“But we are in a global business, and we do have transactions with clients in the U.S., so the question is how do we deal with our business with U.S. clients?”

--Kazuyoshi Uchiyama, senior v.p. at Mizuho Corporate Bank, on how Japanese firms will service their U.S. clients in light of Dodd-Frank, adding that trades with U.S. firms will be executed via its U.S. subsidiary.