--- title: "The Fukui Bank, Ltd. SWIFT/BIC code FKUIJPJTXXX · Japan | Elucidate" description: "SWIFT/BIC code FKUIJPJTXXX for The Fukui Bank, Ltd., Japan. Head-office BIC, LEI 353800LB5EI9ZB9ZL464, addresses and Swift connectivity." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/the-fukui-bank-ltd-fkuijpjt --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Japan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/jp) 3. The Fukui Bank, Ltd. ![The Fukui Bank, Ltd. logo](https://elucidate.co/images/banks/36/36b668519574784b.webp) Japan · Financial institution # The Fukui Bank, Ltd. Legal name in the LEI record 株式会社福井銀行 The Fukui Bank, Ltd. (株式会社福井銀行) is a Japanese joint-stock company (kabushiki kaisha) founded on 19 December 1899, with its head office in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture. Its shares are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (code 8362). It provides deposits, lending, domestic and foreign exchange and related services to individuals and businesses, mainly in Fukui Prefecture. It took control of The Fukuho Bank, Ltd. in October 2021, made it a wholly owned subsidiary on 1 October 2024 and absorbed it by merger on 2 May 2026. BIC **FKUIJPJTXXX** LEI **[353800LB5EI9ZB9ZL464](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/353800LB5EI9ZB9ZL464)** Licence no. **Not on a tracked register** Connected to Swift Swift GPI live member Head-office BIC only [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-fukui-bank-ltd-fkuijpjt#claim) ## 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:** FKUIJPJTXXX head office - **Connection to Swift:** Connected to Swift - **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:** 1987-02-16 - **Last updated:** 2025-09-29 ## Overview Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-fukui-bank-ltd-fkuijpjt#overview-sources) Total assets JPY 4.38tn Group · 30 Jun 2026 · [interim report ↗](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/ir/financial/final_accounts/pdf/2027/q1_202706.pdf) Employees 1,226 headcount · This entity · 31 Mar 2025 · [source ↗](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/aboutus/overview/profile/) Ownership Publicly listed Ticker 8362 Institution type Commercial bank - **Standing:** On 2 May 2026 the bank absorbed its wholly owned subsidiary The Fukuho Bank, Ltd. by merger and continues under its own name. Until 31 July 2026, transfers addressed to Fukuho Bank were credited as payments to Fukui Bank. - **Ownership:** The shares are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and GLEIF records no parent company. - **Stock listing:** Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime Market) 8362 - **Head office:** 1-1-1 Junka, 910-8660 Fukui, Japan ### Business lines - SME banking - Retail banking - Corporate banking - Mortgage lending - Consumer finance - Transaction banking & payments - Brokerage - Insurance According to its first-quarter results for the year ending March 2027, loans to small and medium-sized enterprises and similar borrowers were 64.33% of its loans at 30 June 2026. ### Online - **Websites & references:** [fukuibank.co.jp ↗](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/) [faq.fukuibank.jp ↗](https://faq.fukuibank.jp/) customer FAQ site [Wikidata Q11591768 ↗](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11591768) - **Official social accounts:** [X ↗](https://x.com/fukui_bank/) · [Facebook ↗](https://www.facebook.com/fukuibank/) · [Instagram ↗](https://www.instagram.com/fukusienne/) · [YouTube ↗](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw5dEQNQofO6yzcIMnolPPA) · [LINE ↗](https://line.me/R/ti/p/@luv6514h) Sources · 13 pages consulted 1. [fukuibank.co.jp/](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/) 2. [fukuibank.co.jp/aboutus/overview/profile/](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/aboutus/overview/profile/) 3. [fukuibank.co.jp/info/2026/yakuin\_20260627.pdf](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/info/2026/yakuin_20260627.pdf) 4. [fukuibank.co.jp/ir/financial/final\_accounts/pdf/2027/q1\_202706.pdf](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/ir/financial/final_accounts/pdf/2027/q1_202706.pdf) 5. [fukuibank.co.jp/ir/financial/final\_accounts/](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/ir/financial/final_accounts/) 6. [fukuibank.co.jp/ir/highlights/financial/](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/ir/highlights/financial/) 7. [fukuibank.co.jp/merger/](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/merger/) 8. [fukuibank.co.jp/merger/qa/](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/merger/qa/) 9. [fukuibank.co.jp/sns/](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/sns/) 10. [fukuibank.co.jp/personal/useful/foreign/](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/personal/useful/foreign/) 11. [fukuibank.co.jp/ir/shareholders/stock\_info/](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/ir/shareholders/stock_info/) 12. [nttdata.com/global/ja/news/topics/2026/050700/](https://www.nttdata.com/global/ja/news/topics/2026/050700/) 13. [nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOCC086760Y4A101C2000000/](https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOCC086760Y4A101C2000000/) ## Leadership Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-fukui-bank-ltd-fkuijpjt#overview-sources) - **Chief executive:** Eiichi