The facts
- Who files
- Every registered money lender. Money lenders operating in only one prefecture register with, and file to, that prefecture's governor; those operating in more than one prefecture register with, and file to, the Prime Minister through a Local Finance Bureau. Source
- How often
- Once a year, as of 31 March. Source
- Deadline
- The Local Finance Bureau (or prefectural governor) collects the business report (as of 31 March) by the end of May each year; a copy is sent to the FSA by the end of June for Finance-Bureau-registered lenders. Source
- Format
- Other. Submitted on the prescribed Cabinet Office Order form, in principle directly to the Local Finance Bureau. Source
- How it is filed
- The format above is what the library records; what could not be verified is on the JFSA's page.
- Status
- In force
- Legal basis
- Group
- Money lending
Templates (1)
The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the JFSA's code in brackets.
- Business report (money lenders) (別紙様式24-2)
Where the list was read: Source
Validation rules
No published validation rules were found for this return. No published, countable set of validation rules was found. Source
Public data
No published data from this return was found. No public register of individual lenders' business report figures was found in this session. Source
Official documents (2)
The JFSA's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 13 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.
- 貸金業者向けの総合的な監督指針 (Comprehensive Guideline for Supervision of Money Lenders)
Guidance · PDF · 1.2 MB · October 2026
States that a Local Finance Bureau (or prefectural governor) collects each money lender's business report (Money Lending Business Act Article 24-6-10, Form 24-2) as of 31 March every year, by the end of May, and sends a copy to the FSA by the end of June; and describes the separate business status report (Article 24-6-9, Forms 8/8-2/8-3).
SHA-256
3ca702a51475show in full3ca702a51475cf7890f9f3c3ab7f99ced720cfa33fbb82b4d9df436151425bfc - 事務ガイドライン（第三分冊：金融会社関係） (Guideline, Volume 3: Financial Companies)
List of returns · HTML · 1 October 2026
FSA's own list of the 18 'financial company' categories it supervises under this guideline series, including money lenders, prepaid payment instrument issuers, fund transfer service providers and crypto-asset exchange service providers, each with a guideline and (where published) a forms compilation.
Sources
Every page and document this return's facts were read from.
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Last checked 13 November 2026.