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J Trust Co.,Ltd.

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Business

J Trust Co., Ltd. is a comprehensive financial group operating under a holding company structure, with Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia (Indonesia and Cambodia) as its primary markets. In Japan, the company operates Credit Guarantee, Debt Collection, Credit & Installment Sales, and Securities Businesses, while in Korea it conducts deposit and lending operations through two savings banks (JT Savings Bank and JT Chinae Savings Bank). In Southeast Asia, the group conducts banking operations through PT Bank JTrust Indonesia Tbk. and J Trust Royal Bank Plc., in addition to handling debt collection business in Indonesia. The group also has a domestic Real Estate Development & Sales Business and an Investment Business, with total group assets reaching ¥1,319,072 million. Its main customers span a wide range, including small and medium-sized enterprises, sole proprietors, individual consumers, and high-net-worth investors.

Business Model

The bulk of revenue is derived from loan interest income in the banking businesses in Korea and Southeast Asia (loan balance of ¥820,359 million) and credit guarantee fees in Japan (guarantee balance of ¥279,122 million). To this is added debt collection income (book value adjustment gains under the effective interest method), installment sales handling fees (installment receivables balance of ¥20,923 million), and securities trading profits, forming a multi-layered structure. Each segment functions in a mutually complementary manner, and the design is intended to provide resilience against economic fluctuations in any specific market.

Company Strengths

The company operates six business segments—banking, credit guarantee, debt collection, credit & installment sales, securities, and real estate—across three regions: Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. In FY2025 (ending December 2025), segment profit was ¥7,880 million for the Japan Financial Business, ¥2,442 million for the Korea Financial Business, and ¥1,036 million for the Southeast Asia Financial Business, securing revenue from multiple regions and business formats, thereby diversifying single-market dependency risk.

The guarantee balance handled by Nihon Hoshou reached ¥279,122 million (up 14.6% year on year). In addition to secured guarantees (apartment loans and overseas real estate-secured loans), the launch of the advance payment guarantee service drove a sharp expansion in the unsecured guarantee balance, up 557.4% year on year to ¥14,452 million. The accumulation-based business model for guarantee balances generates stable guarantee fee income.

The company holds a total of four banking licenses—two in Korea, one in Indonesia, and one in Cambodia—with a loan balance in the banking business of ¥809,953 million. In combination with this, it has built a structure that secures revenue opportunities on both the lending and collection sides by combining Partir Debt Collection and the receivables purchase and collection business conducted by PT JTRUST INVESTMENTS INDONESIA.

ENVALITH's Perspective

Operating profit for Q1 of FY2026 (ending December 2026) came in at ¥3,448 million (up 66.8% YoY), and profit attributable to owners of parent improved sharply to ¥3,352 million (up 714.1% YoY). While the company stated that results are "tracking generally above plan," it left the full-year forecast unchanged (operating profit of ¥11,600 million, up 6.4% YoY). The Q1 progress rate against the full-year operating profit forecast stands at a high level of approximately 29.7%, raising awareness of potential upside to the full-year plan.

In the banking operations of the Southeast Asia Financial Business, the loan balance continued to shrink, coming in at ¥383,733 million (down 6.2% YoY), while operating revenue remained sluggish at ¥9,766 million (down 19.0% YoY) and segment profit fell to ¥489 million (down 45.4% YoY). In Indonesia, the company is reportedly pursuing aggressive loan growth measures under a strict screening regime, but the timing and scale of any balance recovery remain unclear. External factors such as local interest rate trends and currency fluctuations also affect earnings, making the trajectory of this segment the largest source of uncertainty for consolidated results.

The Korea Financial Business swung from a loss of ¥441 million in the same period of the previous year to a profit of ¥831 million, driven by a decrease in provisions for allowance for doubtful accounts (loss evaluation allowance) and lower funding costs. However, fluctuations in the Korean won against the yen directly affect the consolidated financial statements, and other comprehensive income (foreign currency translation adjustments for foreign operations) for the current Q1 recorded a negative ¥735 million. In addition, since the level of the allowance for doubtful accounts is influenced by economic conditions, it is necessary to continue monitoring trends in Korea's economic conditions and credit costs.

Growth Strategy

Multi-regional growth built on two pillars: deepening the guarantee and securities business in Japan and recovering loan balances in the Southeast Asia banking business

Through continued growth in the number of partner financial institutions and the rollout of new products such as advance payment guarantees, the guarantee balance reached ¥300 billion at the end of March 2026. The company plans to continue expanding the balance through the dual pillars of overseas real estate-secured loan and apartment loan guarantees (secured) and advance payment guarantees (unsecured).

J Trust Bank Indonesia is pursuing aggressive lending expansion measures under a strict screening regime. J Trust Royal Bank (Cambodia) is operating based on a loan balance plan aimed at improving asset quality. The loan balance stood at ¥383,733 million at the end of March 2026, down 6.2% year on year, and recovering the balance remains a challenge.

At JT Chinae Savings Bank and JT Savings Bank, a decline in funding costs and restrained provisions for allowance for doubtful accounts led to a return to profitability (¥831 million) in Q1 FY2026 (ending December 2026). The company continues to diversify its portfolio by expanding the proportion of low-risk credit exposure, including policy fund lending and corporate credit.

New condominium sales by Globals have progressed steadily, with Real Estate Business operating revenue of ¥5,187 million in Q1 FY2026 (ending December 2026) (up 58.9% year on year) and segment profit of ¥324 million (versus a loss of ¥65 million in the same period of the previous year), marking a return to profitability. The company continues to expand the business, leveraging the greater management flexibility gained from Globals' delisting.

The company decided to discontinue TA Asset Management Loan Co., Ltd. in December 2025, and in March 2026 transferred all its shares and removed it from the scope of consolidation. J Trust Credit NBFI (JTM) has also been classified as a discontinued operation. The company is pursuing business streamlining aimed at effective utilization of management resources and contributing to business expansion.

Based on the resolution of May 14, 2025, the company implemented a share buyback and acquired 990,500 shares by the end of the acquisition period (March 31, 2026, on a contract basis). The dividend for FY2026 (ending December 2026) is planned at ¥17 per share for the full year (no interim dividend, ¥17 year-end dividend).

Last updated: July 17, 2026