Sony Bank Starts ATM Affiliation with Seven Bank

December 5, 2006

Sony Bank Inc., an 88.0%-owned subsidiary of Sony Financial Holdings, today announced that Sony Bank and Seven Bank, Ltd. ("Seven Bank") would begin an ATM affiliation on December 20, 2006. Through this affiliation, Sony Bank's cardholders will be able to make withdrawals, cash deposits and balance inquiries, as well as make and repay card loans at ATMs operated by Seven Bank essentially 24 hours a day*, 365 days a year, free of commissions. As of December 5, 2006, Seven Bank operates 11,854 ATMs in 32 prefectures.

*Services are unavailable each week from 9:00p.m. on Sunday to 7:00a.m. on Monday.

Note: This is an English-language summary of a Japanese announcement made by Sony Bank on December 5, 2006. The summary was prepared by Sony Financial Holdings Inc. solely for the convenience of non-Japanese readers.