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Mizuho Financial Group

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
株式会社みずほフィナンシャルグループ
Public
Traded as :
OSE: 8411
MFG
Industry Banking, Financial Services
Predecessors Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank
Fuji Bank
Industrial Bank of Japan
Founded 2001; 16 years ago (2001)
Headquarters Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Yasuhiro Sato
(President & CEO)
Products Credit cards, consumer banking, corporate banking, investment banking, global wealth management, financial analysis, private equity
Revenue ¥2.111 trillion (2012)
¥662.83 billion (2012)
¥656.38 billion (2012)
Total assets ¥166.36 trillion (2012)
Total equity ¥4.470 trillion (2012)
Number of employees
56,109 (2012)
Subsidiaries Mizuho Bank
Mizuho Corporate Bank
Mizuho Trust & Banking
Website www.mizuho-fg.co.jp

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (株式会社みずほフィナンシャルグループ Kabushiki-gaisha Mizuho Finansharu Gurūpu?), abbreviated as MHFG, or simply called Mizuho, is a banking holding company headquartered in the Ōtemachi district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The name "mizuho (瑞穂?)" literally means "abundant rice" in Japanese and "harvest" in the figurative sense.

It holds assets in excess of $2 trillion US dollars through its control of Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Corporate Bank, and other operating subsidiaries. The company's combined holdings form the second largest financial services group in Japan. Its banking businesses rank the third in Japan after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, and the ninth in the world by market capitalisation as of November 2009. It is the 59th largest company in the world according to Forbes Global 2000 rankings. Its shares have a primary listing on the .

Mizuho offers a range of financial services, including banking, securities, trust and asset management services, employing more than 68,000 people in 30 countries. It also functions as one of the main companies of the keiretsu Mizuho Group, formed from the former DKB Group and the former Fuyo Group.


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