Hasegawa Director and Representative Executive Officer, President (Head of People and Digital Promotion Division) Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [fukuibank.co.jp ↗](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/info/2026/yakuin_20260627.pdf) - **Chair:** Masahiro Hayashi Chairman of the Board of Directors Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [fukuibank.co.jp ↗](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/info/2026/yakuin_20260627.pdf) - **Executive:** Kenichi Araki Director and Representative Managing Executive Officer Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [fukuibank.co.jp ↗](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/info/2026/yakuin_20260627.pdf) - **Executive:** Yoshihito Kobayashi Director and Managing Executive Officer Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [fukuibank.co.jp ↗](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/info/2026/yakuin_20260627.pdf) ## Supervisors & regulators Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-fukui-bank-ltd-fkuijpjt#overview-sources) - **Japan:** Financial Services Agency Prudential supervisor AML supervisor Conduct - **Japan:** Hokuriku Local Finance Bureau Other - **Japan:** Bank of Japan Central bank ## Recent events Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-fukui-bank-ltd-fkuijpjt#overview-sources) 1. Jun 2026 Leadership At the 27 June 2026 general meeting, directors and managing executive officers Shin Okada and Keisuke Yoshida retired from the board. [fukuibank.co.jp ↗](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/info/2026/yakuin_20260627.pdf) 2. May 2026 Merger / acquisition The bank absorbed its wholly owned subsidiary The Fukuho Bank, Ltd. by merger effective 2 May 2026, with Fukui Bank as the surviving entity. [fukuibank.co.jp ↗](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/ir/financial/final_accounts/pdf/2027/q1_202706.pdf) 3. Apr 2026 Licence On 27 April 2026 the bank obtained approval under Article 30(1) of the Banking Act for its merger with Fukuho Bank. [fukuibank.co.jp ↗](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/ir/financial/final_accounts/pdf/2027/q1_202706.pdf) 4. Nov 2024 Merger / acquisition On 8 November 2024 the bank signed a merger agreement with Fukuho Bank. The agreement kept Fukui Bank as the name of the merged bank. [fukuibank.co.jp ↗](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/merger/) 5. Oct 2024 Merger / acquisition Through a share exchange, the bank made Fukuho Bank a wholly owned subsidiary on 1 October 2024. [fukuibank.co.jp ↗](https://www.fukuibank.co.jp/merger/) 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:** FKUIJPJTXXX - **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. FKUI Bank 2. JP Country · Japan 3. JT Location 4. XXX Branch · head office - **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory - **LEI:** 353800LB5EI9ZB9ZL464 - **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/353800LB5EI9ZB9ZL464) - **How the LEI was matched:** BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file. ## Profile - **Type:** Financial institution - **Regulation:** Not on a tracked register - **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:** 1899 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:** 1-1-1,JUNKA FL.5 FUKUI 910-8660 JAPAN - **Operational address:** THE FUKUI BANK HEAD FLOOR 5 1-1-1 JUNKA FUKUI FUKUI 9108660 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 ```xml FKUIJPJTXXX 353800LB5EI9ZB9ZL464 ``` ### 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 ```xml FKUIJPJTXXX 353800LB5EI9ZB9ZL464 THE FUKUI BANK, LTD. FUKUI JP 1-1-1, JUNKA FL.5 FUKUI 910-8660 ``` 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. ## Related institutions ### Largest institutions in Japan - [The Seibu Shinkin Bank BIC SESKJPJ1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register Japan · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/the-seibu-shinkin-bank-seskjpj1) - [MUFG Bank, Ltd. BIC BOTKJPJT Credit institution Prudential licence Japan · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI C3GTMMZIHMY46P4OIX74](https://elucidate.co/directory/mufg-bank-ltd-botkjpjt) - [State Street Trust and Banking CO. Ltd. 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BIC MLCOJPJT Financial institution Not on a tracked register Japan · Not on a tracked register · LEI I7E80LI4NVVT41W1WB02](https://elucidate.co/directory/bofa-securities-japan-co-ltd-mlcojpjt) - [Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.A. - Tokyo Branch BIC CHASJPJT Credit institution Prudential licence Japan · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 7H6GLXDRUGQFU57RNE97](https://elucidate.co/directory/jpmorgan-chase-bank-n-a-tokyo-branch-chasjpjt) [See every BIC in Japan →](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/jp#bics) Claim this profile ## Work at The Fukui Bank, Ltd.? Claim this page to have it marked as verified by the bank, and to send us corrections. We verify every claim before anything changes on the page. 1. 01 **Submit** Tell us who you are, using your work email. 2. 02 **We verify** We check the email domain and confirm your role with the bank. This usually takes up to five business days. 3. 03 **Profile claimed** The page is marked as claimed and verified. You can send us corrections at any time. 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