LINE & Mizuho: Announce Additional Investment

  • LINE Corporation dedicated to the mission of “Closing the Distance,” bringing together information, services and people
  • The Mizuho group a global financial services leader with offices in nearly 40 countries, approximately 60,000 employees
  • LINE Financial and Mizuho Bank taking these necessary steps as they proceed with preparations to establish a user-friendly “smartphone bank”
  • LINE Bank Preparatory Company strives to provide financial services via smartphone to meet the needs to users of all ages
  • Developed as the only smartphone-based “main bank,” this bank integrated into the LINE app
  • LINE Financial and Mizuho Bank make an additional JPY 12 billion investment in LINE Bank Preparatory Company
Laura M
Laura M
Laura is a financial reporter, editor, and researcher with a particular interest in fintech innovation, capital markets, and the evolving global banking landscape.

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