銀証の情報共有、規制緩和　大企業対象―金融庁検討

　同じ金融グループ内の銀行と証券会社で、企業の合併・買収（Ｍ＆Ａ）といった顧客の情報を事前の同意なく共有することを禁じる「銀証ファイアウオール（ＦＷ）規制」をめぐり、顧客同意を得る手続きを大幅に簡素化する方向で金融庁が調整に入ったことが３日、分かった。緩和対象とする顧客は大企業となる見通し。今月中に開く金融審議会（首相の諮問機関）の作業部会で示す。
　金融庁の原案によると、銀証間の情報共有で必要とする顧客の事前同意について、あらかじめ情報共有する可能性があることを告知しておけば、顧客側から拒否されない限り、共有できる仕組みとする。
　銀行のホームページなどでこうした取り扱いを記載しておけば、情報共有が認められる可能性がある。まず大企業向けで緩和を検討する。（2021/06/03-23:09）

Japan's Financial Services Agency has started talks on easing the country's financial industry firewall, which bans banks and securities firms in the same groups from sharing information on mergers and acquisitions and other matters related to client firms without their prior consent, it was learned Thursday.
   The FSA is specifically considering greatly simplifying procedures for financial groups to obtain such consent from client firms, informed sources said.
   Subject to the easing of the rule will be large client companies, according to the sources. The FSA will present the plan at a working group meeting of the Financial System Council this month.
   A draft worked out by the agency says that banks and securities houses will be allowed to share information on large client firms as long as the companies do not reject the moves if the possibility of such information sharing is announced in advance.
   Sharing of information may be allowed if such possibility is explained on the websites of banks, for example, financial industry sources said.