August 2002
Financial Services Agency
Measures to promote mergers and other forms of consolidation of financial institutions
(Provisional Translation)
Objective of measures
In order to further strengthen the Japanese financial system and to enable the full operation of the financial intermediary function and the financial settlement function by financial institutions in the medium-to-long term, it is necessary to enhance the financial and managerial strength of financial institutions. A stronger financial base and management will enable financial institutions to extend financing smoothly.
In particular, mergers and other forms of consolidation of regional financial institutions are important tools to enhance the financial and managerial strength of financial institutions. However, there are several obstacles such as complex procedures which are expensive and time-consuming, and high expenses for mergers and other forms of consolidation.
Therefore, it is necessary to take measures to promote mergers and other forms of consolidation, in order to remove the obstacles faced by financial institutions choosing to reorganize themselves on their own initiatives, thereby facilitating mergers and other forms of consolidation.
Concrete Measures
The following measures are to be prepared, to revise the necessary legislation immediately, and to request the financial authorities that they make necessary arrangements with regard to the budget and taxation system.
- | Developing a more simple environment with regard to procedures
|
||
- | Reduce the high costs of investment in computer systems and alleviate the tax burden on registration (revision of the tax system)
|
||
- | Recovery of the capital ratio temporarily reduced by mergers and other forms of consolidation(capital injection financed by government guarantee)
|
||
- | Interim measures to increase the coverage limit of deposit insurance(10 million yen, the coverage limit for each depositor of the merged financial institution is to be raised for a certain period.) | ||
- | Other
|
Site Map
- Press Releases & Public RelationsPage list Open
- Press Releases
- Press Conferences
- Official Statements
- FSA Weekly Review & ACCESS FSA
- Speeches
- For Financial Users
- Others
- Archives
- Laws & RegulationsPage list Open
- Name of Laws and Regulations(PDF)
- Recent Changes (Legislation, Ordinances, Guidelines)
- Guidelines
- Financial Instruments and Exchange Act
- Financial Monitoring Policy
- Public Comment
- No-Action Letter System
- Procedures concerning Foreign Account Management Institutions