Fukuoka Financial Group Explained

Fukuoka Financial Group (FFG) is a Japanese company. Assets — $128.9 billion (2015).^[1] It is listed on the Nikkei 225.^[2]

Nagasaki-based Eighteenth Bank was acquired by FFG in April 2019, following an earlier merger attempt in 2017.^[3] In October 2020, Eighteenth Bank was merged with the, another FFG subsidiary, to form Eighteenth Shinwa Bank (or Juhachi Shinwa Bank), which operates as one of three FFG banking subsidiaries together with Fukuoka Bank and .^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The World's Largest Public Companies. Forbes.
2. Web site: Nikkei Constituents. NIKKEI. November 11, 2010. July 22, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120722015827/http://e.nikkei.com/e/app/fr/market/constituents.aspx?INDEX=NAVG. dead.
3. Web site: Antitrust concerns keep regional bank merger plan in limbo.
4. Web site: Fukuoka Financial Group . Group Profile: What is Fukuoka Financial Group? .