, founded on 1 April 2004 as Sony Financial Holdings Inc., is a Japanese

holding company A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies. A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own shares of other companies ...

for

Sony , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professiona ...

's financial services business and headquartered in

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, Japan. It operates various businesses, including both life and non-life insurances,

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, credit card settlement, nursing care, and

venture capital Venture capital (often abbreviated as VC) is a form of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to start-up company, startups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth poten ...

. On May 19, 2020, Sony Corporation announced that it will turn Sony Financial Holdings, of which Sony already owns 65.06% of shares, to a wholly owned subsidiary through a tender offer. Sony Financial Holdings has been delisted from the

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after the takeover process was finalized on July 14, 2020.

Subsidiaries

* Sony Life Insurance * Sony Assurance *

Sony Bank Sony Bank ( ja, ソニーバンク, ソニー銀行) is a Japanese commercial bank established in April 2001. It operates as a direct bank and has no physical branches or ATMs. It is one of the largest online banks in Japan and a subsidiary of So ...

** Sony Payment Services *** SmartLink Network * Sony Lifecare ** Lifecare Design ** Proud Life * Sony Financial Ventures

References

External links

Sony Financial Group Inc.

Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd.

Sony Assurance Inc.

Sony Bank Inc.

Sony Lifecare Inc.
{{japan-company-stub Financial services companies established in 2004 Financial Group Banks of Japan Financial services companies based in Tokyo Holding companies based in Tokyo Companies formerly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange