Mega banking group Mizuho inaugurated

Mega banking group Mizuho inaugurated

TOKYO, Japan - A tape is cut Sept. 29 to inaugurate a joint holding company, Mizuho Holdings Inc., the product of the integration of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB), Fuji Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan. The union creates the world's biggest banking group in terms of assets. (From L to R) Yoshiro Yamamoto, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO), Katsuyuki Sugita, president and co-CEO, and Masao Nishimura, chairman and CEO. The operations of the three banks will be fully integrated in April 2002.

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