Home Business SMFG weighs acquiring Asia banks to use some of $12 billion surplus... Business SMFG weighs acquiring Asia banks to use some of $12 billion surplus capital By Genpie - December 25, 2018 231 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) wants to acquire Asian commercial banks, utilising some of the up to $12 billion in surplus capital that Japan’s third-largest lender expects to build up over the next five years, its chief executive said.