Japan · Financial institution
The Awa Bank Limited
Legal name in the LEI record株式会社 阿波銀行
The Awa Bank, Ltd. (株式会社阿波銀行) is a Japanese joint-stock company with its head office in Tokushima. Its shares are listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and it has no controlling shareholder. It offers deposits, lending, securities investment and foreign exchange services, and a subsidiary provides leasing. The bank marked the 130th anniversary of its founding in 2026. It carried out a five-for-one share split effective 1 October 2026.
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
- AWABJPJTXXX 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 AWABJPJT directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- 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
- 1986-05-19
- Last updated
- 2026-02-09
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Publicly listed
Ticker 8388
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as あわぎん (Awagin)
- Ownership
- The shares are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market, and the largest registered holder at 31 March 2026 was the custodian The Master Trust Bank of Japan (trust account) with 8.31%.
- Major shareholder
- The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account) 8.31% · 31 Mar 2026
- Stock listing
- Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime Market) 8388
- Head office
- 24-1, Nishisemba-cho 2-chome (西船場町二丁目24番地の1), 770-8601 Tokushima, Japan
- Company register
- Corporate Number 5480001000070 (National Tax Agency, Japan)
- Name in the local language
- 株式会社阿波銀行
Business lines
According to its results for the quarter to 30 June 2026, loans to SMEs and individuals made up 77.54% of the bank's loans, and it lends in Tokushima, the Kansai region, other parts of Chugoku-Shikoku and the Kanto region.
Online
- Websites & references
- awabank.co.jp ↗
- Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 11 pages consulted
- ke.kabupro.jp/tsp/20260731/140120260730502673.pdf
- ke.kabupro.jp/tsp/20260825/140120260818522456.pdf
- awabank.co.jp/assets/news20260603a.pdf
- awabank.co.jp/common/common/news20260515c.pdf
- ke.kabupro.jp/code/8388.htm
- awabank.co.jp/kojin/news/2026/news20260403a/
- awabank.co.jp/about/assets/213-calle.pdf
- news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/e5c05072289bab0b4b3dd2df2c3a54e111fde154
- nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOCC0362G0T00C26A4000000/
- irbank.net/E03587/holder
- wikidata.org/wiki/Q11657580
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Takehisa Fukunaga (福永丈久) Representative Director and President (代表取締役頭取)
- Executive
- Masahiro Yamashita (山下真弘) Representative Director and Senior Managing Director (代表取締役専務)
- Executive
- Hiroaki Mikawa (三河広明) Managing Director (常務取締役)
- Executive
- Akira Toyoda (豊田晃) Director and General Manager, Corporate Planning Division (取締役経営統括部長)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Japan
- Financial Services Agency Prudential supervisorAML supervisorConductResolution
- Japan
- Bank of Japan Central bank
Recent events 2 enforcement or investigation items
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Other
The board resolved a five-for-one share split with a record date of 30 September 2026, effective 1 October 2026.
ke.kabupro.jp ↗ -
Incident
The bank reported weaknesses in how it managed the breached test environment. It cut a managing director's pay, and two representative directors returned 30% of one month's pay.
awabank.co.jp ↗ -
Incident
The bank disclosed unauthorised access to a test environment of its internal information-sharing system, with 27,745 customer and shareholder records leaked.
awabank.co.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
- AWABJPJTXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- AWABBank
- JPCountry · Japan
- JTLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 353800YH8XWV0XAHXR13
- 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
- 24-1 NISHISEMBA- CHO 2CHOME TOKUSHIMA-SHI 770-8601 JAPAN
- Operational address
- 24-1 NISHISEMBA- CHO 2- CHOME TOKUSHIMA TOKUSHIMA 770-8601 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>AWABJPJTXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>353800YH8XWV0XAHXR13</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>AWABJPJTXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>353800YH8XWV0XAHXR13</LEI>
<Nm>THE AWA BANK LIMITED</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>TOKUSHIMA</TwnNm>
<Ctry>JP</Ctry>
<AdrLine>24-1 NISHISEMBA- CHO 2CHOME TOKUSHIMA-SHI 770-8601</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.
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