Mizuho makes fresh start with merger of 3 core banks

Mizuho makes fresh start with merger of 3 core banks

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Holdings Inc., the world's largest banking group with assets of 160 trillion yen, made a fresh start April 1 as its three core banks merged into two -- Mizuho Bank and Mizuho Corporate Bank. Mizuho Holdings President Terunobu Maeda (R) and Mizuho Bank President Tadashi Kudo (L) cut the tape in a ceremony to inaugurate Mizuho Bank.

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