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Mizuho Holdings

Mizuho Holdings is a bank in the Otemachi district of Chiyoda ward, Tokyo, Japan. The bank is often referred to simply as “Mizuho”. “Mizuho” is a Japanese word which means “abundant rice”. It holds assets in excess of $31 trillion throughout its control of Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Corporate Bank and other subsidiaries. The company’s combined holding present the second largest financial service group in Japan. This is the ninth largest financial services group in the world by market capitalisation. According to Forbes Global 2000, this is the world’s 59th largest company. Its shares have a primary listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. There are four distinct divisions in the Mizuho Holdings’ business strategies

These groups are as follows:

Retail Group: Mizuho is active in retail banking with over 515 branches and over 11,000 ATMs. Mizuho Holdings is the only bank to have branches in every prefecture in Japan. It serves over 26 million Japanese households. Global Corporate Group: Mizuho predecessors, the Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, the Fuji Bank and the Industrial bank of Japan had great control over many Japanese companies. The three banks lead the DKB Group, Fuyo Group and the IBJ Group respectively. But the Mizuho Holdings place the most vital role in Tokyo Stock Exchange. Global Wealth and asset management: Mizuho trust & Banking Co. Ltd. manages the global wealth and asset management of the Mizuho Holdings. Strategy affiliates: Mizuho Financial Strategy Co. Ltd. is responsible for all the banking strategies of this company.

The principal activity of this Mizuho Holdings group is to arrange provisions for a wide range of high quality financial services, that include consumer banking, business banking, financial institutions banking, international banking, securities, investment trust, asset management and e-business services. The group consists of the parent company which is a pure holding company and 171 domestic and overseas consolidated subsidiaries.

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