Provision of High-quality, Customer-oriented Financial Services
Basic Stance
Japan Post Bank aims to become "the most accessible and trustworthy bank in Japan," guided by the needs and expectations of our customers. We aspire to provide "reliable and thorough" financial services "safely and securely" to anyone and everyone throughout Japan.
Customer-oriented Business Operations
In order to actively respond to the diverse needs of our customers through services such as asset building support and our existing deposit and remittance services, Japan Post Bank adopted the "Principles for Customer-oriented Business Conduct" that were announced by the Financial Service Agency of Japan in March 2017, and in June of the same year we established our "Basic Policy for Fiduciary Duties." We also disclose details of our initiatives concerning our customer-oriented business operations and the status of these initiatives on our website.
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Basic Policy for Fiduciary Duties
Establishment of Stakeholder Engagement Committee
To further promote and implement customer-oriented business operations, we have established a special committee directly under the President & CEO, Representative Executive Officer. This committee builds a cycle for directly incorporating customer and employee feedback into management decisions.
We are working across the organization to create new value not only through the improvement and enhancement of products and services but also through the facilitation of internal communication and the resulting improvement of organizational capabilities. Members from different sections, positions, and years of experience listen sincerely to the voices of our customers and employees, make bottom-up proposals to management, and engage in lively discussions.
Overview
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Framework for applying customer opinions within business activities
Provision of High-quality, Customer-oriented Financial Services
Support of asset building
Based on customer-oriented business operations, the bank is providing optimized services to our customers through "Face-to-face channels," where customers can consult with their usual staff members, as well as simple, convenient, and low-cost "Digital channels."
Along with organizing our asset-management product line-up in our face-to-face channels into simple products, we will mainly promote cumulative-type investments to our beginner-level investment customers. Also, through actions such as implementing and expanding an online consultation function and the development of consultant, we are striving to deliver life plans and consulting that closely centers on our customers.
In the digital channels, we are expanding our website and app-based services and maintaining an asset management platform that anyone can easily use under No purchase fee.
In addition, from May 2024, JAPAN POST BANK has started a service that initial consulting service at no fee.
Holding seminars
In order to answer the diverse needs of our customers, we are holding seminars helpful for understanding market trends and improving knowledge regarding finance and investing. In addition to face-to-face meetings at our stores, we hold a variety of seminars, including online seminars that you can participate from your home, and video-based seminars that you can watch at your own convenience, in order to provide financial and investment knowledge to our customers.
Expanding digital services that a wide range of customers can readily use
Utilizing the nationwide post office network, we are working to expand digital services that are easy for all customers to use, with safety and security as our top priority. Specifically, we are working on strengthening the security of various digital services such as identity verification functions, expanding the functions of the "Yucho Bankbook App", and the PFM (Personal Financial Management) app "Yucho Reco", and continuously improving the UI/UX.
We are also promoting the construction of an open "Co-creation Platform" that leverages our customer base and provides optimal services through collaboration with a variety of businesses.
Furthermore, with JAPAN POST BANK‘s smartphone payment service, "Yucho Pay", JAPAN POST BANK will pay a certain amount based on the amount of payment made using "Yucho Pay" at stores, and will donate the money to volunteer organizations. We are working with our customers to contribute to society through shopping.
Going forward, we will continue to work to expand our customer base in the digital domain, with a focus on the "Yucho Bankbook App", leveraging the number-one customer base of Japanese banks that we have established to date. We will strive to popularize our digital services that can be used safely and conveniently by many customers.
Development of new services that heighten convenience
We are engaging in the development of new services that will provide long-term support for the lives of our customers and create greater convenience for them.
Support for foreign customers
In January 2017, we introduced compact ATMs with functions such as support for 16 languages*1, and they are installed nationwide in places including FamilyMart.
We have also created a service on our website that allows customers, before actually coming to the service desk, to use their own PC to prepare documents such as application forms required for procedures when opening a bank account. The service supports multilingual including English, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc., allowing customers without strong Japanese to easily use it.
The "Yucho Tetsuzuki App", launched in March 2024, allows opening an account and reset your PIN using their own smartphones without visiting a branch. Starting July 2025, it will also enable procedures such as updating the information of your residence card such as the period of stay, changing address, having a bankbook/cash card reissued. To accommodate those less proficient in Japanese, opening an account and residence card renewal procedures are available in Japanese, English, Chinese, and Vietnamese*2.
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- Limited to withdrawals for cards issued abroad.
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- Other procedures are available in Japanese and English.
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Developing human resources to support our services
We are working to improve our customer service so that a wider range of customers can use Japan Post Bank with satisfaction. Through initiatives such as practical training with external instructors and the creation and use of guidebooks for employees to provide appropriate support tailored to each customer's situation, we are striving to enhance our customer service skills.
We also conduct surveys of customers who have used our services to check the quality of our responses and apply the results to make improvements. Furthermore, we are encouraging employees to participate in dementia-supporter-training, having endorsed initiatives for supporting people with dementia based on The New Orange Plan (a plan for the promotion of strategies to help dementia) established by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, in collaboration with concerned government ministries. By FY2024, about 16,400 employees had participated in the training.
Products to support customers
We are providing products and services to support our customers such as the Retirement Pension Delivery Service,*2 and New Welfare Time Deposits.*3
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- A service where staff home-deliver pension payments each payment month for customers, such as the elderly living on their own, who have difficulty in coming to a Japan Post Bank branch or a post office to receive their payments.
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- With this service, we offer a one-year time deposit up to ¥3 million with preferential interest rates for recipients of certain pensions and allowances, such as the disability basic pension, the basic pension for surviving family, and child-rearing allowances, which are given to people with disabilities or surviving family members.
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