Comparison Overview

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group

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Wells Fargo

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group

1丁目 1-2, Marunouchi Chiyoda-Ku,, Tokyo, undefined, undefined, JP
Last Update: 2025-12-09
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Between 800 and 849
http://www.smfg.co.jp/english/

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 150 offices and 86,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG's shares trade on the Tokyo and Nagoya stock exchanges, and its ADRs trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: SMFG). Americas: https://www.smbcgroup.com/ EMEA: https://www.smbcgroup.com/emea/ APAC: https://www.smbc.co.jp/asia/ Tokyo: https://www.smfg.co.jp/english/

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 12,849
Subsidiaries: 2
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0
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Wells Fargo

420 Montgomery St, San Francisco, California, US, 94103
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 800 and 849
http://www.wellsfargo.com

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with approximately $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through more than 7,300 locations, 12,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in over 40 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 250,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 41 on Fortune’s 2022 rankings of America’s largest corporations. News, insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at Wells Fargo Stories. Relevant military experience is considered for veterans and transitioning service men and women. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.© 2016 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Member FDIC.

NAICS: 52
NAICS Definition: Finance and Insurance
Employees: 212,521
Subsidiaries: 2
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
4
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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Wells Fargo
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ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
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SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
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GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
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PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
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HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
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Compliance Summary
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Wells Fargo
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group in 2025.

Incidents vs Financial Services Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Wells Fargo in 2025.

Incident History — Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Wells Fargo (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Wells Fargo cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group
Incidents

No Incident

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Wells Fargo
Incidents

Date Detected: 5/2022
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access (Insider)
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 12/2021
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Email
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 11/2019
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Human Error (Email Misdelivery)
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Wells Fargo company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Wells Fargo company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group company has not reported any.

In the current year, Wells Fargo company and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Wells Fargo company nor Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Wells Fargo company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Wells Fargo company nor Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group company nor Wells Fargo company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group nor Wells Fargo holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Both Wells Fargo company and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group company have a similar number of subsidiaries worldwide.

Wells Fargo company employs more people globally than Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group company, reflecting its scale as a Financial Services.

Neither Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group nor Wells Fargo holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group nor Wells Fargo holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group nor Wells Fargo holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group nor Wells Fargo holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group nor Wells Fargo holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group nor Wells Fargo holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

NXLog Agent before 6.11 can load a file specified by the OPENSSL_CONF environment variable.

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.1
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Description

uriparser through 0.9.9 allows unbounded recursion and stack consumption, as demonstrated by ParseMustBeSegmentNzNc with large input containing many commas.

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 2.9
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
Description

A vulnerability was detected in Mayan EDMS up to 4.10.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /authentication/. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.10.2 is sufficient to fix this issue. You should upgrade the affected component. The vendor confirms that this is "[f]ixed in version 4.10.2". Furthermore, that "[b]ackports for older versions in process and will be out as soon as their respective CI pipelines complete."

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 5.0
Severity: LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
cvss3
Base: 4.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
References
Description

MJML through 4.18.0 allows mj-include directory traversal to test file existence and (in the type="css" case) read files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-12827.

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.5
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
References
Description

A half-blind Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in kube-controller-manager when using the in-tree Portworx StorageClass. This vulnerability allows authorized users to leak arbitrary information from unprotected endpoints in the control plane’s host network (including link-local or loopback services).

Published
Date
2025-12-14
Updated
Date
2025-12-14
Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.8
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
References