Yokohama Shinkin Bank

The Yokohama Shinkin Bank (横浜信用金庫 - ヨコハマ シンヨウ キンコ) is a credit union whose head office is located in the Naka ward of the Kanagawa Prefecture of Yokohama.^[1] It is commonly known as Yokoshin.

It is the only Shinkin bank (credit union) with a head office in Yokohama City. To the north, it competes with the credit unions: Kawasaki Shinkin Bank, Jonan Shinkin Bank, and Shiba Shinkin Bank, and in the south with Shonan Shinkin Bank and Kanagawa Shinkin Bank.

• July 1923 (Taisho 12) – Kanagawa Prefecture Veterans Credit Union, Limited Liability, was established under the Industrial Cooperatives Act.
• April 1939 (Showa 14) - Name changed to Yokohama Shinkin Bank Limited Liability,
• November 1943 (Showa 18) - January 1950 (Showa 25) - Merged with Kanazawamachi Credit Union and four other credit unions.
• 1951 (Showa 26)）
  • April - The Yokohama, Shiota, and Tsurumi credit unions merge to form the Yokohama Credit Union under the Small and Medium Enterprise Cooperative Association Act.
  • October - Reorganized into Yokohama Shinkin Bank in accordance with the Shinkin Bank Act.
• April 1954 - Merged with Yokohama City Reconstruction Shinkin Bank.
• May 1957 - Merged with Yokohama City Commerce and Industry Shinkin Bank.
• March 1970 - The head office was moved to Onoue-cho, Naka-ku.
• October 2009 - Opened an administrative center in Kita-Shin-Yokohama, Kohoku Ward.

Business offices, where people can join the credit union and receive loans, are located at the head office ,and branches in Yokohama, Kawasaki, Yamato, Ebina, Fujisawa, and Machida, Tokyo.

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