Business Feb 17, 2019
Half of Japan's regional banks to back Mizuho Bank's new cashless payment system
Japan aims to double digital payments so they account for 40 percent of all financial transactions by 2025.
Business / Corporate Jan 15, 2018
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. hired GIB Capital LLC banker Khalid Al Ghamdi to head its Saudi Arabia business as the bank seeks to expand in the kingdom. Al Ghamdi, a Saudi national who was previously acting chief executive officer and head of investment banking at ...
Business / Corporate Jan 15, 2018
Mizuho CEO Yasuhiro Sato to be succeeded by securities chief Tatsufumi Sakai
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. said Monday that President and CEO Yasuhiro Sato will be succeeded by Tatsufumi Sakai, head of the group's securities unit, effective April 1. Sato, 65, has headed Japan's third-largest banking group by assets since 2011. He will assume the vacant position ...
Business / Corporate Apr 27, 2015
Mizuho agrees to buy additional loans from RBS for $500 million
Mizuho Financial Group Inc., the nation's third-biggest bank by market value, agreed to buy more North American loans from Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC for about $500 million (¥60 million) as it deepens an expansion abroad. The $5.6 billion of loan commitments includes $500 ...