A securities finance company must be a stock company whose amount of stated capital exceeds the amount that is specified by Cabinet Order as being necessary and appropriate in order for it to perform the business prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article.
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A person seeking use the clearing framework of a financial instruments exchange market operated by a financial instruments exchange or the clearing framework of an over-the-counter securities market…
金融商品取引所の会員等又は認可金融商品取引業協会の協会員に対し、金融商品取引業者が顧客に信用を供与して行う有価証券の売買その他の取引（以下「信用取引」という。）その他政令で定める取引の決済に必要な金銭又は有価証券を…
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「証券金融会社」
A person licensed by the Prime Minister under Article 156-24 to lend members, etc. of a financial instruments exchange, or members of an authorized financial instruments firms association (認可金融商品取引業協会), the money or securities needed to settle margin transactions (信用取引) and other transactions a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies, through the settlement system of the exchange market or over-the-counter securities market concerned.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (30)· applies throughout the law