Chikuho Bank

Wiki route

This entry sits under regional-banks INDEX. Read it against The Bank of Fukuoka for peer / contrast context and banking index for the broader system / regulatory boundary.

##TL;DR

Chikuho Bank, Ltd. is a regional bank with its main branch in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, listed on the Financial Services Agency’s list of bank licenses. Fukuoka prefecture local / Chikugo-area regional-bank operating-company anchor, and is treated as a peer of a separate corporation from fukuoka-bank and nishi-nippon-city-bank.

1. License / group boundary

The following table is scoped to public primary sources (fsa.go.jp, chikugin.co.jp). It restates licence / structure / product boundaries from those materials and does not invent market share, ranking, or unstated numerical claims. ^↗

2. Operating model

Chikuho Bank is a regional bank that handles retail deposits, SME finance, local relationship banking, and Chikugo-area business support mainly in southern Fukuoka Prefecture. Within Fukuoka Prefecture, it has a separate local-bank boundary from its large-bank peers fukuoka-bank / nishi-nippon-city-bank. Kyushu regional-bank consolidation context see regional-bank-consolidation-pattern and banking index.

3. Why this page matters

• Closes the FSA exact-name operating-company gap for Chikuho Bank.
• Separates Chikugo-area bank coverage from Fukuoka city-centered groups.
• Provides a peer anchor for sbi-regional-bank-hd regional-bank investment context.

Related

• fukuoka-bank
• nishi-nippon-city-bank
• sbi-regional-bank-hd
• regional-bank-consolidation-pattern
• INDEX

Sources

• FSA: bank license list, regional banks, as of 2026-01-01.
• Chikuho Bank official company overview.