Koji Fujiwara, president and chief executive officer of Mizuho Bank Ltd, stressed that the data would be aggregated and anonymous, and no personal details would be shared. — Shoko Takayasu/Bloomberg
Mizuho Financial Group Inc will start selling information on consumers’ spending habits and other aggregated data in a bid to expand beyond the traditional lending business.
"We are going to offer a data service for corporate clients,” Koji Fujiwara, chief executive officer of Mizuho’s main banking unit, said in an interview. The move would be the first of its kind by a Japanese bank, he said.
