Mizuho Bank

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

Native name	株式会社 みずほ銀行
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha Mizuho Ginkō
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Financial services
Predecessor	The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank The Fuji Bank The Industrial Bank of Japan
Founded	May 7, 1923 (1923-05-07)
Headquarters	Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo , Japan
Key people	Masahiko Kato (President & CEO)
Revenue	¥1,178,840 million (2018)
Net income	¥448,893 million (2018)
Number of employees	30,301 (2018)
Parent	Mizuho Financial Group
Subsidiaries	Mizuho Americas
Website	Mizuho Bank

Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (株式会社みずほ銀行, Kabushiki-gaisha Mizuho Ginkō) is the integrated retail and corporate banking unit of Mizuho Financial Group (TYO: 8411; NYSE: MFG), the third largest financial services company in Japan with total assets of approximately $1.8 trillion in 2017. Mizuho is one of Japan's three so-called megabanks, along with MUFG and SMBC.

Mizuho Bank provides financial products and services to a wide range of clients, including individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises, large corporations, financial institutions and public sector entities. Its headquarters office building is located in the Otemachi district of Chiyoda, Tokyo. With over 505 branches and offices in Japan and in 38 other countries, it is the only bank to have branches in every prefecture in Japan.

The name "Mizuho" is an archaic Japanese term meaning "golden ears of rice," and was used in the classical text Nihon Shoki to describe Japan.

Services

Mizuho services include current accounts, domestic and international cash cards, international money transfers, credit cards, saving accounts, loans, and Internet banking.

See also

• List of banks in Japan

External links

• Mizuho Bank
• (in Japanese) Mizuho Bank
• Mizuho Financial Group