Please be advised that Sony Bank employees will never make phone calls or visit your home to solicit investments.

Take your bank
with you

Seamless payments inside and outside Japan, multiple currencies all in one card, and English online banking on the go.

Notification from Sony Bank

Latest Notice

    Your financial foundation in and outside Japan

    • Yen account

      Your daily life made easy, with simple payments, transfers and cash withdrawals

      • No account maintenance fee
      • 4 free partner ATMs withdrawals per month (*1)
      • 2 free fund transfer per month (*1)
      • Fund transfer to other Sony Bank accounts always free
    • Foreign currency accounts

      Save, spend and receive up to 12 foreign currencies

      • Seamless, fee-waived payments (*2)
      • Great interest rates
      • Competitive exchange fee
    • Foreign currency remittance

      Making a foreign currency remittance online

      • Remit up to 11 currencies directly from/to your accounts, in and outside Japan
      • Make remittance online, any time, any place
      • Competitive remittance charges
    • (*1) Depending on your Club S membership level.
    • (*2) Sony Bank will not charge any fees if you are using Sony Bank WALLET to spend from your currency account balance. If you have an open foreign currency account but with insufficient balance, the money will automatically be debited from your yen account and exchange fee will be charged.

    Access your money globally
    with Sony Bank WALLET

    International Visa Debit card

    Seamless payments in and outside Japan, all in one card

    • Cash card with Visa Debit function for easy payment
    • Cashback on shopping in Japan
    • Fee-waived payments directly from your yen and foreign currency accounts
    • Withdraw cash from partner ATMs in Japan and overseas ATMs

    Sony Bank WALLET

    Banking on the go with our English online banking

    • Manage your finances in English
    • Access your accounts from your smartphone - anytime, anywhere
    • Check your balance, make Fund transfers in Yen, and Foreign currency remittances online

    Online banking

    Open Account in English with Your Smartphone

    You can do it from our Open Account app

    • Download Open Account app
    • Scan required documents
    • No seal, no difficult paperwork required
    • No minimum stay in Japan required - you can open your account right away
    • Get started now and receive your Sony Bank WALLET in about 10 days

    Open an account now

    Extra benefits for our Club S members

    Our Club S rewards program gives you even lower exchange fee, higher cashback rewards, and more fee-waived cash withdrawals and fund transfers.
    The benefits shown below are for Club S Platinum members.

    Club S

    • 2% cashback with
      Sony Bank WALLET

    • Unlimited fee-waived cash withdrawals
      in Japan

    • Fee-waived fund transfer
      up to 11 times per month

    • Fee-waived overseas ATM usage
      up to 5 times per month

    • Exchange fee as low as
      0.04 JPY per 1 USD

    • Fee-waived foreign currency remittance
      up to 3 times per month

    Manage your finances online in English

    We are an online bank, that means no long queues, no complicated paperwork, and no language barriers.

    English online banking on the go.
    Anytime, anywhere.

    • Open account with our App in English
    • Deposit and exchange yen and 12 foreign currencies
    • Free international Visa Debit card
    • Enjoy extra benefits with Club S

    Open an account now

    We are Sony Bank

    Sony Bank was established in 2001 as an online bank mainly for individual customers in Japan. The company is a member of Sony Financial Group, which is wholly owned by Sony Group Corporation. Our mission is to bring customers convenient, high-quality financial products and services.

    • Top reliability and
      top class credit ratings

    • Rigorous online
      security

    • Great customer
      satisfaction