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Mizuho Financial Group Headquarters the Otemachi Tower in Tokyo since 2014 | |
Native name | 株式会社みずほフィナンシャルグループ |
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Romanized name | Kabushiki gaisha Mizuho Finansharu Gurūpu |
Company type | Public (Kabushiki gaisha) |
Industry | Financial services |
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Founded | September 2000 |
Headquarters | Otemachi Tower, , Japan |
Key people | Seiji Imai (Chairman) Masahiro Kihara (President & CEO) |
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Number of employees | 52,420 (March 2022) |
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Website | mizuhogroup |
Footnotes / references [1] |
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. Upon its founding, it was the largest bank in the world by assets.[2] It is considered a systemically important bank by the Financial Stability Board.
It holds assets in excess of US$1.8 trillion through its control of Mizuho Bank and other operating subsidiaries.[3] The company's combined holdings form the third largest financial services group in Japan. Its banking businesses rank third in Japan after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and SMBC Group. It is the 15th largest banking institution in the world by total assets as of December 2018.[4] It is the 90th largest company in the world according to Forbes rankings as of May 2017.[5] It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange—where it is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 and TOPIX Core30 indices—and in the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American depositary receipts.
Mizuho offers a range of financial services, including banking, securities, trust and asset management services, employing more than 59,000 people[6] throughout 880 offices.[7]