The Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank, Limited, abbreviated as DKB , was one of the largest banks in the world during the latter third of the 20th century. It was created in 1971 by merger of Dai-Ichi Bank, Japan's oldest bank, and Nippon Kangyo Bank, a state financial institution that granted long-term loans to industry and agriculture. By the late 1980s, at the height of the Japanese asset price bubble, it had become the world's largest bank by total assets, ahead of its domestic rivals Sumitomo Bank, Fuji Bank, Mitsubishi Bank, and Sanwa Bank.
- Country
- Japan
- Headquarters
- Tokyo
- Inception
- 1971
- Website
- http://www.dkb.co.jp/
