MUFG to roll out digital services for smaller Japanese businesses

Finance

Japan’s largest bank eyes market once passed over by leading lenders

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group looks to create a “financial platform” for smaller companies. (Photo by Shintaro Ino)

SHOGO FURUTA and TAKERO MINAMI

TOKYO — Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group will offer digital financial services for small and midsize companies as early as next year in a bid to capture a large, untapped market in Japan.