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Founding date of Iwate Bank (Iwate Prefecture)

Iwate Bank is Iwate Prefecture's first regional bank, with its head office in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture. Its predecessor, Iwate Shokusan Bank, was established on May 2, 1932 (Showa 7)
It was established under the funding and leadership of Iwate Prefecture to rescue Morioka Bank, which went bankrupt during the Iwate Prefecture Financial Crisis of 1931 (Showa 6)
The Iwate Bank Red Brick Building (former main branch of the Iwate Bank) a famous tourist spot in Morioka City originally opened on May 7, 1911 (Meiji 44) as the head office of Morioka Bank
reference
- Iwate Bank
- Wikipedia: Bank of Iwate




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