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November 11, 2025

Japan’s biggest bank wants Europe’s scaleups

Megabank MUFG launched a specialised unit to target Europe’s fastest-growing startups last year

Tom Matsuda

5 min read

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Japan’s biggest bank, is accelerating a push into banking Europe’s scaleups to fill the gap left by the collapse of startup lender Silicon Valley Bank. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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