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The Bank of Japan is warning the public about scams using the Bank’s name or claiming to be a member of staff in attempts to fraudulently obtain money, property, or personal financial information such as bank account information. In some of these scams, fraudsters solicit investments on a bogus website using the Bank’s name. The…
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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (President and Group CEO: Jun Ohta) received “2021 Award for Excellence in Corporate Disclosure” in the banking category for the third consecutive year by the Securities Analysts Association of Japan (SAAJ). This award has been presented with the goal of promoting and improving corporate information disclosure. Companies are evaluated by…
MUFG today announced that it has developed the MUFG Wealth Management Digital Platform (“WMPF”) to offer optimal solutions to highnet-worth customers. WMPF is scheduled to be deployed in the second half of fiscal 2021 at MUFG’s consolidated subsidiaries MUFG Bank, Ltd. (“MUFG Bank”), Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (“the Trust Bank”), and Mitsubishi UFJ…
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Today, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. received a business improvement order from the Financial Services Agency of Japan, pursuant to Article 52-33, Paragraph 1 and Article 26, Paragraph 1 of the Banking Act of Japan, in regard to the reassessment and review of the plan for scheduled upgrades and updates to Mizuho…
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MUFG and MUFG Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MUFG, announced today that MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (MUB), a subsidiary of MUFG Bank, has entered into a Consent Order[1] with the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) relating to noncompliance with the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Information Security Standards contained in Appendix B to…
【NEWS RELEASE】 April 5, 2021 TOKYO, April 5, 2021 — Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (“SMBC”, President and CEO: MakotoTakashima) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (“JICA”, President: Shinichi Kitaoka) havelaunched the SMBC-JICA Sustainable Finance Framework (“the Framework”). The purpose of the Frameworkis to support clients’ ESG (※1)/SDGs(※2) related initiatives and promote the spread of sustainable…
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When there are changes of your period of stay and/or the status of residence, you are kindly requested to present your valid residence card. A letter titled “Request for Presentation of Valid Residence Card” is sent to customers whose period of stay registered with us expired. Please be aware that if you do not present…
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Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (President & CEO: Koji Fujiwara) was appointed as the Sole Arranger of the Sustainability-linked Syndicated Term Loan for GLP Pte. Ltd. (GLP; Co-founder and CEO: Ming Z. Mei) and signed the Syndication Agreement on September 8, 2021. Headquartered in Singapore, GLP is one of the world’s leading global investment managers and business…
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MUFG’s core banking subsidiary MUFG Bank today announced it has increased its LP Commitment to Republic of Singaporebased Mars Growth Capital Fund 1, LP (the Fund) from USD 80 million to USD 200 million. MUFG Bank entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Liquidity Capital M.C. Ltd. (Liquidity Capital), an Israeli fintech company, in August…
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【NEWS RELEASE】 April 02, 2021 TOKYO, April 02, 2021– Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (“SMBC”, President and CEO: MakotoTakashima) announced today that it has launched Green Deposits for its clients in Japan in order for SMBC tosupport its clients’ESG（※1）/SDGs（※2）related activities. The Green Deposit is a product that providescustomers with investment opportunities in the ESG area by…
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