Tokyo Star Bank
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This entry sits under regional-banks INDEX. Read it against The Kanagawa Bank for peer / contrast context and banking index for the broader system / regulatory boundary.
TL;DR
Tokyo Star Bank, Ltd. is a Tokyo-headquartered second regional bank listed in the FSA bank-license list. Its official company profile explains that Taiwan’s CTBC Bank acquired all shares in 2014 年, so within the Japan regional-bank surface it is classified as a foreign-owned second regional bank.
1. License / group boundary
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Legal name | Tokyo Star Bank, Ltd. |
| License route | Banking Act second regional bank; FSA bank license list |
| Group boundary | CTBC Bank-owned Japanese bank |
| Home market | Tokyo / nationwide niche retail and SME channels |
| Wiki role | Foreign-owned second-regional-bank operating-company page |
2. Operating model
Tokyo Star Bank is a bank based in Tokyo that provides retail deposits, mortgages, real-estate-secured loans, wealth consultation, and selected SME services. Rather than reading it as a standard within-prefecture regional-bank model, it is more natural to read it as a foreign-owned banking platform and niche product model. Useful contrast peers include SBJ Bank (Shinhan Bank Japan), a Korean Shinhan Bank-linked case for the foreign-owned-bank lens, and Kiraboshi Bank for the Tokyo regional-bank context, alongside Foreign-bank Japan retreat pattern for the broader cycle.
3. Why this page matters
- FSA bank-license exact-name coverage.
- Distinguishes a bank subsidiary owned by an overseas banking group from foreign-bank branch pages.
- Useful comparison point for foreign-bank-japan-retreat and Kanto bank pages.
Related
Sources
- FSA: bank license list, second regional banks, as of 2026-05-02.
- Tokyo Star Bank official company profile.
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