KYOTO--AIFUL Corporation once again offers its deepest apologies for the considerable inconvenience and concern caused for its shareholders and other stakeholders, as well as for its customers, as a result of the company’s legal violations and the following penalties imposed in response by the Kinki Finance Bureau.

Based on the business operation improvement plan submitted to the Bureau, AIFUL is now diligently promoting the creation of internal structures. To prevent any recurrence of legal violations, improvements include a revision of regulations directly related to the legal violations that have occurred.

Moreover, the company is making strenuous efforts to investigate the underlying cause of the legal misconduct, while simultaneously drawing on proposals that are based on the viewpoints of external experts to further strengthen its legal compliance structures and restore public trust.