Japan · Financial institution
The Gunma Bank LTD
Legal name in the LEI record株式会社 群馬銀行
The Gunma Bank, Ltd. is a Japanese joint-stock company (kabushiki kaisha) with its head office in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture. It was established in September 1932, and its shares are listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It is a regional bank offering deposits, loans, foreign exchange, investment and trust services to individuals and businesses. It has branches in Gunma, neighbouring prefectures and New York, and representative offices in Shanghai, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City. In March 2026 it agreed a share exchange with Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group, which will be renamed Gunma Niigata Financial Group. The bank is to become that holding company's wholly owned subsidiary on 1 April 2027, subject to approvals.
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
- GUMAJPJTXXX 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 GUMAJPJT 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
- Other BIC with this LEI
- GUMAUS33
- BIC first registered
- 1981-03-09
- Last updated
- 2022-02-14
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Publicly listed
Ticker 8334
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as Gungin (ぐんぎん)
- Standing
- On 26 March 2026 the bank signed a final agreement for a share exchange with Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group. That company will be renamed Gunma Niigata Financial Group. Shareholders will vote at an extraordinary general meeting on 23 December 2026. If they approve and the regulators authorise the exchange, the bank will become a wholly owned subsidiary of that holding company on 1 April 2027 (planned date).
- Ownership
- The bank's shares are widely held and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The largest registered holdings are custodian trust accounts, led by The Master Trust Bank of Japan (trust account) with 13.56% at 31 March 2026.
- Major shareholders
- The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account) 13.56% · 31 Mar 2026
State Street Bank and Trust Company 505001 6.33% · 31 Mar 2026
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account) 5.72% · 31 Mar 2026 - Stock listing
- Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime Market) 8334
- Head office
- 194 Motosoja-machi, 371-8611 Maebashi, Japan
- Company register
- Corporate Number 3070001003513 (National Tax Agency); registered financial institution Kanto Local Finance Bureau (Tokin) No. 46
- Former names
- The Gunma Daido Bank, Ltd. (群馬大同銀行) · Gunma-ken Kinyu Kabushiki Kaisha (群馬県金融株式会社)
Business lines
It is a regional bank centred on Gunma Prefecture and neighbouring prefectures, offering deposits, lending, investment products, trust services and foreign exchange. Its group also includes leasing, securities, card and consulting subsidiaries.
Online
- Websites & references
- gunmabank.co.jp ↗
gunmabank.co.jp/ir/library/en ↗ English investor relations pages
gunmabank.co.jp/gnfg ↗ business integration information page (joint with Daishi Hokuetsu)
Sources · 13 pages consulted
- gunmabank.co.jp/
- gunmabank.co.jp/about/profile/profile1.html
- gunmabank.co.jp/about/profile/profile3.html
- gunmabank.co.jp/ir/kabusiki/kabusiki2.html
- gunmabank.co.jp/ir/notice/pdf/20260803a.pdf
- gunmabank.co.jp/ir/notice/pdf/20260924.pdf
- gunmabank.co.jp/gnfg/
- gunmabank.co.jp/info/gbnotice/pdf/gbnotice20260326.pdf
- lfb.mof.go.jp/kantou/kinyuu/pagekt_cnt_202504241757.html
- gunmabank.co.jp/ir/notice/pdf/20260225.pdf
- gunmabank.co.jp/info/news/pdf/20250207.pdf
- gunmabank.co.jp/info/news/pdf/20241002.pdf
- gunmabank.co.jp/kojin/sonota/gaikokusokin/
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Akihiko Fukai (深井 彰彦) Representative Director and President (代表取締役頭取)
- Executive
- Akihiro Goto (後藤 明弘) Representative Director and Deputy President (代表取締役副頭取)
- Executive
- Takeo Uchibori (内堀 剛夫) Representative Director and Deputy President (代表取締役副頭取)
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
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Merger / acquisition
The board called an extraordinary general meeting for 23 December 2026 to approve the share exchange agreement with Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group.
gunmabank.co.jp ↗ -
Leadership
Hiroyuki Irisawa stepped down as deputy president. Akihiro Goto and Takeo Uchibori became representative directors and deputy presidents.
gunmabank.co.jp ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
The bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group signed a final agreement for a share exchange, with a planned effective date of 1 April 2027.
gunmabank.co.jp ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
The Kanto Local Finance Bureau was notified that the bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group had reached a basic agreement to integrate.
lfb.mof.go.jp ↗ -
Incident
The bank disclosed that an employee had taken about JPY 2.6 million from a customer. The employee was dismissed.
gunmabank.co.jp ↗ -
Incident
The bank disclosed that a former employee took JPY 55.35 million from 16 customers under false pretences. The bank reported refunding the full amount.
gunmabank.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
- GUMAJPJTXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- GUMABank
- JPCountry · Japan
- JTLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 54930054A69VC4I5BP89
- 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
- 194 MOTOSOJAMACHI MAEBASHI MAEBASHI-SHI 371-8611 JAPAN
- Operational address
- 194 MOTOSOJAMACHI MAEBASHI MAEBASHI 3718611 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>GUMAJPJTXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>54930054A69VC4I5BP89</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>GUMAJPJTXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>54930054A69VC4I5BP89</LEI>
<Nm>THE GUNMA BANK LTD</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>MAEBASHI</TwnNm>
<Ctry>JP</Ctry>
<AdrLine>194 MOTOSOJAMACHI MAEBASHI MAEBASHI-SHI 371-8611</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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