History

February 1963 Tozai Kogyo Co., Ltd. (which is subsequently renamed Sumisho Lease Co., Ltd.) is established; the company launches its leasing business in May 1968.
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.
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 Kyushu Capital Finance Co., Ltd. is merged into SMFL.