55/100BSumitomo Mitsui Financial Group company profile
- CEO
- Toru Nakashima
- Employees
- 122,970
- Headquarters
- 1-2, Marunouchi 1-chome, Tokyo, TY 100-0005, JP
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Diversified
- IPO date
- 27 Jan 2006
- Stock exchange
- NYSE
- ISIN
- US86562M2098
Website:smfg.co.jp
About the company
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., established in Tokyo, Japan, in 2002, is a global financial powerhouse offering a wide array of banking and financial services. Its extensive operations reach across Japan, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania. The group provides a comprehensive suite of services including commercial banking, leasing, securities trading, consumer finance, and various other specialized financial offerings. SMFG is structured into four primary business segments: Wholesale Business Unit: This segment caters to corporate clients of all scales—large, medium, and small—delivering vital services such as funding, investment portfolio management, risk mitigation, and settlement solutions. It also offers expert advisory services for mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate financial strategies, alongside a diverse range of leasing options (including equipment, operating, and leveraged leases), and cutting-edge digital services like robotic process automation and electronic contracting. Retail Business Unit: Dedicated to high-net-worth customers, this unit provides personalized wealth management, efficient payment and settlement services, consumer lending, home financing, and sophisticated business and asset succession planning. Global Business Unit: Focusing on an international clientele, this division offers a robust portfolio of services including loans, deposit accounts, clearing services, trade finance, project finance, syndicated loans, derivative products, and advanced cash management. It also encompasses underwriting services and specialized leasing for sectors like construction machinery, transportation equipment, industrial machinery, medical devices, and aircraft. Global Markets Business Unit: This segment is focused on delivering market-based solutions through foreign exchange products, derivatives, bonds, equities, and other tradable financial instruments. Additionally, it plays a key role in the company's asset liability management strategies. Beyond these core divisions, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group also provides services such as credit card issuance, internet banking platforms, system development and engineering, data processing, management consulting, economic research, and investment advisory and trust management services.
Employees
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group had about 123,000 employees at the end of fiscal year 2026 (31 March 2026), by its annual report. That is 0.0% more than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 2.1% of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's shares on 30 June 2026, 472 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Common questions about Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
Source: Financial Modeling Prep