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- Orient Corporation (8585.T) is a Japan-based consumer finance company that provides a range of credit and financial services including installment credit, credit cards and cash loans, bank loan guarantees, settlement and guarantee services, and overseas operations. The company offers core products such as auto loans, student loans, shopping credit, housing improvement loans, unsecured personal loans, credit cards (including co-branded cards like Orico Card THE POINT and Mizuho Mileage Club Card/THE POINT), cash advance services, rent settlement guarantees, accounts receivable guarantees, small lease guarantees, and fee collection services; it operates through segments encompassing personal installment, credit cards, overseas auto financing, bank loan guarantees, and settlement businesses targeting individual consumers, retailers, and financial institutions across Japan and select international markets. Founded in 1954 and headquartered at 2-1 Kojimachi 5-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, the company maintains a network of approximately 111 branches and 832,000 member merchants primarily in Japan, with overseas activities in Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines through subsidiaries like Orico Auto Leasing (Thailand) Ltd., PT Orico Balimor Finance, and Orico Auto Finance Philippines Inc.
In recent developments, Orient Corporation released a digital card in March 2024 to enhance smart payment experiences, concluded a basic agreement on a business alliance with AEON Financial Service Co., Ltd. for personal loan guarantees (with services commencing in April 2025), and acquired an installment sales company renamed Orico Product Finance Co., Ltd.; the company also made Orico Auto Lease Co., Ltd. and Orico Business Lease Inc. consolidated subsidiaries in September 2023, formulated a new corporate philosophy in April 2024, and accelerated restructuring of unprofitable auto loan operations in Thailand and Indonesia as of June 2025. These initiatives reflect strategic expansions in digital offerings, partnerships, and consolidations to bolster domestic and overseas growth amid a focus on operational efficiency in consumer lending. The company lists on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and reports consolidated employees numbering 9,032 as of March 31, 2025.