Japan · Financial institution
The Yamagata Bank Limited
Legal name in the LEI record株式会社山形銀行
The Yamagata Bank, Ltd. is a Japanese joint-stock company (kabushiki kaisha) with its head office in Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture. Its shares are listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and no controlling parent is reported. The bank provides retail, SME and corporate banking, mainly in Yamagata Prefecture. Its group includes leasing, credit guarantee and card subsidiaries. It was founded on 14 April 1896 as Ryouu Bank and took its current name in 1965.
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
- YAMBJPJTXXX 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 YAMBJPJT 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
- 1988-09-19
- Last updated
- 2022-02-14
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Publicly listed
Ticker 8344
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as Yamagin (〈やまぎん〉)
- Ownership
- The bank's shares are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market, and no controlling shareholder is reported.
- Stock listing
- Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime Market) 8344
- Head office
- 3-1-2 Nanokamachi (七日町三丁目1番2号), 990-8642 Yamagata, Japan
- Company register
- Corporate Number 5390001002010 (National Tax Agency, Japan)
- Former name
- Ryouu Bank (両羽銀行)
Business lines
The bank takes deposits and lends mainly to individuals, businesses and public bodies in Yamagata Prefecture, and its subsidiaries provide leasing, credit guarantee and card services.
Online
- Websites & references
- yamagatabank.co.jp ↗
yamagatabank.co.jp/english ↗ English investor-relations page
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata Q8047618 ↗ - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- yamagatabank.co.jp/
- yamagatabank.co.jp/company/gaiyou/
- yamagatabank.co.jp/company/gaiyou/staff/
- yamagatabank.co.jp/english/
- yamagatabank.co.jp/english/img/financial_2026_1.pdf
- yamagatabank.co.jp/english/img/news2025_1.pdf
- yamagatabank.co.jp/investor/stock/kabushiki/
- yamagatabank.co.jp/individual/benri/sending/
- yamagatabank.co.jp/release/pdf/3187.pdf
- 77bank.co.jp/pdf/newsrelease/2025/26032503_project.pdf
- nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOCC286JZ0Y3A320C2000000/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamagata_Bank
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Eiji Sato (佐藤 英司) President (Representative Director) (取締役頭取)
- Executive
- Shinichiro Miura (三浦 新一郎) Senior Managing Director (Representative Director) (専務取締役)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Japan
- Financial Services Agency Prudential supervisorAML supervisorConductResolution
- Japan
- Bank of Japan Central bank
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Other
The bank opened its rebuilt head office building at 3-1-2 Nanokamachi, Yamagata, on 21 July 2026, ending its temporary relocation.
yamagatabank.co.jp ↗ -
Other
The bank signed the South Tohoku Genki Project cooperation agreement with The 77 Bank and The Toho Bank on 25 March 2026.
77bank.co.jp ↗ -
Leadership
Chairman and Representative Director Kichishige Hasegawa retired when his term expired on 25 June 2025.
yamagatabank.co.jp ↗ -
Leadership
Eiji Sato became President, succeeding Kichishige Hasegawa, who became Representative Director and Chairman.
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
- YAMBJPJTXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- YAMBBank
- JPCountry · Japan
- JTLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 353800OXF3M14RULQG45
- 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
- 1896
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
- 1-2 NANOKAMACHI 3- CHOME YAMAGATA JAPAN
- Operational address
- 1-2 NANOKAMACHI, 3- CHOME YAMAGATA YAMAGATA 990-8642 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>YAMBJPJTXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>353800OXF3M14RULQG45</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>YAMBJPJTXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>353800OXF3M14RULQG45</LEI>
<Nm>THE YAMAGATA BANK LIMITED</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>YAMAGATA</TwnNm>
<Ctry>JP</Ctry>
<AdrLine>1-2 NANOKAMACHI 3- CHOME YAMAGATA</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.
Claim this profile
Work at The Yamagata Bank Limited?
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.
- 01Submit Tell us who you are, using your work email.
- 02We verify We check the email domain and confirm your role with the bank. This usually takes up to five business days.
- 03Profile claimed The page is marked as claimed and verified. You can send us corrections at any time.
Claim received
Thank you. We will email your work address once the claim is verified. Until then, the page stays unclaimed.
The claim was not sent. Try again, or email contact@elucidate.co.
Sources & method
Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.
Swift GPI membership is matched on names and is indicative. A missing sanctions match does not mean that no listing applies. Always screen against the official lists.
The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.
Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Wikidata—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
- Images—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Logo: 株式会社山形銀行 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · original.
Assess the financial crime risk behind a BIC
A BIC identifies an institution; it does not assess it. The Elucidate FinCrime Index (EFI) is an independent score of the financial crime risk of banks, built for correspondent banking and counterparty due diligence.
Book a demo