日本瑞穗金融集团拟于六月设立一家专攻金融技术的公司，旨在到2020年增值1000亿日元（8.94亿美元）。

这家金融科技公司将由瑞穗金融新上任的首席数字创新官山田大辅掌舵。瑞穗银行行长佐藤康博表示：瑞穗就金融科技“已完成研究，正转向付诸实际应用”。

新设公司同样由伊藤忠商事及风险资本注资，力图创造金融科技新商机。瑞穗将持有不到15%的股份，以避免该子公司以权益计价。 预计新业务销售额及节约的成本共计可达1000亿日元。

山田表示，他打算“深化金融及其他领域的合作，以拓展合作伙伴，并为金融科技服务设立实际标准。”

瑞穗将于6月开始使用比特币技术支撑——区块链技术，助力贸易贸易金融，此举应可提升交易速度，降低行政成本。山田称该技术同样也将用于制造业供应链及其他应用中，透露出试验新想法的迫切感。

Mizuho Financial Group will launch a company dedicated to financial technology in June, with the aim of generating 100 billion yen ($894 million) in added value by 2020.

The Japanese megabank's recently installed chief digital innovation officer, Daisuke Yamada, will head the affiliate. Mizuho "is finished studying, and moving on to practical application" of fintech, President Yasuhiro Sato said.

The new entity, to be also funded by trading house Itochu and venture capital, will seek to create new fintech-related businesses. Mizuho will take less than a 15% stake to avoid making it an equity-method affiliate. Sales from new businesses and cost savings are expected to add up to 100 billion yen.

Yamada said he aims "to deepen cooperation not limited to finance to increase partners and to set the de facto standard for fintech services."

Mizuho will in June begin using blockchain, the technology underpinning bitcoin, to facilitate trade finance in a move that should speed up transactions and lower administrative costs. Yamada said the technology could also be used in manufacturing-sector supply chains and other applications, expressing an eagerness to try out new ideas.