Japan · Financial institution
The Ehime Bank, Ltd.
Legal name in the LEI record株式会社 愛媛銀行
The Ehime Bank, Ltd. is a Japanese joint-stock company (kabushiki kaisha) with its head office in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture. Its shares are listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It offers deposit, lending, foreign exchange and remittance services to individuals and businesses, mainly in Ehime Prefecture, and its group includes leasing, card and IT subsidiaries. It dates its founding to 1915 and was incorporated on 20 March 1943. In July 2026 it agreed with Iyogin Holdings to pursue a share exchange targeted for 1 April 2027.
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
- HIMEJPJTXXX 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 HIMEJPJT 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
- 1989-09-04
- Last updated
- 2026-08-07
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Publicly listed
Ticker 8541
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as Himegin (ひめぎん)
- Standing
- On 24 July 2026 the bank and Iyogin Holdings signed a basic agreement to integrate through a share exchange. The exchange is targeted for 1 April 2027. The bank would then become a wholly owned subsidiary of Iyogin Holdings. Its shares would be delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange before the exchange takes effect.
- Ownership
- The shares are widely held, and the largest disclosed holder was The Master Trust Bank of Japan (trust account) with 7.96% as of 31 March 2024.
- Major shareholder
- The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust account) 7.96% · 31 Mar 2024
- Stock listing
- Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime Market) 8541
- Head office
- 2-1 Katsuyama-cho 2-chome, 790-8580 Matsuyama, Japan
- Company register
- Corporate Number 2500001000005 (National Tax Agency, Japan)
Business lines
Deposit-taking and lending centre on Ehime Prefecture, and consolidated subsidiaries provide leasing, credit card and computer system services.
Online
- Websites & references
- himegin.co.jp ↗
himegin.co.jp/english/stockholder ↗ English investor relations section
ehimebank-ba.jp ↗ Ehime Big Advance business-support platform, linked from the homepage
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- X ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗ · LINE ↗
Sources · 15 pages consulted
- himegin.co.jp/
- himegin.co.jp/stockholder/policy/officer.html
- himegin.co.jp/about/outline/
- himegin.co.jp/stockholder/performance/balance_sheet.html
- himegin.co.jp/stockholder/library/file/financial_results/2027/first-quarter_financial-results.pdf
- himegin.co.jp/stockholder/news/
- himegin.co.jp/new_csr/pdf/20260724_3.pdf
- himegin.co.jp/new_csr/pdf/20231117_1.pdf
- himegin.co.jp/english/stockholder/
- himegin.co.jp/english/stockholder/stock_information/basic_information.html
- himegin.co.jp/sns/
- himegin-qa.dga.jp/faq_detail.html?id=748
- nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOCC244K90U6A720C2000000/
- ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%84%9B%E5%AA%9B%E9%8A%80%E8%A1%8C
- info.gbiz.go.jp/hojin/ichiran?hojinBango=2500001000005
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Yoshinori Nishikawa (西川 義教) President (Tōdori), Representative Director
- Executive
- Masamitsu Toyoda (豊田 将光) Deputy President, Representative Director
- Executive
- Toshiyuki Yano (矢野 紀行) Senior Managing Director
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Japan
- Financial Services Agency Prudential supervisorConductAML supervisorResolution
- Japan
- Shikoku Local Finance Bureau Prudential supervisor
- Japan
- Bank of Japan Central bank
Recent events 1 enforcement or investigation item
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Merger / acquisition
The bank and Iyogin Holdings signed a basic agreement to integrate through a share exchange targeted for 1 April 2027.
himegin.co.jp ↗ -
Incident
The bank disclosed that a former part-time employee at its Yoshida branch embezzled JPY 19.3 million from eight customers between 2018 and 2023.
himegin.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
- HIMEJPJTXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- HIMEBank
- JPCountry · Japan
- JTLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 353800KJ5DZRX27VPX36
- 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 KATSUYAMA- CHO MATSUYAMA 790-8580 JAPAN
- Operational address
- INTERNATIONAL DEPT. 2-1 KATSUYAMA- CHO MATSUYAMA MATSUYAMA 790-8580 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>HIMEJPJTXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>353800KJ5DZRX27VPX36</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>HIMEJPJTXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>353800KJ5DZRX27VPX36</LEI>
<Nm>THE EHIME BANK, LTD.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>MATSUYAMA</TwnNm>
<Ctry>JP</Ctry>
<AdrLine>2-1 KATSUYAMA- CHO MATSUYAMA 790-8580</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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