The Hokkaido Bank
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Wiki route
This entry sits under regional-banks INDEX (its domain route). Read it against The Hokuriku Bank for the sibling-FG peer / contrast (the other Hokuhoku banking wing), and against the FSA plus banking for the supervisory / system boundary. Group context lives in the parent Hokuhoku FG page.
TL;DR
The Hokkaido Bank, Ltd. (株式会社北海道銀行, Dogin) is a regional bank (first regional bank) based in Hokkaido (Sapporo), holding a bank license under the Banking Act and listed on the FSA’s bank license list. It is the banking operating company of Hokuhoku FG, and one wing of a two-base model alongside The Hokuriku Bank on the Hokuriku side. Its business is the standard regional-bank model of deposit-taking within Hokkaido and lending to SMEs, individuals, and municipalities.
1. License / group boundary
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Legal name | 株式会社北海道銀行 / The Hokkaido Bank, Ltd. |
| License route | Bank license under the Banking Act (regional bank / first regional bank); FSA bank license list |
| Group boundary | Hokuhoku FG operating bank |
| Home market | Hokkaido / Sapporo (Hokkaido base) |
| Wiki role | Hokkaido regional-bank operating-company page |
2. Operating model
The Hokkaido Bank is a regional bank that handles retail, SME, tourism, agriculture, fishery, logistics, and municipal finance across the Sapporo metropolitan area and all of Hokkaido. Its distinguishing feature is that it is based on the Hokkaido economy, where primary industry, tourism, and logistics carry a high weight. In Hokuhoku FG‘s wide-area 2 base model, it serves as one wing alongside The Hokuriku Bank on the Hokuriku side.
3. Regulatory & system positioning
- Supervision: Under the Banking Act, supervised by the FSA (FSA) and the Hokkaido Local Finance Bureau. Its soundness is disciplined by capital adequacy requirements (domestic standard) and similar rules.
- Industry body: A first regional bank belonging to the Regional Banks Association of Japan. It participates in the Zengin System (the nationwide bank funds-transfer network), and as an industry body falls within the framework of Zenginkyo.
- Depositor protection: Deposits are covered by the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan (DIC).
- Consolidation context: For the general context of wide-area, cross-prefecture regional-bank consolidation, see regional-bank consolidation pattern.
4. Why this page matters
- Parent FG coverage alone did not expose the licensed bank boundary.
- Useful peer for hokuyo-bank and other Hokkaido regional-bank pages.
- Registry-backed B2.1 regional-bank operating-company page.
Related
- regional-banks INDEX
- hokuhoku-fg
- hokuriku-bank
- hokuyo-bank
- FSA
- regional-bank-consolidation-pattern
- INDEX
- FinWiki index
Sources
- FSA (Financial Services Agency): bank license list (
ginkou.xlsx), regional banks. - The Hokkaido Bank official company profile (会社概要),
https://www.hokkaidobank.co.jp/company/profile/.
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