PRESS RELEASE: Mizuho Bank to Launch Its Native Digital Currency with Support of Other 60 Banks

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responsiveVoice.speak(“Japan\’s Mizuho Financial Group plans to introduce a proprietary digital currency with the support of 60 regional domestic banks. The asset will be introduced for shopping and remitted at no cost, starting March 2019. According to the Nikkei Asian review, merchants who support acceptance of the coin will be charged fees significantly lower than for credit card payments in a bid to spur adoption and uptake. Company Information Trade Name Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (MHBK) Bank Code 0001 Date of Establishment July 1, 2013 Capital JPY 1,404.0 billion Location of Head Office 1-5-5, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8176, Japan Tel: +81-(0)3-3214-1111 Map Representative Koji Fujiwara, President & CEO Number of Employees 30,301 Domestic Network 465 (As of Jun 30, 2018) Overseas Network 89 (As of Jun 30, 2018) Support of 60 regional Domestic Banks According to the source the banking group aims to promote cashless payments by bringing about 60 regional banks on board. The digital currency is the result of the J-Coin project announced in 2017 by Mizuho Financial Group Chairman Yasuhiro Sato, who was president and CEO at the time. It will become the first of its kind operated by a Japanese megabanks. Much like the J Coin, the proprietary currency is pegged 1:1 to the Japanese Yen, can be downloaded to smartphones and used for P2P funds transfers and for online shopping. The value of the digital currency will be fixed at 1 yen per unit, and will not fluctuate on the market, as virtual currencies such as bitcoin do. The flurry of activity comes as Japanese banks seek to cash in on the local population\’s love affair with alternative cryptocurrencies and fight off the threat from Chinese dragons like Alibaba and Tencent. Not the Only Bank Mizuho is not the only Japanese bank experimenting with its own currency. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is also planning trials of its own MUFG Coin with around 100,000 account holders in Tokyo. Moreover, MUFG and Bradesco Banks will utilize Ripple for payments between Japan and Brazil. More on top, Sweden’s central bank, Riksbank, declared that it intends to engage in testing a digital currency, which is known as e-krona. The country is known to have friendly atmosphere towards the emerging asset class despite ambiguity in the sector.”, “UK English Female”);

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Japan’s Mizuho Financial Group plans to introduce a proprietary digital currency with the support of 60 regional domestic banks. The asset will be introduced for shopping and remitted at no cost, starting March 2019.

According to the Nikkei Asian review , merchants who support acceptance of the coin will be charged fees significantly lower than for credit card payments in a bid to spur adoption and uptake.

Company Information

Trade Name

Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (MHBK)

Bank Code

0001

Date of Establishment

July 1, 2013

Capital

JPY 1,404.0 billion

Location of Head Office

1-5-5, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8176, Japan

Tel: +81-(0)3-3214-1111

Map

Representative

Koji Fujiwara, President & CEO

Number of Employees

30,301

Domestic Network

465 (As of Jun 30, 2018)

Overseas Network

89 (As of Jun 30, 2018)

Support of 60 regional Domestic Banks

According to the source the banking group aims to promote cashless payments by bringing about 60 regional banks on board.

The digital currency is the result of the J-Coin project announced in 2017 by Mizuho Financial Group Chairman Yasuhiro Sato, who was president and CEO at the time. It will become the first of its kind operated by a Japanese megabanks.

Much like the J Coin, the proprietary currency is pegged 1:1 to the Japanese Yen, can be downloaded to smartphones and used for P2P funds transfers and for online shopping. The value of the digital currency will be fixed at 1 yen per unit, and will not fluctuate on the market, as virtual currencies such as bitcoin do.

The flurry of activity comes as Japanese banks seek to cash in on the local population’s love affair with alternative cryptocurrencies and fight off the threat from Chinese dragons like Alibaba and Tencent.

Not the Only Bank

Mizuho is not the only Japanese bank experimenting with its own currency. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is also planning trials of its own MUFG Coin with around 100,000 account holders in Tokyo. Moreover, MUFG and Bradesco Banks will utilize Ripple for payments between Japan and Brazil.

More on top, Sweden’s central bank, Riksbank, declared that it intends to engage in testing a digital currency, which is known as e-krona . The country is known to have friendly atmosphere towards the emerging asset class despite ambiguity in the sector.

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