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1962 | Mar. | Establishes Kansai Finance in Miyakojima-ku, Osaka |
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1963 | Feb. | Kansai Promise begins consumer finance operations | Apr. | Starts Consumer finance business by utilizing PC(Promise Check)System |
1969 | Jan. | Expands business to Tokyo; Tokyo Promise |
1974 | Jan. | Merge between Kansai Promise and Tokyo Promise Changes trade name to Promise Trust |
Jun. | Begins operation of the first computer system in the concumer finance industry | |
1980 | Jan. | Changes trade name to Promise |
1983 | Aug. | Begins operation of the first automated credit provision system in the consumer finance industry |
1989 | Sep. | Starts Liang Jing in Taiwan |
1992 | Jul. | Starts PROMISE (HONG KONG) in Hong Kong. Our first Overseas Subsidiary expanding Cunsumer finance business abroad |
1993 | Sep. | Registers common stock with the Japan Security Dealers Association as an over-the-counter stock |
1994 | Dec. | Lists on the 2nd Section of the TSE |
1996 | May | Establishes Net Future |
Sep. | Lists stock on the 1st Section of the TSE | |
2000 | May | Establishes joint-venture loan company Mobit (currently SMBC Mobit) with Sanwa Bank (currently The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Limited (BTMU)) which begins operations in September |
2001 | Mar. | Establishes PAL Servicer (currently Abilio Servicer) |
2004 | Jun | Agrees to a broad-based business and capital alliance with the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) and concludes an agreement in September of the same year |
2005 | Jan. | Changes At-Loan;100%subsidiary of SMBC to a consolidated subsidiary |
Oct. | Starts PROMISE(THAILAND) in Thailand | |
2007 | Sep. | Acquires SANYO SHINPAN |
2010 | Jul. | Starts PROMISE(SHENZHEN) in Shenyang, China |
Oct. | Merge with subsidiary company SANYO SHINPAN | |
2011 | Apr. | Merge with subsidiary company At-Loan |
May | Starts PROMISE(SHENYANG) in Shenyang, China | |
Dec. | SMBC conducts a TOB for PROMISE (PROMISE becomes a consolidated subsidiary of the SMFG) | |
2012 | Mar. | Delisted |
Apr. | Becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of SMFG | |
Jul. | Changes company name to SMBC Consumer Finance | |
Aug. | Starts Promise Consulting Service (Shenzhen) in Shenzhen, China | |
2013 | Mar. | Starts PROMISE(TIANJIN) in Tianjin, China |
Sep. | Starts PROMISE(CHONGQING) in Chongqing, China | |
Dec. | Starts PROMISE(CHENGDU) in Chengdu, China | |
Dec. | Starts PROMISE(WUHAN) in Wuhan, China | |
2014 | Mar. | Changes Mobit to a wholly-owned subsidiary |
Oct. | Starts PROMISE(SHANGHAI) in Shanghai, China | |
2015 | Apr. | Starts Promise Asset Managementin Tiwan. |
2016 | Oct. | Merge with subsidiary company Net Future |
2017 | Dec. | Mobit changes company name to SMBC Mobit |
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