- CEO
- Hisa Goto
- Full Time Employees
- 8,050
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Major banks
- Address
- 1-8-3, Otemon Fukuoka FK Japan 810-8693
- IPO Date
- Apr 2, 2007
- Business
- Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (8354.T) is a Japan-based regional financial holding company primarily engaged in banking services through its subsidiaries. The group operates The Bank of Fukuoka, Kumamoto Bank, and Eighteenth Shinwa Bank (formed in 2020 through the merger of Shinwa Bank and the acquired Eighteenth Bank), offering deposit accounts; lending services; asset management; leasing; securities brokerage; credit card issuance; loan guarantees; system development and operations; collateral valuation; credit management and collection; insurance agency; research and development; investments and loans; factoring; and office work agent services to individual and corporate customers primarily in Japan's Kyushu region, with headquarters in Fukuoka and a network spanning Fukuoka, Kumamoto, and Nagasaki prefectures. Founded on April 2, 2007, via the joint share transfer of The Bank of Fukuoka and Kumamoto Bank, the company lists on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Fukuoka Stock Exchange, with paid-in capital of 124.7 billion yen. Recent developments include a May 2025 strategic partnership with ExaWizards Inc. to deploy AI agents for operational transformation and new banking models; the July 2025 launch of a record ¥10 billion investment fund by subsidiary FFG Venture Business Partners targeting 50-70 early-stage startups in Kyushu and beyond, with a focus on deep tech; and the July 2025 establishment of a ¥9 billion corporate venturing fund in joint venture with SBI Investment for AI, fintech, life sciences, and mobility sectors.