Mizuho Financial Group

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
	Otemachi Tower in Tokyo, Mizuho head office since 2014
Native name	株式会社みずほフィナンシャルグループ
Romanized name	Kabushiki gaisha Mizuho Finansharu Gurūpu
Company type	Public (Kabushiki gaisha)
Traded as	TYO: 8411; NYSE: MFG; Nikkei 225 component; TOPIX Core 30 component;
Industry	Financial services
Predecessors	Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank; Fuji Bank; Industrial Bank of Japan;
Founded	September 2000; 24 years ago
Headquarters	Otemachi Tower, Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Seiji Imai; (Chairman); Masahiro Kihara; (President & CEO)
Products	Asset management; Banking; Commodities; Credit cards; Equities trading; Insurance; Investment management; Mortgage loans; Mutual funds; Exchange-traded funds; Index funds; Private equity; Risk management; Wealth management;
Revenue	¥5.78 trillion (2022)
Operating income	¥789.6 billion (2022)
Net income	¥219.20 billion (2022)
Total assets	¥254.26 trillion (2022)
Total equity	¥8.47 trillion (2022)
Number of employees	52,420 (March 2022)
Subsidiaries	Mizuho Bank; Mizuho Trust & Banking; Mizuho Securities;
Website	mizuhogroup.com
	Footnotes / references;

The 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 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, Mizuho was the largest bank in the world by assets.^[2] More recently it has been the third largest financial services group in Japan, after Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and SMBC Group; all three are referred to in Japan as the country's megabanks. Mizuho is the 15th largest banking institution in the world by total assets as of December 2018.^[3] It is the 90th largest company in the world according to Forbes rankings as of May 2017.^[4] It has been consistently listed as a systemically important bank by the Financial Stability Board.

Mizuho Financial Group is the parent holding of Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Trust & Banking, Mizuho Securities, and Mizuho Capital, and the majority owner of Asset Management One. The group offers a range of financial services, including banking, securities, trust and asset management services, employing more than 59,000 people^[5] throughout 880 offices.^[6] 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.

^ "Consolidated Financial Statements for Fiscal 2022" (PDF). Mizhuo Group. 10 July 2023.
^ Litterick, David (23 July 2001). "Nikkei at 16-year low". Telegraph.co.uk.
^ "The Top 100 Banks in the World 2016", Relbanks, 30 June 2016.
^ "Forbes The World’s Biggest Public Companies 2016 RANKING.", Forbes, May 2016.
^ "Mizuho Financial on the Forbes Top Regarded Companies List". Forbes.com.
^ Walton, Gregory (27 November 2015). "Bank employee plunges to death in City of London". Telegraph.co.uk.

[1] "Consolidated Financial Statements for Fiscal 2022" (PDF). Mizhuo Group. 10 July 2023.

[2] Litterick, David (23 July 2001). "Nikkei at 16-year low". Telegraph.co.uk.

[3] "The Top 100 Banks in the World 2016", Relbanks, 30 June 2016.

[4] "Forbes The World’s Biggest Public Companies 2016 RANKING.", Forbes, May 2016.

[5] "Mizuho Financial on the Forbes Top Regarded Companies List". Forbes.com.

[6] Walton, Gregory (27 November 2015). "Bank employee plunges to death in City of London". Telegraph.co.uk.

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