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Strengthening Regional Revitalization and Management Consulting Capabilities

First written in FY2016. 12 of 13 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017. Latest entry: 2026-10-10.

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  1. 2026-10-10Advancedbiz-journal.jp

    「Selected participants form teams with bank employees and new-business specialists, working toward commercialization through ongoing mentoring, group lectures, business networking events with companies in the prefecture, and pitch sessions.」

    The bank's management support and consulting functions have reportedly taken concrete form as a model in which the bank forms teams with individuals before they start a business and supports them through to commercialization, rather than limiting its role to advice and introductions.
  2. FY2026AdvancedAnnual report

    「We worked to further improve profitability by combining the non-financial capabilities and expertise developed through initiatives to address regional issues with the consulting-led sales activities pursued under the fiscal 2022–2024 medium-term management plan, and by providing customers with higher-quality consulting.」

    We expanded our traditional consulting-led sales activities into issue-resolution support by integrating non-financial capabilities, including regional trading company and personnel support functions.
  3. FY2025AdvancedAnnual report

    「In November 2024, we launched Career Pita AKITA+ (Plus), a new service in which our dedicated staff provide individual support for employment and recruitment, primarily to further promote employment with companies in the prefecture among people living outside the prefecture.」

    We expanded our personnel-matching capabilities to provide individual employment and recruitment support for people living outside the prefecture. We have also expanded our employee training services.
  4. FY2024AdvancedAnnual report

    「As of the end of fiscal 2023, the Career Pita AKITA portal was being used by 313 recruiting companies and 1,408 job seekers, and, together with our existing recruitment services business, achieved 47 matches in fiscal 2023. In addition to recruitment support, we launched employee training services as a new business to support personnel development and education at companies in the prefecture, with our bank employees serving as instructors.」

    We expanded our personnel support services to include broader use of the employment and recruitment portal, 47 matches and employee training services.
  5. FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report

    「On 3 July 2023, we established Akigin Capital Partners Co., Ltd., a consolidated subsidiary specializing in investment that engages in fund formation and management, management consulting and other businesses.」

    On 3 July 2023, we established an investment-specialist subsidiary responsible for fund formation and management and management consulting, expanding our consulting and investment capabilities.
  6. FY2023AdvancedAnnual report

    「As of the end of fiscal 2022, the Career Pita AKITA portal was being used by 333 recruiting companies and 1,171 job seekers, and had achieved more than 20 matches.」

    For the first time, we disclosed specific figures for the employment and recruitment portal's user base and matching results. We also completed business succession-type M&A between companies in the prefecture.
  7. FY2022AdvancedAnnual report

    「In February 2022, we launched the Career Pita AKITA employment and recruitment portal to support matching between companies in Akita Prefecture seeking to recruit personnel and prospective new graduates and experienced professionals seeking employment in the prefecture, addressing regional companies' recruitment needs and helping to mitigate population outflows.」

    We expanded our recruitment capabilities into an employment and recruitment portal connecting companies with prospective new graduates and experienced professionals.
  8. FY2021AdvancedAnnual report

    「In September 2020, we launched our proprietary Reemployment Support Service to assist with direct matching between people who had lost their jobs when local companies were forced to suspend or close their businesses due to the impact of COVID-19 and other factors, and companies seeking workers. In October 2020, we also entered into a cooperation agreement with credit unions and shinkin banks in the prefecture covering recruitment services.」

    We expanded our recruitment capabilities to support reemployment for people who had left their jobs and to collaborate with financial institutions in the prefecture. We also continued to maintain a team of 7 specialist advisers.
  9. FY2020AdvancedAnnual report

    「In November 2019, we entered the recruitment services business through the bank itself. The labor shortage has become an increasingly serious management issue for regional companies, and entering the recruitment services business has enabled us to introduce suitable personnel according to our customers' needs.」

    In addition to maintaining a team of 7 specialist advisers, we entered the recruitment services business through the bank itself, expanding our consulting capabilities to address companies' labor shortages.
  10. FY2019AdvancedAnnual report

    「In fiscal 2018, we arranged a large syndicated loan totaling ¥4.17 billion for a transportation equipment-related company using business assessment-based lending, supporting its business expansion. We also provide highly effective consulting using 7 specialist advisers, one of our bank's distinctive strengths.」

    We arranged a ¥4.17 billion syndicated loan through business assessment-based lending and provided consulting using 7 specialist advisers. We also established a specialist department for business succession and M&A, providing support in approximately 500 cases.
  11. FY2018AdvancedAnnual report

    「Through the Business Partnership Project, launched in October 2016, we work with customers to resolve management issues with the aim of increasing their corporate value, including higher sales and operating profit. We provide highly effective consulting, including support for improving manufacturing processes at manufacturing companies, drawing on the expertise of 6 specialists with frontline experience at major automotive parts manufacturers and electronics-related companies.」

    Under the Business Partnership Project, we provided consulting using 6 specialists, targeting improvements to manufacturing processes and other areas.
  12. FY2017AdvancedAnnual report

    「We work with our customers to identify and resolve management issues through dialogue, with the aim of increasing their corporate value, including higher revenue and operating profit.」

    In October 2016, we launched the Business Partnership Project, giving concrete form to the sharing and resolution of management issues through dialogue with customers.
  13. FY2016First statedAnnual report

    「In June 2015, we established 株式会社あきぎんリサーチ&コンサルティング as a subsidiary, with regional revitalization support and management consulting as its principal businesses.」

    The bank established a subsidiary to support local governments’ regional comprehensive strategies, process and production efficiency improvements in manufacturing, startups and ventures, overseas transactions, and business succession and M&A.
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"Support for the Development of Regional and Growth Industries" moved the same way as this thread, in the same document, in 11 of its 13 moves.

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  2. 1Support for the Development of Regional and Growth Industries11×
  3. 2Increase in Individual and Local-Government Deposits10×
  4. 3Increase in securities balance9×
  5. 4Addressing Age-Friendly Local Communities9×
  6. 5Reduction in Risk-Managed Loans and Improvement in Borrower Classifications8×
  7. 6Decline in loans to business customers8×

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