Japan · Financial institution
Sony Bank Inc.
Legal name in the LEI recordソニー銀行株式会社
Sony Bank Incorporated (ソニー銀行株式会社) is a Japanese joint-stock company. Its head office is in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. It was established on 2 April 2001 and opened for business on 11 June 2001. It is wholly owned by Sony Financial Group Inc., which has been listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since September 2025 following a partial spin-off from Sony Group Corporation. The bank operates over the internet and serves mainly individual customers. It offers yen and foreign-currency deposits, mortgages, investment trusts, card loans and Visa debit cards. In July 2026 it established Connectia Trust, National Association, a wholly owned trust subsidiary in the United States intended for digital-asset business.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- SNYBJPJTXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under SNYBJPJT directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 2012-12-29
- Last updated
- 2022-04-29
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Sony Financial Group Inc. (ソニーフィナンシャルグループ株式会社)
Institution type
Digital bank
Trades as Sony Bank
- Ownership
- Sony Financial Group Inc. holds 100% of the bank. Sony Financial Group is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and Sony Group Corporation kept a stake of about 16.4% after the October 2025 spin-off.
- Direct parent
- Sony Financial Group Inc. (ソニーフィナンシャルグループ株式会社) ↗, Japan 100%
- Major shareholder
- Sony Financial Group Inc. 100%
- Head office
- 2-1-6 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku (東京都千代田区内幸町二丁目1番6号), 100-0011 Tokyo, Japan
- Company register
- Registered Financial Institution, Director-General of the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (Tōkin) No. 578
Business lines
According to its interim results for the quarter to 30 June 2026, home loans made up most of its lending and yen and foreign-currency deposits funded the balance sheet. The bank also develops stablecoin and other web3 services through subsidiaries.
Online
- Websites & references
- sonybank.jp ↗
corp.sonybank.jp ↗ corporate (法人) banking site
blog.sonybank.jp ↗ official blog
moneykit.net ↗ former domain (replaced by sonybank.jp in May 2025)
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 15 pages consulted
- sonybank.jp/corporate/aboutus/profile.html
- sonybank.jp/corporate/aboutus/officers.html
- sonybank.jp/
- sonybank.jp/corporate/disclosure/report.html
- sonybank.jp/corporate/pdf/financialresults/SB-FY2026-1Q.pdf
- sonybank.jp/services/fcremittance/02.html
- sonybank.jp/corporate/disclosure/press/2026/0302-02.html
- sonybank.jp/corporate/disclosure/press/2026/0611-01.html
- sonybank.jp/corporate/disclosure/press/2026/0427-01.html
- corp.sonybank.jp/home/
- nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUB190330Z10C26A6000000/
- marketscreener.com/news/sony-group-corporation-completed-the-spin-off-of-83-6-of-sony-financial-group-inc-ce
- sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313838/000110465925048344/tm2514462d4_6k.htm
- opencorpdata.com/lei/353800O7BDSU41WOZA60
- ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E9%8A%80%E8%A1%8C
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Keiji Minami (南 啓二) President and Representative Director (代表取締役社長)
- Executive
- Naomi Matsuoka (松岡 直美) Deputy President and Representative Director (代表取締役副社長)
- Executive
- Takafumi Watanabe (渡邉 尚史) Senior Managing Director (専務取締役); oversees the Financial Planning Department and is in charge of the Digital Asset Business Department
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Japan
- Financial Services Agency Prudential supervisorConductAML supervisorResolution
- Japan
- Bank of Japan Central bank
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Licence
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency conditionally approved the bank's US trust subsidiary, which the bank set up on 10 July 2026.
nikkei.com ↗ -
Other
The bank signed a memorandum of understanding with JPYC Inc. to link the JPYC yen stablecoin to its banking services.
sonybank.jp ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
Sony Group Corporation completed the partial spin-off of the bank's parent, Sony Financial Group Inc., and kept a 16.40% stake.
marketscreener.com ↗ -
Other
BlockBloom Inc., the bank's wholly owned web3 subsidiary, began operations on 1 October 2025.
sonybank.jp ↗ -
Other
The bank's new core banking system went live, and its website moved from moneykit.net to sonybank.jp.
sonybank.jp ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- SNYBJPJTXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- SNYBBank
- JPCountry · Japan
- JTLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300Y1YBBCABDDXF19
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Japan · East Asia & Pacific
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 2-1-6 UCHISAIWAICHO, CHIYODA- KU TOKYO 100-0011 JAPAN
- Operational address
- 2-1-6 UCHISAIWAICHO CHIYODA- KU TOKYO TOKYO 100-0011 JAPAN
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>SNYBJPJTXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300Y1YBBCABDDXF19</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>SNYBJPJTXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300Y1YBBCABDDXF19</LEI>
<Nm>SONY BANK INC.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>TOKYO</TwnNm>
<Ctry>JP</Ctry>
<AdrLine>2-1-6 UCHISAIWAICHO, CHIYODA- KU TOKYO 100-0011</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Network
Correspondent banking
The bank publishes 11 accounts at other banks, across 3 regions.
- Own offices
- Correspondent banks: it holds accounts there
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Correspondent accounts
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
11 accounts at other banks, in 11 currencies, for intermediary bank for incoming remittances, as the bank publishes them: sonybank.jp ↗
| Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Directory check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,N.A. United States | CHASUS33 | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| AUD | AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED Australia | ANZBAU3M | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| NZD | ANZ BANK NEW ZEALAND LIMITED New Zealand | ANZBNZ22 | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | J.P.MORGAN SE Germany | CHASDEFX | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| GBP | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,N.A. United Kingdom | CHASGB2L | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CAD | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,N.A. United Kingdom | CHASGB2L | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| CHF | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,N.A. United Kingdom | CHASGB2L | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| SEK | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,N.A. United Kingdom | CHASGB2L | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| ZAR | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,N.A. United Kingdom | CHASGB2L | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| HKD | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,N.A., HONG KONG BRANCH Hong Kong SAR China | CHASHKHH | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | MUFG BANK,LTD. Japan | BOTKJPJT | — | Matches the Swift directory |
This is the bank's customer page of instructions for foreign-currency payments into Sony Bank. It names one intermediary bank per currency for 11 currencies, with a BIC for each. No account numbers are published. All 11 rows were extracted. The page is undated and was retrieved on 29 September 2026. An official blog post says the intermediary banks were changed on 15 March 2021. Direction is recorded as nostro because each intermediary is the bank's correspondent for that currency. Each correspondent BIC is checked against the Swift directory: a BIC missing from it, or registered to a differently named bank, may be a typo or out of date. Confirm settlement instructions with the bank before relying on them.
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Sources & method
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