Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
was a major Japanese bank which merged with Mitsui Bank in 1990 to form Mitsui Taiyo Kobe Bank (MTKB), renamed The Sakura Bank in April 1992. Sakura Bank is now part of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC). TKB was unique during its time in that it was a major commercial bank unaffiliated with a keiretsu group or a general trading company.