Pune, India – May 20, 2026: Mizuho Global Services India Pvt. Ltd., the Global Capabilities Center arm (Mizuho GCC) of Mizuho Financial Group, one of the world’s leading financial institutions, today announced the launch of its new Global Capabilities Center in Pune, India (Pune GCC). The center has been established to strengthen Mizuho’s global technology, operations, and shared services capabilities, supporting Mizuho’s enterprise-wide innovation, resilience, and long term transformation agenda.
The launch of the Pune GCC represents a significant step in deepening Mizuho’s footprint in India, underscoring Mizuho’s long term commitment to building globally integrated, scalable, and future ready capabilities. As part of Mizuho’s global operating model, the new center, along with the existing centers in Mumbai and Chennai, will play a critical role in enabling seamless collaboration across regions while supporting the firm’s growth, modernization, and operational excellence priorities.
“This launch is about building long-term capability,” said John Buchanan, Deputy Head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking Company, and Chief Information Officer & Chief Operations Officer, Mizuho Americas. “Pune gives us the ability to take end to end ownership of critical platforms, accelerate modernization, and deliver with the kind of consistency and discipline a global financial institution demands. It’s a meaningful step in how we scale—securely, responsibly, and with real engineering depth.”
The Pune GCC will bring together skilled professionals across technology, operations, and business services, creating a unified platform supporting Mizuho’s global businesses. By leveraging India’s deep and diverse talent ecosystem, the Pune GCC will support round the clock global operations while contributing to faster innovation cycles, improved service quality, and enhanced organizational resilience.
As enterprises worldwide accelerate digital transformation and operating model evolution, India has established itself as a destination for global capability centers—driven by its strengths in engineering, operations, analytics, and enterprise transformation. Mizuho’s presence in Pune is reflective of this trend and of the firm’s investment in resilient future oriented capabilities that support its clients and businesses worldwide.
About Mizuho Financial Group
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is a leading global financial services company and a bank holding company under the Japanese Banking Act. The Group provides a broad range of financial services, including banking, capital markets, and asset management, through its legally owned subsidiaries. Mizuho focuses on strengthening group-wide management functions, creating synergies across business domains, and leveraging the collective strengths and expertise of the Mizuho Group to deliver sustainable value to clients, stakeholders, and society.
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Lauren Bellmare, Managing Director, Mizuho Americas
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Laura London, Director, Mizuho Americas
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Caroline Babinski, Assistant Vice President, Mizuho Americas
caroline.babinski@mizuhogroup.com
