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Mizuho turns to IBM for blockchain tech payment system

Mizuho Financial Group and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today a test of the potential of blockchain for use in settlements with virtual currency. By incorporating blockchain technology into settlements with virtual currency, Mizuho will explore how payments can be instantaneously swapped, potentially leading to new financial services based on this rapidly evolving technology. The pilot project uses the open source code IBM contributed to the Hyperledger Project.

22 June 2016

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US judge paves way for lawsuit against Mizuho over Mt Gox losses

A US judge has given the go-ahead to a class action lawsuit against Mizuho Bank over the Japanese giant's relationship with failed bitcoin exchange Mt Gox.

15 March 2016

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Mizuho and Fujitsu complete blockchain trial

Japan's Mizuho Bank and Fujitsu say that they have carried out a trial using blockchain technology to streamline cross-border securities transaction settlements.

08 March 2016

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Mizuho Bank taps IBM's Watson to give robot branch workers an IQ boost

Tellers beware: Japan's Mizuho Bank is about to deploy robots that have been supercharged by IBM's Watson cognitive computing platform in several of its branches.

04 March 2016

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Mizuho turns to blockchain for financial record keeping

Mizuho is to use distributed ledger technology from Cognizant to secure record-keeping of documents passed across the group globally.

17 February 2016

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More banks sign up to R3 blockchain project

Financial innovation firm R3 today announced that three additional major banks have joined its consortium to design and apply distributed ledger technologies to global financial markets.

28 October 2015

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Mizuho International goes live with GoldenSource Securities & Products

GoldenSource, the leading independent provider of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) and Master Data Management (MDM) solutions for the securities and investment management industry, announced today that Mizuho International plc, a subsidiary of one of the largest financial institutions in Japan, has gone live with Securities & Products, GoldenSource’s renowned global security master application.

13 May 2015

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Mizuho International goes live with GoldenSource EDM

GoldenSource, a leading independent provider of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) solutions for the securities and investment industry, announced today that Mizuho International plc, a subsidiary of one of the largest financial institutions in Japan, has gone live with GoldenSource EDM platform.

26 January 2015

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Mizuho Bank implements live chat to connect with customers online

LivePerson, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPSN), a leading provider of live digital engagement solutions, today announced that Mizuho Bank is the first national bank in Japan to activate a real-time, live chat strategy through LiveEngage.

09 October 2014

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Mizuho faces legal action over MT Gox collapse

The risks to banks of handling bitcoin-related business has moved centre-stage as Japan's Mizuho gets caught in the cross-hairs of the MT Gox collapse.

17 March 2014

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Mizuho fails in legal bid to claw back over 40 billion yen in fat finger trading losses

The Tokyo High Court has upheld a lower court ruling ordering the Tokyo Stock Exchange to pay 10.7 billion yen to Mizuho Securities over a botched trade in 2005 that cost the Japanese broker 40 billion yen in trading losses.

25 July 2013

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Japan's FSA slams Mizuho corporate culture and IT in damning report

Japan's Financial Services Agency has ordered Mizuho Bank to review its group-wide IT systems and contingency planning strategy and rectify defects in its corporate culture following a major technology failure in March.

01 June 2011