- CEO
- Tsutomu Yonemoto
- Full Time Employees
- 4,377
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Regional
- Address
- 1-2, Chiba-minato Chiba CH Japan 260-8720
- IPO Date
- Apr 7, 2011
- Business
- The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (CHBAY) operates as a leading regional bank in Japan, providing a comprehensive range of banking and financial services including deposits, loans and bills discounted, foreign exchange transactions, savings accounts, personal loans, mortgages, credit cards, business loans, treasury services, cash management solutions, wealth management, investment products and advisory, securities investments, life and non-life insurance offerings, and digital banking via online and mobile platforms; it also develops software and leasing services through subsidiaries. Headquartered in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, and founded in March 1943, the bank maintains a domestic network of 183 offices primarily in Chiba Prefecture with expansions into adjacent Ibaraki, Saitama, and central Tokyo areas, alongside overseas branches in New York, Hong Kong, London, and Singapore plus representative offices in Shanghai and Bangkok, serving approximately 3.1 million retail customers and over 12,000 corporate clients focused on small to medium enterprises and large corporations. As of March 31, 2025, it reports total assets of ¥21,530.5 billion, deposits of ¥16,268.7 billion, and loans of ¥13,233.3 billion, with a consolidated total capital ratio of 15.04%.
In recent developments, The Chiba Bank acquired a 19.9% equity stake in The Chiba Kogyo Bank, Ltd. for approximately ¥23.7 billion in March 2025 from Ariake Master Fund, followed by a basic agreement in September 2025 to integrate operations under a new holding company as early as April 2027, forming Japan's second-largest regional banking group with combined assets nearing ¥25 trillion while maintaining separate banking entities, no branch consolidations, and no personnel reductions to support regional revitalization amid rising interest rates and deposit competition.