Okazaki Shinkin Bank (岡崎信用金庫)
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This entry sits under cooperative-banks index. Read it against Hamamatsu Iwata Shinkin Bank for peer / contrast context inside the Chubu shinkin block, Japan shinkin bank registry for the system landscape, Shinkin Central for the cooperative central institution above it, and the FSA for the supervisory / licensing boundary over 信用金庫.
TL;DR
Okazaki Shinkin Bank (Okashin) is a major regional shinkin bank headquartered in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, with its principal operating base in western Mikawa (Okazaki, Kariya, Toyota, Anjo, and others). Its strength is SME lending to the small and mid-sized supplier companies of the western-Mikawa automotive-manufacturing supply chain, led by Toyota Motor and Denso.
1. License / group boundary
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Legal name | 岡崎信用金庫 |
| Institution type | 信用金庫 (shinkin bank) — member-based cooperative under 信用金庫法 |
| License route | 信用金庫法 / FSA 信用金庫免許一覧 |
| Supervisor | [[financial-regulators/fsa |
| Group boundary | Member of [[cooperative-banks/shinkin-central |
| Deposit protection | [[financial-regulators/dic |
| Home market | 愛知県西三河 + 名古屋市・三河東部一部 |
| Wiki role | Aichi/Chubu 大手 shinkin operating-company anchor page |
2. Institution-type business model
As a 信用金庫 (shinkin bank), 岡崎信用金庫 is a member-based cooperative deposit-taking institution under 信用金庫法, not a joint-stock bank. Membership and lending are tied to a defined 営業地区 — 西三河 — and credit is statutorily oriented to member SMEs, here the 自動車製造業サプライチェーン (中小協力会社) of the Toyota/Denso belt, rather than the open corporate market the shareholder-owned Aichi Bank serves. Surplus serves member return and reserves, the defining feature of the 協同組織金融 (cooperative finance) tier it shares with Hamamatsu Iwata Shinkin Bank across the wider Chubu manufacturing belt.
岡崎信用金庫は、西三河の自動車関連サプライチェーン中小企業向け運転資金・設備資金、住宅ローン、個人預金を中核業務とする。トヨタ自動車本拠の豊田市・自動車部品サプライヤーが密集する刈谷・安城・岡崎を地盤とし、地銀（Aichi Bank・名古屋銀行・Bank of Kyoto 名古屋拠点など）と直接競合する自動車関連 SME 金融市場の主要プレイヤー。預金規模で全国信用金庫の上位に位置する。
3. System & regulatory positioning
- Central institution: sits beneath Shinkin Central for liquidity, surplus-fund investment, and settlement — the shinkin analogue of Norinchukin for the JA system.
- Supervision: licensed under 信用金庫法 by the FSA with day-to-day oversight delegated to the regional 財務局; deposits are insured by the Deposit Insurance Corporation (DIC).
- System context: see cooperative banking in Japan for the shinkin tier’s place within 協同組織金融 and the shinkin registry for the national 信用金庫 population.
4. Why this page matters
- 西三河自動車サプライチェーン金融のキープレイヤーの operating-company entry。
- Aichi Bank / 名古屋銀行と並ぶ Chubu 中小製造業金融のもう一つの軸（協同組織側）。
- 業界 deposits 上位の大手地方信用金庫ケース。
Related
- shinkin-central
- hamamatsu-iwata-shinkin
- aichi-bank
- shinkin-bank-registry-japan
- cooperative-banking-japan
- INDEX
Sources
- FSA: 信用金庫免許一覧 (latest snapshot per FSA registry)
- 岡崎信用金庫 公式 会社概要 (https://www.okashin.co.jp/profile/)
- 信金中央金庫 cooperative system context