in major cities all over Japan. There are five such banks: MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Bank, Mizuho Bank, and two Resona Banks. [1]

MUFG Bank
Sumitomo Mitsui Bank
Mizuho Bank
Resona Bank

The city bank is used in contrast to the regional bank (地方銀行 ="Chihō ginkō" or 地銀 = "Chigin") with its head office in the capital city of each of the 47 prefectures. They mainly serve their prefectural customers.

See also

References
  1. Types of Banks (Japanese Bankers Association, as of December 2019)
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