- CEO
- Akihiko Fukai
- Full Time Employees
- 2,899
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Regional banks
- Address
- 194, Motosojamachi Maebashi GU Japan 371-0846
- IPO Date
- Apr 1, 1969
- Business
- The Gunma Bank, Ltd. (8334.T) operates as a regional bank in Japan, providing a comprehensive range of banking and financial services through its Banking and Lease segments; core offerings include deposit-taking such as current, savings, and time deposits along with negotiable certificates of deposit; lending activities encompassing loans on bills, deeds, overdrafts, and bill discounting; fund management via investments in government bonds, municipal bonds, corporate bonds, stocks, and securities; foreign exchange transactions for exports, imports, remittances, and currency exchanges; over-the-counter sales of investment trusts and public bonds; leasing services; derivative transactions; and agency services for public funds, retirement allowances, stock dividends, bond payments, and loans from the Japan Finance Corporation. The bank maintains 157 domestic outlets primarily in Gunma Prefecture with additional presence outside the region, plus an overseas branch in New York, serving small- to medium-sized enterprises, large corporations, individuals, and local public bodies with a focus on structured finance, cross-border loans, and asset management consulting. Founded in 1932 and headquartered in Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, the bank oversees subsidiaries including Gungin Lease Co., Ltd., Gungin Securities Co., Ltd., Sky Ocean Asset Management Co., Ltd., The Gungin Card Co., Ltd., Gunma Shinyo Hosyo Co., Ltd., Gunma Chuo Kogyo Co., Ltd., Gunma Finance (Hong Kong) Ltd., and Fincross DIGITAL Co., Ltd. In April 2025, The Gunma Bank entered a memorandum of understanding with Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group for a business integration under a new holding company targeted for April 2027, following their prior Gunma-Daishi Hokuetsu Alliance in December 2021, to enhance scale, financial intermediation, M&A support, and regional growth amid industry consolidation; the bank also launched its New Mid-Term Business Plan "Growth with 'Purpose'" in April 2025, targeting consolidated net income of 60 billion yen, ROE above 10%, and loan growth to 7.4 trillion yen by March 2028 through high RORA lending, non-interest income expansion, and sustainability initiatives.