Company:Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
株式会社三井住友フィナンシャルグループ
TypePublic (K.K)
TYO: 8316
NYSE: SMFG
TOPIX Core 30 Component
ISINJP3890350006
IndustryBanking, Financial services
FoundedDecember 2, 2002 (2002-12-02)
Headquarters
Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Koichi Miyata
(Chairman)
Takeshi Kunibe
(President)
ServicesPersonal Banking
Corporate Banking
Investment Banking
Investment Management
Wealth Management
Mortgages
Credit Cards
RevenueIncrease ¥3.812 trillion (2017)[1]
Increase ¥889.598 billion (2017)[1]
Total assetsIncrease ¥192.175 trillion (2017)[1]
Total equityIncrease ¥12.495 billion (2017)[1]
Number of employees
73,000 (2017)[1]
ParentSumitomo
Mitsui
SubsidiariesSumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

SMFG Card & Credit Co., Ltd.
Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Company, Limited
The Japan Research Institute, Limited

SMBC Friend Securities Co., Ltd.
Websitewww.smfg.co.jp (en)

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG; 株式会社三井住友フィナンシャルグループ, Kabushiki kaisha Mitsui Sumitomo Finansharu Gurūpu) is a Japan ese bank holding / financial services company established by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, the second largest bank in Japan by market capitalization (as of 2019).

The company holds assets of around United States dollar 1.9 trillion. It is the 67th largest company in the world according to Forbes rankings as of May 2019.[2]

Group companies

  • Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
  • Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Co., Ltd.
  • Mitsui Card Company. Limited
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.
  • The Japan Research Institute. Limited
  • SMBC Friend Securities Co., Ltd.
  • Daiwa Securities SMBC Co., Ltd.

History

SMBC East Tower
13/F, Chater House in Hong Kong

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) was established in December 2002 through a share transfer from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. SMFG's shares become listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Osaka Securities Exchange and the Nagoya Stock Exchange. In February 2003, Sumitomo Mitsui Card Company, Limited, SMBC Leasing Company, Limited, and The Japan Research Institute became wholly owned subsidiaries of SMFG.

SMFG reached an agreement in June 2004 to form a strategic alliance with Promise Co., Ltd. on consumer finance business. The two firms started collaborative business in April 2005. The same month, SMFG reached an agreement to form a strategic alliance with NTT DoCoMo on credit card business. A portion of the shares of Sumitomo Mitsui Card held by SMFG were transferred to NTT DoCoMo, and Sumitomo Mitsui Card issued new shares and allocated them to NTT DoCoMo by means of third party allocation in July 2005. Collaborative business began in December 2005.

In September 2006, SMBC Friend Securities became a wholly owned subsidiary of SMFG and the following month, SMFG reached an agreement to pursue strategic joint business with the Sumitomo Corporation group in the leasing and auto leasing businesses.

SMFG acquired Nikko Cordial, a brokerage, from Citigroup in May 2009.

In January 2012, the company agreed to buy Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc's aircraft leasing division for $7.3 billion in the world's biggest acquisition of a leasing business to date.[3]

In September 2014, Sumitomo raised profit estimates 39 percent.[4] In December of that year, the company announced that it would acquire Citigroup’s Japanese consumer banking business for a fee of around $334 million.[5]

In April 2016, Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing completed the acquisition of General Electric Group's Japan-based leasing business.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "FY 2017 Annual Report". Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. http://www.smfg.co.jp/english/investor/library/annual/h3003/h3003form20k_e_00.pdf. Retrieved August 21, 2018. 
  2. ↑ "SMFG in Forbes 2000". Forbes. May 2019. https://www.forbes.com/companies/sumitomo-mitsui-financial/#34e6e53a17ed. Retrieved January 6, 2020. 
  3. ↑ Finch, Gavin; Hyuga, Takahiko (January 17, 2012). "Sumitomo Mitsui to Buy RBS's Aviation Division for $7.3 Billion". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/01/17/bloomberg_articlesLXWLPT07SXKX01-LXXQ0.DTL. 
  4. ↑ "Japan's SMFG raises H1 net profit estimate by 39 pct". Reuters. September 29, 2014. https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/29/smfg-outlook-idUST9N0R902F20140929. Retrieved March 6, 2018. 
  5. ↑ Sumitomo Mitsui to buy Citigroup's Japan retail unit. Reuters , 9 December 2014
  6. ↑ Fukase, Atsuko (December 15, 2015). "Sumitomo Mitsui unit to buy GE's Japan Leasing Business". https://www.wsj.com/articles/sumitomo-mitsui-unit-to-buy-ges-japan-leasing-business-for-4-8-billion-1450168564. Retrieved March 6, 2018. 
  7. ↑ "Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing completed the acquisition of General Electric Group's leasing business in Japan" (Press release). Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Company. Retrieved March 6, 2018.

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