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Daiichi Bank

Former Japanese bank

The Dai-Ichi Bank (Japanese: 第一銀行, lit. 'First Bank'), known from its establishment in 1873 to 1896 as Dai-Ichi Kokuritsu Bank (lit. 'First National Bank') was a major Japanese bank headquartered in Tokyo. Founded and developed for several decades by Shibusawa Eiichi, it expanded into Korea as early as 1878, and became that country's dominant bank as well as its bank of issue in the early 1900s, before handing over that role to the newly established Bank of Korea in 1909.2 It ceased to exist in 1971.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jul 20, 1873Founded1
  • Legal formlimited company1

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Dai-ichi Kokuritsu Ginko
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Dai-Ichi Bank (Japanese: 第一銀行, lit. 'First Bank'), known from its establishment in 1873 to 1896 as Dai-Ichi Kokuritsu Bank (lit. 'First National Bank') was a major Japanese bank headquartered in Tokyo. Founded and developed for several decades by Shibusawa Eiichi, it expanded into Korea as early as 1878, and became that country's dominant bank as well as its bank of issue in the early 1900s, before handing over that role to the newly established Bank of Korea in 1909.2

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank1

Timeline

  1. Oct 1, 1971Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Jul 20, 1873Founded Founded1

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