Supporting SME Growth and Exercising Consulting Capabilities
First written in FY2016. 9 of 11 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2021: 5 of 25 companies on the "Worse" side.
17 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Business succession issues resolved : 754 cases (50.3% of plan) Personnel placement agreements concluded : 165 cases (47.1% of plan) Business matching agreements concluded : 1,978 cases (49.5% of plan)」
In the first year of the new medium-term plan, the bank reported concrete results in business succession, personnel placement and business matching support. - 2026-03-26AdvancedM&A and Subsidiary Changes
「We will cooperate with and complement each other to provide high-value-added services, including improving our ability to propose business matching, business succession and M&A using our broad network, supporting startups, jointly developing products and services and conducting joint promotions, providing sophisticated consulting for asset-management needs, and supporting overseas business through our overseas offices.」
Support for small and medium-sized enterprises and consulting capabilities were expanded to include business succession, M&A, business matching and startup support using the broader network. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Business succession issues resolved : 1,391 cases (231% of plan) Personnel placement agreements concluded : 307 cases (153% of plan) Business matching agreements concluded : 3,503 cases (116% of plan)」
Over the cumulative 3-year period, the numbers of business succession issues resolved, personnel placements and business matching agreements each exceeded plan. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「Business succession issues resolved (cumulative over 3 years) 600 cases 330 cases」
As its first-year results under the new medium-term plan, the bank disclosed 330 business succession issues resolved and continued its initiatives to support the next generation. - FY2022AchievedAnnual report
「・Achieved the targets of 20 proposals for collaboration and support measures to parties to comprehensive partnership agreements and others, 2,000 recipients of startup support, and 6,000 recipients of business succession support ・Achieved the target of 1,500 issue-resolution cases based on business viability assessments」
The bank explicitly reported that it had achieved its planned targets for startup support, business succession support and issue resolution based on business viability assessments. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「The program is supported by the Cabinet Office through grants covering costs incurred by regional financial institutions in connection with personnel matching services, and 6 projects were selected during the implementation period.」
The Leading Personnel Matching Program was fully launched, and 6 projects were selected. Support for companies through business viability assessments, business succession and COVID-19-related financing also continued. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to working to provide optimal solutions based on business viability assessments, we entered the personnel placement business to meet customers’ diverse needs.」
The bank translated support for corporate growth and business succession into concrete measures, including entering the personnel placement business, launching a business matching system, supporting overseas expansion, and forming business alliances for M&A services. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「The period-end balance of retail lending (non-consolidated) reached ¥4.5008 trillion, as both lending to small and medium-sized enterprises and personal lending performed steadily, enabling the bank to achieve its target.」
Driven by increases in lending to small and medium-sized enterprises and personal lending, the period-end balance of retail lending for the fiscal year ended March 2019 reached ¥4.5008 trillion, achieving the target of ¥4.3500 trillion. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「Within retail lending, lending to small and medium-sized enterprises continued to maintain strong growth, up 7.0% from the end of the previous fiscal year, reaching ¥2.0999 trillion. In addition to expanding the market through newly opened branches and strengthening initiatives in growth fields and promising sectors such as healthcare, the delivery of consulting services including business matching contributed to the overall increase.」
Lending to small and medium-sized enterprises increased 7.0%, with new branches, growth fields and promising sectors, and business matching among the specific measures identified to support growth and strengthen lending. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「Lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (retail) continued to maintain strong growth, up 6.5% from the end of the previous fiscal year, bringing the balance at period-end to ¥1.9621 trillion.」
The bank expanded business matching, business viability assessments, overseas expansion support, privately placed bonds and funds, and lending to small and medium-sized enterprises increased 6.5%. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「We worked to enhance support tailored to each company’s stage of development by addressing growth support and overseas expansion needs and delivering consulting services.」
The policy is to provide support tailored to companies’ stages of growth and overseas expansion needs. Lending to small and medium-sized enterprises is stated to have increased 8.8% year on year.