MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC

MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC engages in banking, trust banking, securities, and other financial services businesses. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, the final fiscal year of its medium-term business plan (FY2023 to FY2025), the Mizuho group focused on several key business areas. These included "Support for the doubling of asset-based income," "Improving customer experience," "Enhancing the competitiveness of Japanese companies," "Sustainability and innovation," and the "Global Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) business model." To improve customer experience, the company transitioned its branches to consultation-focused models, offering asset building and management services to individual customers. It also enhanced the user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) of its service channels and deepened collaboration with partners like the Rakuten Group. To address asset building and management needs, including those for Nippon Individual Savings Accounts (NISAs), Mizuho Bank and Rakuten Securities launched collaborative services for client company employees, offering a "regular investment NISA at workplace" program as an employee benefit. To enhance the competitiveness of Japanese companies, Mizuho supported clients with business challenges and corporate actions, provided risk capital to startups, and assisted business owners with succession needs. Internationally, the company expanded its capital markets business through a detailed CIB strategy in each region, operating as a globally-unified group to meet diverse client needs. The company also focused on strengthening its corporate foundations through corporate culture transformation, human capital enhancement, digital transformation (DX), IT reforms, and maintaining stable business operations.