- Business
- The Bank Of Kochi, Ltd. (8416.T) operates as a regional bank providing comprehensive banking, leasing, and credit card services primarily in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 1930 and headquartered at 2-24 Sakai-machi, Kochi-shi, Kochi 780-8602, the company engages in deposit-taking including savings and term deposits; lending operations such as business loans, mortgage loans, education loans, car loans, systemic financing, industry-academia collaboration funds, agriculture, forestry, and fisheries support investment loans, and private placement bonds; foreign exchange services encompassing foreign currency deposits, exchange, remittances, and trade deals; investment products like investment trusts and funds; credit cards; leasing arrangements; insurance agency services; and ancillary offerings such as internet banking, mobile banking, custody services, trust contract agency, store security, cash clearance, merchandise sales, worker dispatch, and regional trading company operations supporting local product branding and sales channel development. It maintains a network of 72 branches focused on individual and corporate clients in Japan, with approximately 721 employees generating trailing twelve-month revenue of JPY 14.05 billion. Recent developments include the promotion of Yuko Kawai to president in 2025, marking the first female leader of a Japanese regional bank, alongside ongoing strategic emphases on digital services like internet investment trusts and campaigns for asset formation, public pension deposits, and low-rate financing for eco-cars and education loans.