Japan · Financial institution
The Bank of Kyoto Limited
Legal name in the LEI record株式会社 京都銀行
The Bank of Kyoto, Ltd. is a Japanese regional bank incorporated as a kabushiki kaisha. Its head office is in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto. Since 2 October 2023 it has been wholly owned by Kyoto Financial Group, Inc., a holding company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The bank provides retail, SME and corporate banking. Its branch network is mainly in Kyoto Prefecture, Shiga, Nara, Osaka and Hyogo.
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
- BOKFJPJZXXX 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 BOKFJPJZ 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
- 1982-03-01
- Last updated
- 2022-02-14
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Kyoto Financial Group, Inc. (株式会社京都フィナンシャルグループ)
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as 京都銀行 (Kyoto Bank)
- Standing
- On 2 October 2023 the bank became a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyoto Financial Group, Inc. The holding company was created by a share transfer. The bank's own shares were delisted at that time. The bank continues to operate under its own name and banking licence.
- Ownership
- Kyoto Financial Group, Inc. holds 100% of the bank, which it has owned since a share transfer on 2 October 2023.
- Direct parent
- Kyoto Financial Group, Inc. (株式会社京都フィナンシャルグループ), Japan 100%
- Major shareholder
- Kyoto Financial Group, Inc. 100% · 30 Jun 2026
- Head office
- 烏丸通松原上る薬師前町700番地 (700 Yakushimae-cho, Karasuma-dori Matsubara-agaru, Shimogyo-ku), 600-8652 Kyoto, Japan
- Company register
- Corporate Number (法人番号) 9130001000028
Business lines
The bank takes deposits and lends to SMEs, corporates and households, including housing loans. It also distributes investment trusts, insurance and public bonds. It handles international remittances and acts as a trust agent.
Online
- Websites & references
- kyotobank.co.jp ↗
kyotobank.co.jp/en ↗ English pages (investor information up to October 2023)
kyoto-fg.co.jp ↗ Parent holding company site (Kyoto Financial Group), used for investor relations after October 2023
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata Q11375713 ↗ - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- kyotobank.co.jp/
- kyotobank.co.jp/news/2026/0626_01.pdf
- finance-frontend-pc-dist.west.edge.storage-yahoo.jp/disclosure/20260731/20260729501380.pdf
- finance-frontend-pc-dist.west.edge.storage-yahoo.jp/disclosure/20260130/20260129541337.pdf
- info.gbiz.go.jp/hojin/ichiran?hojinBango=9130001000028
- kyotobank.co.jp/about/company/outline/
- faq.kyotobank.co.jp/faq.asp?faqno=K-001507&sugtype=4
- kyotobank.co.jp/kojin/gaikoku/
- nikkei.com/nkd/company/article/?DisplayType=1&ng=DGXZTSJT60501_V10C25A5000000&nik_code=0070053
- nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUF188I30Y3A410C2000000/
- diamond.jp/articles/-/330312
- ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%AC%E9%83%BD%E9%8A%80%E8%A1%8C
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Mikiya Yasui (安井 幹也) President (取締役頭取)
- Executive
- Hiroyuki Hata (幡 宏幸) Senior Managing Director (専務取締役), responsible for risk management and systems
- Executive
- Minako Okuno (奥野 美奈子) Managing Director (常務取締役), responsible for international business and overseas representative offices
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Japan
- Financial Services Agency Prudential supervisorAML supervisorConductResolution
- Japan
- Bank of Japan Central bank
- Japan
- Kinki Local Finance Bureau (Ministry of Finance, acting under delegated FSA authority) SecuritiesOther
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The bank changed its board on 26 June 2026. Kenji Hashi retired as managing director and Takashi Kawakatsu was promoted to managing director.
kyotobank.co.jp ↗ -
Leadership
Nobuhiro Doi retired as chairman of the bank in June 2025. He remains president of Kyoto Financial Group.
nikkei.com ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
Kyoto Financial Group was established by share transfer on 2 October 2023. The bank became its wholly owned subsidiary.
diamond.jp ↗ -
Leadership
Mikiya Yasui became president of the bank in June 2023, succeeding Nobuhiro Doi.
nikkei.com ↗
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
- BOKFJPJZXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- BOKFBank
- JPCountry · Japan
- JZLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300LRPVT8N6FNFC04
- 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
- Founded
- 1941
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
- 700 YAKUSHIMAE- CHO KARASUMA- DORI KYOTO-SHI 600-8652 JAPAN
- Operational address
- KARASUMADORI MATSUBARA AGARU SHIMOGYO- KU KYOTO KYOTO 600-0000 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>BOKFJPJZXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300LRPVT8N6FNFC04</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>BOKFJPJZXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300LRPVT8N6FNFC04</LEI>
<Nm>THE BANK OF KYOTO LIMITED</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>KYOTO</TwnNm>
<Ctry>JP</Ctry>
<AdrLine>700 YAKUSHIMAE- CHO KARASUMA- DORI KYOTO-SHI 600-8652</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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