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    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      UK financial regulation
      UK watchdog fines 3 traders for ‘market manipulation’ in Italian bond futures

      Financial Conduct Authority says trio placed ‘large misleading orders’ they did not intend to execute

    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Lex
      Mizuho/Rakuten: pricey deal should help with digital banking push Premium content

      Japanese lender’s rivals are just as behind in the digital shift, with locals mostly sticking to cash rather than online banking

    • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
      Interview
      SoftBank lender Mizuho ‘unconcerned’ about tech group’s financial health

      Japanese bank boss backs conglomerate despite Masayoshi Son’s moves to slow investments

    • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
      Lex
      Mizuho: Russian debt adds to credit challenge for SoftBank’s big backer Premium content

      Shares of Japanese lenders have been in recovery mode but for Mizuho, the rebound is fragile

    • Friday, 26 November, 2021
      Mizuho chair and chief executive to leave after IT problems

      Financial services group spent $4bn on new system in 2019 but problems have persisted

    • Tuesday, 28 September, 2021
      Inside BusinessKana Inagaki
      Mizuho’s tech woes point to a legacy of unresolved issues from merger

      Problems persist from the combination of ‘equal spirits’ to create Japanese bank

    • Thursday, 1 April, 2021
      Archegos Capital Management
      Mizuho investigates possible losses from Archegos collapse

      Bank at threat of becoming third Japanese institution caught in New York stock sell-off

    • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
      Japanese business & finance
      Japanese regulator orders 2 banks to explain miscounted AGM votes

      Sumitomo Mitsui Trust and Mizuho Trust under growing pressure to report how errors were made

    • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
      Japanese business & finance
      Mizuho chief predicts wave of Covid M&A and succession shake-ups

      Tatsufumi Sakai warns that Japanese companies must adapt their businesses to a ‘with-corona’ era that could last years

    • Friday, 15 May, 2020
      Japanese business & finance
      Japan’s megabanks estimate a collective ¥1.1tn in credit costs

      Move by Mitsubishi UFJ, Mizuho and Sumitomo Mitsui reflects landmark change in reporting convention

    • Friday, 4 October, 2019
      LexSoftBank Group Corp
      SoftBank/Mizuho: pitching a curveball Premium content

      Withering valuations for portfolio groups and WeWork’s blow are a reason to reduce exposure

    • Monday, 29 July, 2019
      InterviewFTfm
      Akira Sugano: we aim to be top 10 thanks to Abenomics

      The boss of Japan’s Asset Management One visits London looking for takeover targets

    • Tuesday, 4 June, 2019
      Lex
      Mizuho/fintech: two left feet Premium content

      Despite moves in the right direction, technology has been bank’s weakest dance number

    • Wednesday, 15 May, 2019
      LexAsia-Pacific companies
      MUFG/Japanese banks: go west Premium content

      Lenders have financial strength and technical sophistication in their favour

    • Wednesday, 15 May, 2019
      Mizuho says 2019 profits to come in below forecasts
    • Thursday, 7 March, 2019
      Lex
      Mizuho: screen burn Premium content

      Even if new ventures take off, offsetting weakness in core banking will take years

    • Wednesday, 6 March, 2019
      Mizuho takes $6bn restructuring hit

      Profit warning comes as the megabank shuts branches and cleans up trading book

    • Sunday, 26 August, 2018
      Property sector
      New Mizuho chief pledges to save Japan from SME succession crisis

      Tatsufumi Sakai foresees M&A boom as demographic fall threatens corporate know-how

    • Monday, 11 December, 2017
      Coal
      Banks criticised for funding coal deals despite Paris agreement

      Chinese, Japanese and western lenders called out on anniversary of climate deal

    • Sunday, 12 November, 2017
      Markets
      Fast Asia Open: Japan PPI, India CPI
    • Sunday, 29 October, 2017
      Japanese society
      Mizuho considers long-term cuts to global workforce

      Ten-year downsizing plan mirrors those of other big Japanese banks

    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2017
      Fintech
      Japan’s big banks plan digital currency launch

      J Coin designed to wean Japanese off heavy dependency on cash

    • Sunday, 30 July, 2017
      US trade
      Fast Asia Open: China PMIs, HSBC earnings
    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2017
      European companies
      Japan’s Mizuho joins rival banks eyeing Frankfurt as post-Brexit hub
    • Thursday, 29 December, 2016
      Fukushima nuclear accident
      Toshiba shares sink for a third day as financial worries deepen

      Shares in Japanese group’s key lenders drop as fears rise of debt-for-equity swap

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