MUFG Bank

MUFG Bank, Ltd. (株式会社三菱UFJ銀行, Kabushiki gaisha Mitsubishi Yūefujei Ginkō) is a Japanese bank and the core banking subsidiary of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG).^[1] It was established on January 1, 2006 through the merger of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (株式会社東京三菱銀行, Kabushiki kaisha tōkyō mitsubishi ginkō) and UFJ Bank (株式会社ユーエフジェイ銀行, Kabushiki kaisha yūefujei ginkō), two major banking groups that themselves were the product of recent banking mergers. The bank was first named Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, initialed as BTMU, before rebranding as MUFG Bank in July 2018.^[2]

MUFG Bank, Ltd.

Headquarters in Marunouchi
Native name	株式会社三菱UFJ銀行
Formerly	The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (三菱東京UFJ銀行) (2005–2017)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Financial services
Predecessor	The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. UFJ Bank
Founded	January 1, 2006; 19 years ago (2006-01-01) (The Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd.; August 25, 1919) (The Sanwa Bank, Ltd.; 1933) (The Tokai Bank, Ltd.; 1941)
Headquarters	Chiyoda, Tokyo (Marunouchi 2-7-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8388, Japan) , Japan
Number of locations	868 branches (as of March 31, 2009)
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Katsunori Nagayasu (president)
Services	Retail banking Commercial banking Investment banking
Revenue	US$46.83 billion (2020)
Operating income	US$6.246 billion (2020)
Net income	US$2.7 billion (2020)
AUM	US$2.27 trillion (2020)
Number of employees	32,186 (2020)
Parent	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Subsidiaries	MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation Senshu Ikeda Holdings kabu.com Securities Co., Ltd. Bank of Ayudhya Bank Danamon Morgan Stanley (23.3%)
Website	www.bk.mufg.jp/global/

MUFG Bank, along with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Mizuho Bank, is recognized as one of the three so-called megabanks in Japan. As of June 23, 2019, it was ranked as the largest bank in Japan and the third largest in the world.^[3]

The bank's head office is in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, and it has 772 other offices in Japan and 76 offices overseas.^[4]

In 2025, the bank reported total assets approaching USD 2.7 trillion, placing it among the world’s major financial institutions. Its capital alone is approximately JPY 17 trillion (about USD 110 billion at roughly JPY 155/USD). The institution is recognized as one of Japan’s flagship banks.^[5]

It also holds roughly 20 % stake in Morgan Stanley (USA) as its largest shareholder.^[6]

In the domain of investment banking (IB) and M&A, the bank’s group collaborates with Morgan Stanley’s securities arm so as to offer integrated bank‐and‐securities services (bancassurance-style integration), introducing Morgan Stanley to its corporate clients and facilitating both domestic Japanese and global M&A and business succession transactions.^[7]