Notice of Transfer of Consolidated Subsidiary (Partial Transfer of Shares) and Joint Venture
TOKYO, Japan March 6, 2024 ORIX Corporation (ORIX) announced today that it has decided to enter into a
share transfer agreement with NTT DOCOMO, INC. (NTT DOCOMO) and to transfer a part of its shares in ORIX Credit Corporation (ORIX Credit), a consolidated subsidiary of ORIX, to NTT DOCOMO, and to make ORIX Credit a joint
venture in accordance with the shareholder agreement.
1. Purpose of joint venture through partial transfer of shares
As a comprehensive consumer finance company within ORIX Group, ORIX Credit is engaged in the consumer finance, credit guarantee, and mortgage
banking businesses.
In the consumer finance business, ORIX Credit launched the VIP Loan Card as a low-interest, high limit product in 1987. This was pioneering among premium card loans. More recently, it has evolved into the ORIX MONEY smartphone-based personal loan product, meeting current needs for
digitalization and cashless transactions.
In the credit guarantee business, ORIX Credit utilizes the expertise developed in its consumer
finance business to guarantee unsecured loans, which are mainly provided by other financial institutions. Currently, ORIX Credit has partnerships with over 250 financial institutions throughout Japan.
In the mortgage banking business, ORIX Credit offers popular products that meet diverse financing needs related to housing (primarily Flat 35
fixed-interest rate housing loans).
NTT DOCOMO has a 36.1%*1 share of mobile
communication subscribers in Japan, a direct customer contact channel through its approximately 2,160*2 docomo Shop stores, and a membership base of 98.76 million*3 using the d POINT CLUB marketing platform.
In July 2022, NTT DOCOMO
launched d Sumaho Loan *4, a loan service for individuals that offers preferential interest rate discounts of up to 3.0% per annum, depending on the customers contracted usage of
NTT DOCOMO services such as d Card *4 and NTT DOCOMO line subscriptions. The cumulative amount of loans disbursed exceeded 37 billion yen in February 2024.
The market for retail financial services is changing on a daily basis, as funding needs diversify due to changes in the social structure,
including an aging society with a declining birthrate, and as new entrants from other industries with strength in IT and digital applications join the market. With this joint venture, ORIX and NTT DOCOMO will leverage ORIX Credits operational
and screening expertise in retail finance, as well as NTT DOCOMOs customer and membership bases and the data associated with them, as they aim to both expand financing-related businesses in smart living areas as well as develop and
provide new financial services, housing loans, and other products.
*1 |
As of December 31, 2022. From Trends in the Telecommunications Market (April 25, 2023),
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. |
*2 |
As of April 30, 2023, based on NTT DOCOMOs publicly available data. |
*3 |
As of December 31, 2023, based on NTT DOCOMOs publicly available data. |
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d Card and d Sumaho Loan are registered trademarks of NTT DOCOMO in Japan.
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