History

Overall management

2001

April 6
Preliminary license received

Preliminary license received Preliminary license received

April 10

IY Bank Co., Ltd. established
(common stock: 20,205 million yen)

April 25 Banking business license received
May 7
IY Bank cash card

Initiated operations (began accepting applications for new accounts)

May 15
  • First-generation ATM
  • Ceremony for the start of
    ATM services

Initiated ATM services

May 23 Joined Japanese Bankers Association (full member)
June 11 Connected to Zengin system
June 13 Connected to BANCS
June 18 Initiated money transfer services
August 30 First third-party allocation of shares (common stock: 30,805 million yen)
December 17 Initiated Internet, mobile and telephone banking services

2002

March 27 Second third-party allocation of shares (common stock: 61,000 million yen)

2004

July 7 Established Customer Service Division

2005

April 1 Initiated operation of ATM Call Center (Osaka)
April 4 Number of ATMs installed exceeded 10,000 Began handling time deposits for defined contribution pension plans
April 27 Established first staffed outlet in Ito-Yokado Soga store
July 26
Second-generation ATM

Introduction of second-generation ATMs

October 11
Seven Bank IC cash card

Company name changed to Seven Bank, Ltd.

2006

January 3 Began operation of new accounting system
March 20 Began providing time deposit service
April 3 Began accepting IC cash cards
September 1 Common stock reduced (common stock of 61,000 million yen reduced by transfer of 30,500 million yen to capital surplus)

2007

June 25 First dividend paid since establishment Began receiving outsourcing of ATM operation and administration
7月11日
Ceremony for the start of services
for cards issued overseas

Initiated services for cards issued overseas

September 3 Began loading money onto nanaco electronic money cards at ATMs
September 27 Completed installation of ATMs in Seven-Eleven and Ito-Yokado operating areas (36 prefectures at the time)
November 26 Initiated ATM services for visually impaired customers (voice-guided transactions)
December 17 Completed installation of ATMs in all 47 prefectures

2008

February 29 Listed on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange (currently the Tokyo Stock Exchange JASDAQ Market)

2009

April 1 Established the Financial Crime Prevention Office (now the Financial Crime Risk Strategy Planning and Prevention Division)

2010

January 25 Initiated personal loan services
July 7
Shinjuku Kabukicho corner
(internal view)

Established directly managed ATM corner

November 29
Third-generation ATM

ntroduction of third-generation ATMs

2011

March 22 Initiated international money transfer services (initiated Internet and mobile banking services)
July 19 Initiated international money transfer services by ATM
December 1 1,000-for-1 stock split Adopted share unit number system with 100 shares per unit
December 26
Listing ceremony

Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

2012

June 27 Number of Seven Bank accounts exceeded 1 million
October 6 Acquired all issued shares of Financial Consulting & Trading International, Inc. of the United States to make it a wholly owned subsidiary

2013

February 1 Customer Service Center for International Money Transfers began operation
September 27 U.S.-based subsidiary Financial Consulting & Trading International, Inc. acquired the ATM business of Global Axcess Corp.

2014

January 8 Initiated Seven Bank account ATM transaction screens in nine languages
June 10 Established PT. ABADI TAMBAH MULIA INTERNASIONAL (“ATMi”), a joint venture operating ATMs in Indonesia
July 1 Established Bank Business Factory Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary engaged in back-office support on commission

2015

October 1 Financial Consulting & Trading International, Inc., a subsidiary in the United States, changed its name to “FCTI, Inc.”
December 16 Expansion of language options on ATM screens and slips to 12 languages, etc. when cards issued overseas are used

2016

October 17 Began issuing cash cards with a debit function

2017

March 27 Began offering the ATM deposit/withdrawal service via smartphones

2018

January 11 Established Seven Payment Service, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary, which conducts remittance and settlement services
May 7 Seven Payment Service, Ltd. began offering ATM cash receiving services.
October 15 Began handling a top-up service at ATMs for electronic money to transportation IC cards, etc.

