Ehime Bank

Confidence: Likely Updated 2026-06-05 Review by 2026-12-05 Sources 2 Machine-translated Original (JA)
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Wiki route

This entry sits under regional-banks INDEX (its domain route). Read it against Iyo Bank for the same-prefecture first/second-regional peer / contrast, and against the FSA plus banking for the supervisory / system boundary.

TL;DR

The Ehime Bank, Ltd. (株式会社愛媛銀行, ひめぎん) is a second regional bank headquartered in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, holding a bank license under the Banking Act and listed in the FSA’s bank license list. It is the second-regional-bank operating-company anchor for Ehime Prefecture, and a peer of the first regional bank Iyo Bank as a separate legal entity. Its business consists of the standard regional-bank model of deposit-taking within the prefecture and Shikoku and lending to SMEs and individuals.

1. License / group boundary

ItemNotes
Legal name株式会社愛媛銀行 / The Ehime Bank, Ltd.
License routeBank license under the Banking Act (second regional bank / 第二地銀); FSA bank license list
Group boundaryStandalone second-regional-bank operating company (independent, not under an FG)
Home marketEhime / Matsuyama (headquartered in Ehime Prefecture)
Wiki roleEhime second-regional-bank operating-company page

2. Operating model

Ehime Bank is a second regional bank that, centered on Ehime Prefecture, handles retail deposits, SME finance, local relationship banking, and Shikoku-area customer support. Within Ehime Prefecture it forms a two-tier structure of first / second regional banks with the first-regional-bank Iyo Bank / Iyogin HD (Iyogin Holdings) group.

3. Regulatory & system positioning

  • Supervision: Under the Banking Act, supervised by the FSA (FSA) and the Shikoku Local Finance Bureau. Soundness is disciplined by capital-adequacy regulation (domestic standard) and the like.
  • Industry body: A second regional bank in the Second Association of Regional Banks (第二地銀協) lineage. It participates in the Zengin System (the nationwide bank funds-transfer network) and, as an industry body, falls under the framework of Zenginkyo.
  • Depositor protection: Deposits are covered by the Deposit Insurance Corporation (DIC).
  • Consolidation context: For the general context of second-regional-bank reorganization / consolidation pressure in Shikoku, see regional-bank consolidation pattern.

4. Why this page matters

  • Closes the FSA exact-name page for Ehime Bank.
  • Separates Ehime second-regional-bank coverage from iyo-bank and iyogin-hd.
  • Provides a bank-level anchor for Shikoku regional-bank comparison.

Sources

  • FSA (金融庁): bank license list (ginkou.xlsx), second regional banks.
  • The Ehime Bank official company outline (会社概要), https://www.himegin.co.jp/about/outline/.