Affinity Bank Co., Ltd. is a local bank with its head office located in Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The designated financial institution in Nagasaki Prefecture (the same as the Eighteenth Bank). Affinity Bank was named after the governor of Sasebo Prefecture, and was named after the then Minister of the Navy, Mitsutake Minai (the Prime Minister the following year, 1940). The "Affinity" banner waved by Minai is now located in the main store in Sasebo City. Operated in 2001 with Kyushu Bank, the second local bank also based in Sasebo City, it is now under Kyushu Affinity Holdings (dissolved), and later became a joint stock company of Fukuoka Financial Group in 2007.

History

• On February 15, 1879, the Ninety-ninth National Bank was established in what is now Hirado City.
• On September 7, 1939, Sasebo Commercial Bank merged with Sasebo Bank to become Affinity Bank Co., Ltd.
• On April 1, 2002, it became a subsidiary of the newly established Kyushu Affinity Holdings Co., Ltd. (dissolved and merged into the joint stock company of Fukuoka Financial Group).
• On April 1, 2003, it merged with Kyushu Bank.
• On October 1, 2007, Affinity Bank became a subsidiary of the joint stock company of Fukuoka Financial Group.

Building

The Sasebo City Main Store will be built in 3 phases. The building in the third phase is named "Kukyo Pavilion". The Affinity Bank of the Main Store and Tokyo Branch was designed by Seiichi Shirai.