2019

April 1 Established Pito AxM Platform, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary in the Philippines operating ATMs
June 3 Established Seven Global Remit, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary engaged in financial services for foreign nationals in Japan
July 16 Established ACSiON, Ltd., a joint venture operating security services
September 26
Fourth-generation ATM

Introduction of fourth-generation ATMs

2020

January 22 Established Credd Finance, Ltd., a joint venture engaged in credit-related services for foreign nationals in Japan
April 20 Launched “My Seven Bank,” an app that enables instant account opening with a smartphone
August 20 Credd Finance, Ltd. launched Sendy Credit Card, credit-related services for foreign nationals in Japan
August 31 Began ATM services for Individual Number Card Points preregistration / application
October 1 ACSiON, Ltd. launched Detecker, a fraud detection platform
October 30 Credd Finance, Ltd. launched Sendy Personal Loan, loan services for foreign nationals in Japan according to their purposes
December 8 ACSiON, Ltd. launched proost, an online personal authentication service

2021

February 26 Pito AxM Platform, Inc. started operating ATM business in the Philippines
March 26 Began ATM services for application to use Individual Number Card as a health insurance card
March 29 Seven Global Remit, Ltd. launched Sendy, a smartphone app for international money transfer service
April 5 Formulated Purpose of Seven Bank Group
September 21 Launched Seven Bank Post Payment Service

2022

April 1 Moved from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the Prime Market
April 1 Seven Payment Service, Ltd. began offering ATM money-collecting services
July 1 Launched dynamic currency conversion service for cards issued overseas
October 7 New ATM receives Good Design Award
November 1 VIVA VIDA MEDICAL LIFE, Inc. becomes a subsidiary
November 8 Began offering financial product intermediary services
November 28 Started providing "Mynaportal Information Linkage Service" at ATMs

2023

February 20 Launched "ATM Authentication Code Issuance Service"
July 1 Acquired shares of Seven Card Service Co., Ltd. and made it a consolidated subsidiary

Start date of ATM installation by prefecture

2001

May 15 Tokyo
June 1 Shizuoka
June 18 Saitama
July 23 Osaka
July 27 Hyōgo

2002

January 21 Kanagawa
February 18 Chiba
May 20 Tochigi
December 4 Aichi
December 16 Kyoto

2003

February 18 Nagano
February 24 Shiga
March 24 Fukuoka
July 23 Ibaraki
September 22 Hiroshima
October 20 Fukushima

2004

March 1 Niigata
March 22 Kumamoto
April 19 Yamagata
May 17 Hokkaido
July 9 Yamaguchi
July 28 Gunma
October 26 Nagasaki
December 6 Okayama

2005

April 4 Miyazaki
August 1 Yamanashi
November 18 Gifu
November 24 Saga

2006

February 16 Mie
March 1 Miyagi
October 2 Nara
October 10 Iwate

2007

March 19 Aomori
July 23 Akita
July 23 Wakayama
September 27 Oita
November 5 Kagawa
November 12 Fukui
November 12 Tokushima
November 12 Kagoshima
November 19 Toyama
November 19 Ishikawa
November 19 Tottori
November 19 Shimane
November 26 Ehime
November 26 Okinawa
December 17 Kouchi

Number of installed ATMs

2001

July 13 Over 1,000
November 11 Over 2,000

2002

March 2 Over 3,000
June 22 Over 4,000

2003

March 24 Over 5,000
August 7 Over 6,000
November 27 Over 7,000

2004

May 17 Over 8,000
July 28 Over 9,000

2005

April 4 Over 10,000

2006

February 17 Over 11,000

2007

February 23 Over 12,000

2008

February 29 Over 13,000

2009

July 24 Over 14,000

2010

November 5 Over 15,000

2011

September 30 Over 16,000

2012

August 5 Over 17,000

2013

March 22 Over 18,000
November 29 Over 19,000

2014

July 31 Over 20,000

2015

March 19 Over 21,000
December 18 Over 22,000

2016

September 29 Over 23,000

2017

November 30 Over 24,000

2019

February 28 Over 25,000

2021

December 17 Over 26,000

2023

July 12 Over 27,000