{"id":180877,"date":"2026-11-12T11:13:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T02:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180877&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-11-12T11:13:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T02:13:41","slug":"fukuokas-two-major-banking-groups-forecast-record-profits","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuokas-two-major-banking-groups-forecast-record-profits\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka\u2019s two major banking groups forecast record profits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Financial Group and Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings both expect record net profits for the year ending March 2027, NHK reports. Fukuoka Financial Group raised its forecast by 13 billion yen to 113 billion yen. Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings increased its projection by 6 billion yen to 54 billion yen. Both groups also posted record first-half net profits, supported by higher lending income as interest rates rose and strong sales of investment products. Fukuoka Financial Group\u2019s president said demand for financing remained strong, particularly in semiconductor-related businesses. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.web.nhk\/newsweb\/na\/nd-20261111de73938\" target=\"_blank\">NHK News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOJC092FN0Z01C26A1000000\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkei<\/a> (For Fukuoka FG source) \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOJC105Q20Q6A111C2000000\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkei<\/a> (For Nishi-Nippon FG)<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fukuoka-bank-ffg-WEB-001.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-140568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fukuoka-bank-ffg-WEB-001.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fukuoka-bank-ffg-WEB-001.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fukuoka-bank-ffg-WEB-001.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/fukuoka-bank-ffg-WEB-001.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Fukuoka Now<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Financial Group and Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings both expect record net profits for the year ending March 2027, NHK reports. Fukuoka Financial Group raised its forecast by 13 billion yen to 113 billion yen&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":140568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180877","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}