Announced details
Ongoing customer management at financial institutions, prevention of fraudulent account opening, and identity and residency verification for personal accounts
Already used by multiple financial institutions. Number of adopting institutions and deployments: Not disclosed.
Chiba Shinkin Bank is a customer that has adopted and uses caulis’s services. Capital and personnel relationships: Not disclosed.
Head office: Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture; Chairman: Ishibashi Hideki (石橋 英樹). Other details: Not disclosed.
Approximately 80 million households (the coverage of electricity contract information used by Grid Data KYC)
In this announcement the company addresses none of Contract Value / Offering price / Impact on Business Performance.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s “Gray Zone Elimination System”
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Names of Products / Services Covered | Grid Data KYC |
| Counterparty | Chiba Shinkin Bank |
| Counterparty overview | Head office: Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture; Chairman: Ishibashi Hideki (石橋 英樹). Other details: Not disclosed. |
| Relationship with the Company | Chiba Shinkin Bank is a customer that has adopted and uses caulis’s services. Capital and personnel relationships: Not disclosed. |
| Launch date | 17 September 2026 (adoption announced today; actual service start date: Not disclosed) |
| Applicable area | Ongoing customer management at financial institutions, prevention of fraudulent account opening, and identity and residency verification for personal accounts |
| Location scale | Approximately 80 million households (the coverage of electricity contract information used by Grid Data KYC) |
| Usage history | Already used by multiple financial institutions. Number of adopting institutions and deployments: Not disclosed. |
| Source | The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s “Gray Zone Elimination System” |
Items this document does not state (9)
These are items the company does not state in this document. We do not leave them blank, nor fill them in from other sources or by inference.
The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.Response rates to verification by direct mail or telephone were low relative to the costs and workload imposed on branches. By using electricity contract information, the aim is to reduce customers’ burden while cutting mailing costs, optimising human resources and efficiently detecting high-risk accounts.