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Fuji Bank, former Japanese bank, and one of Japanâs largest commercial banks, that had built a network of offices, affiliates, and subsidiaries in Japan and overseas before it merged into the Mizuho Financial Group.
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Yasuda ZenjirĆ.
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Fuji Bank originated from a money-lending operation established in the 1860s by Yasuda ZenjirĆ, the founder of the Yasuda zaibatsu (business combine). In 1880 the business became the Yasuda Bank, the financial arm of the emergent combine. When the Yasuda zaibatsu was broken up after World War II, the bank was reorganized as Fuji Bank, Ltd., in 1948. An affiliate of Fuji Bank, Yamaichi Securities, was one of Japanâs largest brokerage houses until it collapsed in 1997. Three years later Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi KangyĆ Bank, and the Industrial Bank of Japan merged, forming the Mizuho Financial Group, one of the worldâs largest financial institutions.
