Daishi Hokuetsu Bank ( ja, 第四北越銀行) is a Niigata-based bank created by the 2021 merger of The Daishi Bank ( ja, 第四銀行, lit=The Fourth Bank) and Hokuetsu Bank ( ja, 北越銀行).

History

The Daishi Bank was the oldest

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, hired IBM to build a Call Center System common for the three banks.

References

''Article contains translated text from 第四銀行 on the Japanese Wikipedia retrieved on 10 March 2017.''

External links

Official website
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