The Akita Bank, Ltd. (秋田銀行 in Japanese), is a Japanese bank that is headquartered in Akita City, Akita prefecture. While the bank’s core business comes from Akita prefecture, the bank does have several branches outside of the prefecture, notable in Koriyama city Fukushima prefecture. In addition, the bank also operates brnches in Sapporo, Morioka, Sendai, and Tokyo, all outside of AKita prefecture. The bank is also notable in its initial reluctance to establish a wide ATM network, starting one in January, 2003. The essential function of a bank is to provide services related to the storing of deposits and the extending of credit. ... This is the current Japanese collaboration of the week! Please help improve it to featured article standard. ... Akita Prefecture (秋田県; Akita-ken) is located in the Tohoku region of northern Japan. ... Kōriyama (郡山市; -shi) is a city located in Fukushima, Japan. ... Fukushima Prefecture (福島県 Fukushima-ken) is located in the Tohoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Sapporo scene Sapporo White Illumination Sapporo (札幌市; -shi) is the fifth-largest city in Japan and it is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture. ... Morioka (盛岡市; -shi) is the capital city of Iwate prefecture, Japan. ... See Sendai (disambiguation) for other places whose name is Sendai Sendai (仙台市; -shi) is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan and the largest city in the Tohoku region. ... The modern skyline of Tokyo is highly decentralized. ... ATM is an initialism with the following meanings: Automatic teller machine or automated teller machine, a cash dispenser Adobe Type Manager, font management software from Adobe Systems Advanced Traffic Management and Arterial Traffic Management, terms used in the intelligent transportation system industry Air Traffic Management, or Air Traffic Control Amateur... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Profile

As of March 31, 2005

Assets: Approximately 2.4 trillion yen (approximately USD 22 billion)

Employees: 1,540

Branches: 105 (89 Within Akita Prefecture)

President: Takashi Shinkai

Member: Regional Banks Association of Japan

History

The current Akita Bank can trace its roots to the establishment of The 48th National Bank in January, 1879. The bank adopted its current form on October 20, 1941 when The 48 Bank (the successor to The 48th National Bank), the Yuzawa Bank, and the Akita Bank merged to form The Akita Bank, Ltd. While the former mascot for the bank had been Woody Woodpecker (along with Winnie Woodpecker), the current mascot is Astro Boy. 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Woody Woodpecker in the 1948 short Wacky-Bye Baby, directed by Dick Lundy. ... Astro Boy Volume 1 (English version) Astro Boy is the American title for the Japanese animated series Tetsuwan Atomu (鉄腕アトム), which roughly translates to Mighty Atom (literally Iron-arm Atom); first broadcast on Japanese television from 1963 to 1966. ...

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