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The Yamanashi Chuo Bank

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Wiki route

This entry sits under regional-banks INDEX (its domain route). Read it against Hachijuni Nagano Bank and Shizuoka Bank for neighbouring central-Japan peer / contrast, and against the FSA plus banking for the supervisory / system boundary.

TL;DR

The Yamanashi Chuo Bank, Ltd. (株式会社山梨中央銀行, commonly called “Yamanaka”) is a regional bank (first regional bank) headquartered in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, that holds a banking license under the Banking Act and is listed on the FSA’s bank license list. Per its official company outline, it is Yamanashi Prefecture’s main regional bank, founded 1941 年 12 月 1 日 through the merger of Daiju Bank and Yushin Bank. On the wiki it is treated as a standalone operating-company anchor. Its business overlays corporate support adjacent to the Greater Tokyo area onto the standard regional-bank model of taking deposits and lending to SMEs and individuals within Yamanashi Prefecture.

1. License / group boundary

ItemNotes
Legal name株式会社山梨中央銀行 / The Yamanashi Chuo Bank, Ltd.
License routeBanking license under the Banking Act (regional bank / first regional bank); FSA bank license list
Group boundaryIndependent regional bank (independent; Yamanashi Prefecture’s main regional bank)
Established1941-12-01 (merger of Daiju Bank + Yushin Bank)
Home marketYamanashi / Kofu (head office in Marunouchi, Kofu)
Wiki roleYamanashi regional-bank operating-company page

2. Operating model

The Yamanashi Chuo Bank is a regional bank that handles retail deposits, SME finance, municipal / local-business relationships, tourism-adjacent finance, and Tokyo-neighboring corporate support within Yamanashi Prefecture. Although it is close to the Greater Tokyo area, on the wiki it is organized not as Kanto but as the legal-name anchor of the Chubu regional-bank batch. For the Chubu regional-bank consolidation context see Regional bank consolidation pattern, and for neighbouring peers see Hachijuni Nagano Bank and Shizuoka Bank.

3. Why this page matters

  • Fixes the exact-name page on the FSA’s bank license list (Banking Act).
  • Provides a standalone anchor for Yamanashi’s regional finance.
  • Becomes a useful peer for mapping the Chubu region’s regional banks together with Hachijuni Nagano Bank and Shizuoka Bank.

Sources

  • FSA: bank license list (ginkou.xlsx), regional banks.
  • Yamanashi Chuo Bank official company profile.
  • 山梨中央銀行 (Wikipedia): established 1941-12-01 (merger of 第十銀行 + 有信銀行); HQ Kofu, Marunouchi.