History
| February 1963 | Tozai Kogyo Co., Ltd. (which is subsequently renamed Sumisho Lease Co., Ltd.) is established. |
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| August 1963 | Japan Leasing Corporation (which is subsequently renamed GE Financial Services Corporation) is eatablished. |
| September 1968 | Sogo Lease Co., Ltd. (which is subsequently renamed SMBC Leasing Co., Ltd.) is eatablished. |
| April 1969 | Sanyo Electric Credit Co., Ltd. (which is subsequently renamed GE Sanyo Credit Co., Ltd.) is established. |
| August 1972 | Local subsidiary established in Hong Kong. |
| May 1980 | Local subsidiary established in Singapore. |
| September 1996 | Local subsidiary established in Guangzhou, China. |
| December 1996 | Sumigin Rex Co., Ltd. is established. |
| March 1997 | Local subsidiary established in Malaysia. |
| March 2003 | Local subsidiary established in Thailand. |
| May 2005 | Just-In Rentec Co., Ltd. is acquired as a consolidated subsidiary. |
| July 2007 | Branch office established in Shanghai, China. |
| October 2007 | Sumisho Lease Co., Ltd. and SMBC Leasing Co., Ltd. merge, creating Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd. |
| December 2008 | Nichiere Co., Ltd. is acquired as a consolidated subsidiary. |
| January 2009 | GE Financial Services Corporation acquires GE Sanyo Credit Co., Ltd. |
| June 2009 | AJCC Corporation (which is subsequently renamed AJCC Co., Ltd.), previously an equity-method affiliate, becomes a consolidated subsidiary. |
| July 2009 | Sumigin Rex Co., Ltd. and Nichiere Co., Ltd. merge to form Nexrent Corporation. |
| January 2010 | Local subsidiary established in Indonesia. GE Japan Corporation acquires GE Financial Services Corporation. |
| November 2010 | SFI Leasing Co., Ltd. is acquired as a consolidated subsidiary. |
| June 2012 | SMFL joins with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation to acquire the aircraft leasing business of Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, which is renamed as SMBC Aviation Capital. |
| December 2012 | Branch office established in Beijing, China. |
| June 2013 | Branch office established in Chengdu, China. |
| October 2013 | SMFL Rental Co., Ltd. is formed through the merger of Just-In Rentec Co., Ltd. and Nexrent Corporation. |
| April 2014 | Branch office established in New York, U.S.A. |
| December 2014 | Shanghai Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd. is established in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone. |
| December 2015 | DMG MORI Finance GmbH is acquired as a consolidated subsidiary. Local subsidiary established in Shanghai, China. |
| April 2016 | SMFL acquires GE Japan GK (formerly GE Japan Corporation) as a consolidated subsidiary. |
| September 2016 | GE Japan GK is reorganized as a joint-stock company and renamed as SMFL Capital Co., Ltd. |
| October 2018 | SMFL MIRAI Partners Co., Ltd. is established. |
| January 2019 | SMFL Capital Co., Ltd. is merged into SMFL. |
| April 2019 | SMBC Aero Engine Lease B.V. is acquired as a consolidated subsidiary. |
| July 2019 | MAX-REALTY Inc. is acquired as a consolidated subsidiary. |
| June 2020 | SMFL LCI Helicopters Limited is acquired as a consolidated subsidiary. |
| January 2021 | Kenedix, Inc. is acquired as a consolidated subsidiary. |
| July 2021 | YANMAR Credit Service Co., LTD. is acquired as a consolidated subsidiary. |
| December 2022 | Goshawk Management Limited is acquired as a consolidated subsidiary. |
| October 2023 | Shanghai Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd. is merged into Local subsidiary in Shanghai, China. Kyushu Capital Finance Co., Ltd. is merged into SMFL. |
| December 2023 | Transfer and consolidate operations from Beijing to Local subsidiary in Guangzhou, China. Transfer and consolidate operations from Chengdu to Local subsidiary in Shanghai, China. |