Gifu Shinkin Bank

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This entry sits under cooperative-banks INDEX. Read it against Okazaki Shinkin Bank and Hamamatsu Iwata Shinkin Bank for peer / contrast context inside the Chubu shinkin block, and against Japan shinkin bank registry for the broader system / regulatory boundary maintained by Shinkin Central Bank.

TL;DR

Gifu Shinkin Bank is a credit union whose head office is located in Kanda-cho, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, with official business areas in Gifu and Aichi prefectures. Founded in 1924, the core business is financing for small and medium-sized businesses in Gifu Prefecture, housing loans, and personal deposits.

1. License / group boundary

Sources: For official name, corporate number, head office location, and presence on the license list, check the Financial Services Agency list, and check the Gifu Shinkin Bank’s official website for establishment, business district, and store information. The previous version’s approximate number of stores on non-base date has been withdrawn. ^[Sources: https://www.fsa.go.jp/menkyo/menkyoj/shinkin.xlsx; https://www.gifushin.co.jp/.]

2. Operating model

Gifu Shinkin Bank’s core business is lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (manufacturing, wholesale, retail, service, and sole proprietorships) within the official business district, housing loans, and personal deposits. In the small business finance market in Gifu Prefecture, regional banks Juroku Bank（16 FG ) and Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank and occupy a different position in cooperative finance.

3. Why this page matters

• Operating-company entry for a key cooperative-organization-side player in Gifu Prefecture SME finance.
• Anchor for the market division with The Juroku Bank / Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank (joint-stock regional banks vs cooperative-organization shinkin banks).
• This is a case of a credit union with a business district spanning Gifu and Aichi.

Related

• cooperative-banks INDEX
• Shinkin Central
• Okazaki Shinkin
• Hamamatsu Iwata Shinkin Bank
• The Juroku Bank
• Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank
• Japan shinkin bank registry
• Cooperative banking in Japan
• banking index

Sources

• FSA: shinkin license list (latest snapshot per FSA registry): https://www.fsa.go.jp/menkyo/menkyoj/shinkin.xlsx
• Gifu Shinkin Bank official site: https://www.gifushin.co.jp/
• Shinkin Central Bank cooperative system context: https://www.shinkin-central-bank.jp/