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- eGuarantee, Inc. provides credit risk underwriting and securitization services primarily for business-to-business transactions in Japan; its core offerings include sales credit guarantees against uncollected receivables from trade agreements, contractor credit guarantees, debtor trust guarantees, financial credit guarantees for factoring companies, and advance payment debt guarantees for financial institutions; the company leverages proprietary big data on over 300,000 companies annually, including payment records and transaction details, to assess risks dynamically and securitize them by subdividing for investors such as funds and banks, enabling low-cost hedging and the largest guarantee obligations in Japan exceeding one trillion yen. Founded on September 8, 2000, and headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo, eGuarantee operates through offices in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyushu, Nagoya, Hokkaido, and Chugoku-Shikoku regions, serving community banks, major city banks, trust banks, securities firms, leasing companies, nonbanks, and commercial clients; it maintains 184 employees as of March 31, 2025, with capital of 3,975 million yen and listing on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange under ticker 8771 (OTC: EGTIF). Recent developments encompass the "Accelerate 2028" growth strategy shifting to aggressive risk underwriting via enhanced database capabilities, digitalization, and sales resource expansion targeting ordinary profit of 10.0 billion yen by fiscal year ending March 2028; treasury share repurchases totaling 2.7 billion yen as of September 2025, including 852,000 shares acquired in December 2025 for 1.45 billion yen; branch relocations and openings such as the Chugoku-Shikoku branch in March 2023 and Osaka branch move in May 2023; and new fund compositions like Credit Guarantee VII in May 2023 to support securitization.