Shingo Watanabe

The Minato Bank, Ltd. engages in the provision of banking and financial services. Its operations are carried out through the following segments: Banking, Leasing, and Others. The Banking segment deals with commercial banking activities including, deposits, savings, direct banking, financial advice, and asset management support. The Leasing segment handles financial lending, loans and leasing operations. The Others segment consists of other banking related activities, such as credit card operations, credit guarantee, entrusted account, and management consulting business. The company was founded on September 6, 1949 and is headquartered in Kobe, Japan.

Minato Capital Co., Ltd. (Minato Capital) is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of The Minato Bank, Ltd., itself a subsidiary of Resona Holdings, Inc. (TK:8308) founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Kobe, Japan.