Mizuho - News, Articles & Research

Company announcement/sustainable

Mizuho and Climate Impact X join forces to scale international carbon credit market in Asia

Mizuho Financial Group and Singapore-based global carbon marketplace and exchange Climate Impact X (CIX) are partnering to jointly cater to growing demand for international carbon credits among companies in Japan.

28 November 2023

News/devops

Fujitsu trials gen-AI for Japanese banks

Japanese technology giant Fujitsu is to conduct trials into the use of generative AI (gen-AI) for banking operations.

22 September 2023

News/regulation

More banks pay multi-million dollar penalties over WhatsApp use

Wells Fargo and BNP Paribas are among the latest banks to be hit with multi-million dollar penalties by US regulators over employee use of unofficial communication tools like WhatsApp and iMessage.

08 August 2023

News/devops

Mizuho to roll out generative AI to employees

Japanese bank Mizuho has made Microsoft’s OpenAI platform available to its 45,000 workers.

28 June 2023

News/retail

Mizuho trials Fujitsu generative AI tech

Japan’s Mizuho Financial Group has begun trialing generative AI technology from Fujitsu to streamline development and maintenance operations of its systems.

20 June 2023

News/retail

Mizuho and Line ditch mobile bank plan

Mizuho Financial and messaging app Line have scrapped plans to launch a mobile bank, citing investment and time constraints.

31 March 2023

News/payments

Mizuho leads $270 million round in Kredivo

Kredivo, which offers BNPL and credit services to underbanked consumers in Indonesia and Vietnam, has raised $270 million in a Series D funding round led by Japan's Mizuho Bank.

23 March 2023

News/identity

Banks back 'Japan Metaverse Economic Zone'

Major Japanese banks and tech firms have banded together on a metaverse infrastructure project that will, among other things, provide payments, authentication, and insurance services for users across platforms.

28 February 2023

News/regulation

Mizuho International picks SymphonyAI to tackle money laundering

Mizuho International, the London-based securities and investment banking arm of Japanese giant Mizuho Financial Group, is rolling out technology from SymphonyAI to help it detect financial crime.

21 February 2023

Company announcement/retail

Mizuho Bank implements Oracle banking tech

Mizuho Bank, Ltd., the integrated retail and corporate banking unit of Mizuho Financial Group and one of Japan’s largest financial services institutions, is modernizing its legacy banking system for international operations with Oracle.

02 February 2023

Company announcement/crime

Mizuho Bank Luxemburg upgrades anti-financial crime compliance risk management with Napier

Mizuho Trust and Banking (Luxembourg) S.A , the Luxembourg subsidiary of Japan’s Mizuho Trust & Banking division (part of Mizuho Financial Group) , is upgrading its Transaction Monitoring framework strategy through a partnership with Napier, the financial crime compliance technology specialist.

10 January 2023

Company announcement/sustainable

LSEG and Mizuho join forces for sustainability

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) and Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (“Mizuho”), one of Japan’s leading global financial institutions, today announced an agreement to collaborate in providing sustainability solutions to the bank’s corporate clients.

11 November 2022

News/cloud

Mizuho to shift operations to Google Cloud

Japan's Mizuho is to move into the banking-as-a-service market and re-engineer its operations through an alliance with Google Cloud.

23 March 2022

Company announcement/markets

Mizuho Americas signs with Quantifi

Quantifi, a provider of risk, analytics and trading solutions today announced that it has been selected by Mizuho Americas, an integral part of the Japan-based Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., to support its expanding equity derivatives platform.

16 February 2022

News/retail

Mizuho leads $131 million round in Filipino neobank Tonik

Philippines-based digital neobank Tonik has closed a $131 million Series B equity round led by Japan's Mizuho Bank and set its sights on expansion across Asia.

10 February 2022

Company announcement/payments

Mizuho Bank invests in Vietnamese digital payment services company M-Service

Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (President & CEO: Koji Fujiwara), a subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.(President & Group CEO: Tatsufumi Sakai), has acquired shares (equivalent to an approximate 7.5%share) of Online Mobile Services Joint Stock Company (“M-Service”) on December 20, 2021.

23 December 2021

News/people

Mizuho CEO quits over series of IT problems

Mizuho Financial Group CEO Tatsufumi Sakai has resigned after Japan's banking regulator hit the firm with a business improvement order related to a series of systems glitches.

29 November 2021

News/crypto

Japanese banks to test digital currency

A consortium of 74 Japanese firms - including the country's biggest banks - have set out plans to start testing a private sector digital yen in the coming months.

24 November 2021

News/people

Mizuho president Fujiwara to step down following series of IT failures

Mizuho Bank President Koji Fujiwara is to fall on his sword after being held responsible for a widespread series of outages that hit the Japanese bank between February and March.

14 June 2021

Company announcement/retail

Mizuho and Line raise investment in build for new smartphone bank

LINE Corporation (“LINE”) and Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (“Mizuho Financial Group”) announced today that their respective subsidiaries, LINE Financial Corporation (“LINE Financial”) and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (“Mizuho Bank”), have jointly agreed to make an additional investment and a change to the management structure of LINE Bank Preparatory Company.

22 February 2021