Mizuho Corporate Bank

Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
Company type	public company KK (a Mizuho Financial Group company)
Industry	Financial services
Founded	1893; 131 years ago
Defunct	2013; 11 years ago
Fate	merged with Mizuho Bank
Successor	Mizuho Bank
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Koji Fujiwara, President & CEO
Revenue	$14.082 billion USD (FY 2005)
Number of employees	7,349 (2005)
Parent	Mizuho Financial Group
Subsidiaries	Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd.
Website	Mizuho Corporate Bank

Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. (株式会社みずほコーポレート銀行, Kabushiki-gaisha Mizuho Kōporēto Ginkō), or MHCB, was the corporate and investment banking subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group, the second-biggest Japanese financial services conglomerate, prior to the reintegration of investment banking services under the Mizuho Bank name in July 2013.^[1]

History

MHCB was created in April 2002 by the merger of the Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and Fuji Bank's corporate and investment banking division with the Industrial Bank of Japan.^[2] Backed by Mizuho Financial Group's credit ratings and financial solidity, MHCB was positioned as a major player in financial markets and among Japan's leading corporate and investment banks by market share.[1] The brokerage arm Mizuho Securities was also a primary dealer in the U.S. Treasury securities market.^[3] MHCB opened a branch in Wuxi, China in 2006 in a bid to support transactions with Japanese companies operating in the city.^[4] The bank also had a branch in the Philippines, partnering with the Bank of the Philippine Islands.^[5] In 2013, it merged with the former Mizuho Bank, with the unified institution being "Mizuho Bank".