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Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. reports developments across its Japanese banking group and Americas corporate and investment banking operations. Mizuho Americas provides strategic advisory, capital markets, corporate banking, fixed income and equities sales and trading to corporate, government and institutional clients in the United States, Canada and Latin America.
Recurring updates include corporate banking recognition, foundation grants and workforce partnerships, global fixed income leadership changes within Mizuho Securities, digital infrastructure for broadly syndicated loan operations, and advisory capability expansion following the Greenhill acquisition.
Mizuho (NYSE:MFG) was named Best Bank in the U.S. by Crisil Coalition Greenwich on March 17, 2026, winning distinctions in Corporate Banking, Coverage for Corporates, and Ease of Doing Business for Corporates for the second consecutive year.
From April–November 2025, Coalition Greenwich conducted 216 corporate banking interviews, 243 corporate cash management interviews, and 75 FX-user interviews of U.S. companies with $2 billion+ revenue. Mizuho received top client ratings for senior management effectiveness, responsiveness, proactive advice, coordination of specialists, and KYC digitization.
Mizuho Americas (NYSE:MFG) and Pursuit launched the AI Nonprofit Build Corps, funded by a three-year FutureReady Grant from the Mizuho USA Foundation to expand AI workforce training and capacity-building in New York City.
The program trains "Pursuit Builders" in AI skills, places them in paid nonprofit assignments, and aims to scale a replicable model connecting AI talent with community organizations.
Mayfair Gold (MFG) submitted a Notice of Project Status for its 100%‑owned Fenn‑Gib Gold Project on Feb 5, 2026, formally registering the Project with Ontario and notifying the Ministry of Energy and Mines of intent to advance toward a mine in production.
The filing initiates continued technical studies, permitting, and consultations, including engagement with the Apitipi Anicinapek Nation and regional stakeholders to support environmental, technical and socioeconomic work underpinning future development.
Mayfair Gold (MFG) appointed Pierre Beaudoin as Strategic Advisor to support advancement of the Fenn-Gib gold Project. Mr. Beaudoin brings 40 years of mineral processing, project delivery and construction experience, including leading Las Chispas and Detour Lake projects. Mayfair issued 100,000 options at C$5.36 expiring Feb 3, 2031.
He will advise on plant design, construction readiness, permitting and risk management as Mayfair prepares for construction start.
Mizuho Americas (MFG) and nonprofit NPower announced the successful 2025 pilot of Path2TECH: Networking & Systems Administration (NetSA) in the New York metro area, funded by a three-year FutureReady grant from Mizuho USA Foundation. The 26-week blended asynchronous curriculum covers networking, systems administration, cloud and generative AI and offers CompTIA Network+, Linux+, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals and Azure AI certification tracks. Pilot outcomes: 70% completion vs. a 60% pilot goal and 41% of graduates employed or continuing education to date, with an 80% placement rate expected within a year.
Mizuho Americas (NYSE:MFG) announced the Mizuho USA Foundation awarded $1 million in 2025 grants to strengthen communities and expand technology-to-employment programs.
Key allocations include a three-year $450,000 FutureReady grant to Pursuit for an AI Build Corps with paid nonprofit internships, $275,000 in Opportunity Grants to 11 NYC nonprofits, and $250,250 in Community Involvement Grants to 24 local partner organizations. The Foundation has awarded nearly $16 million since 2003.
Mizuho (NYSE:MFG) announced that four women from Mizuho Americas were honored at the 2025 Markets Choice Women in Finance Awards on November 11, 2025 in New York City. Recipients named were Cheryl Gilberg (CMO of the Year), Inga Norton (Excellence in Fixed Income Trading), Katie Karroll Lavino (Excellence in Syndicate and DCM) and Chelsea Jiang (Rising Star).
Leadership at Mizuho highlighted the winners' contributions to client service and industry excellence. The Markets Media Women in Finance Awards recognize accomplished women across capital markets, selected from industry nominations and judged by Markets Media editorial staff and the Women in Finance Advisory Board.
Mizuho (MFG) announced leadership changes in its global fixed income organization on October 21, 2025. Thomas Hartnett will serve as Head of Americas and EMEA Fixed Income, expanding his prior Americas remit into an integrated Americas-Europe platform. Taihei Okabe will serve as Head of Fixed Income for APAC, including Japan. Management says the reorganization aims to deepen global connectivity, capture U.S.–Europe opportunities, and scale the firm’s fixed income platform across regions.
Mizuho Financial Group (NYSE: MFG) has joined Versana's digital data platform as its 14th top-tier financial institution subscriber, aiming to modernize operations in the $6 trillion broadly syndicated loan (BSL) market. The partnership includes implementation of Versana's API-first platform and Reconciliation Module to enhance loan operations efficiency.
This strategic move is part of Mizuho's digital transformation initiative, enabling straight-through processing, cost reduction, and improved risk-weighted balance sheet management. Versana's platform now handles facility data on $5 trillion in notional commitments, marking a significant milestone in modernizing the BSL asset class.
Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) announced that Mizuho Americas, through its security-based swap dealer Mizuho Capital Markets LLC, has joined ICE Clear Credit as a clearing member. This membership gives Mizuho access to clearing services for Single Name and Index CDS instruments, as well as CDS Index Option instruments for North American and European corporate indices.
ICE Clear Credit, launched in 2009, has processed trades with a combined notional amount exceeding $385 trillion, maintaining current open interest of over $2 trillion. The platform enables clearing of more than 670 different CDS instruments referencing corporate and sovereign debt.