Press Release

April 21, 2025
SBI Sumishin Net Bank, Ltd.

SBI Sumishin Net Bank Group and "ALVARK TOKYO" signed an Official Partnership Agreement

We are pleased to announce that SBI Sumishin Net Bank, Ltd. (Head Office: Minato-ku,Tokyo; President & CEO: Noriaki Maruyama; hereinafter referred to as “SSNB”) through its group company has signed an official partnership (Platinum Partner) agreement of 2025-2026 season with Toyota ALVARK TOKYO Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, President: Kunihiko Hayashi, hereinafter referred to as "Toyota ALVARK TOKYO") which operates “ALVARK TOKYO” belonging to the men's professional basketball league B.LEAGUE.

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Under the corporate slogan of "Creating a society in which affluence circulates with technology and the spirit of fairness," the SSNB Group places "customer-centricity" as the basis of its business activities, transforms financial services that form the basis of various activities with cutting-edge technology, and improves the convenience of customers' daily lives. We aim to strengthen relationships between companies in various industries and their customers, and to change society to a more comfortable and convenient one.

"ALVARK TOKYO" was founded in 1948 as the Toyota Motor Basketball Club, and in 2016, with the launch of the B.LEAGUE, the current Toyota ALVARK TOKYO was established. It is a strong club based in Tokyo, and we are promoting the strengthening of the team by incorporating cutting-edge sports technology as soon as possible.

The SSNB Group has decided to conclude an official partnership agreement in sympathy with the "MISSION, VISION, VALUE" of "ALVARK TOKYO" and its efforts to realize them.

Through our collaboration with ALVARK TOKYO, we will support ALVARK TOKYO as a member of the slogan "WE" of the ALVARK TOKYO Club together with the team, players, fans, and local residents.

About ALVARK TOKYO

ALVARK TOKYO is a club that belongs to the professional basketball league "B.LEAGUE". Since the inception of the B.LEAGUE, it has been the only B club to win two consecutive league titles, and boasts a high level of competition with always national team players. In addition, home games provide extraordinary entertainment that can be enjoyed outside of the game, and the record for the highest attendance for a club-sponsored game has been broken seven times, attracting many visitors. In addition, from the 2025-26 season, the "TOYOTA ARENA TOKYO" under construction in Aomi, Daiba District, will be used as the home arena to pursue the provision of even more new spectator experiences.

About SBI Sumishin Net Bank

SBI Sumishin Net Bank (“SSNB”) is an online bank that was founded in 2007 and became the first Japanese internet bank to be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market in March 2023. By leveraging the most advanced technology solutions, SSNB offers safe, secure and convenient banking experience to its customers.

In the digital bank business, SSNB has now over 7 million customer accounts with over 9 trillion yen (*1) in deposits. It consistently ranks high in customer satisfaction by recognizing individual needs of different lifestyles and life stages as well as by offering a well-designed user interface and experience.

Its mortgage business, which has built on a unique business model, is the largest among Japanese banks in terms of the amount of newly originated mortgage loans (*2).

SSNB’s NEOBANK® is a full-service BaaS (banking as a service) product offering that enables its brand partners to offer a full range of banking services to their customers. As a pioneer in the sector, it boasts a number of BaaS partnerships with Japan’s leading brands and businesses.

SSNB is vigorously engaged in non-financial activities as well including data initiatives and carbon credit trading in an endeavor to balance business growth with social responsibility.

Moving forward, SSNB will remain committed to embracing corporate social responsibility and sustainable growth as a fintech that goes beyond banking services to realize a society where prosperity and abundance circulate driven by the power of technology and a spirit of fairness.
To learn more about SBI Sumishin Net Bank, please visit: www.netbk.co.jp/contents/company/en/

(*1) The number of deposit accounts is as of February 7, 2024, and the balance of deposits is as of December 11, 2023.
(*2) This statement is base on our research as of March 31, 2023, using data disclosed by multiple domestic banks including Resona Holdings, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, and Mizuho Financial Group, as well as our own.
(*3) NEOBANK® is a registered trademark of SBI Sumishin Net Bank. The Registered trademark number is 5953666.

Contact

For further information about this press release, please contact:
SBI Sumishin Net Bank, Public Relations
ir_csr_sdgs@netbk.co.jp

Note: This content has been translated from the Japanese original using artificial intelligence (AI) or machine translation technology for reference purposes only.
In the event of any discrepancy between this translated document and the Japanese original, the original shall prevail.

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