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A customer uses Home Credit’s app. Investment in digitalisation is currently the key for large financial companies to compete and expand their market shares. — Photo thoibaonganhang.vn Large foreign financial groups have actively penetrated the Vietnamese consumer finance market, which has significantly helped accelerate the digitalisation of the country’s financial services. United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) has recently completed the acquisition of Citigroup’s consumer banking business in Viet Nam, which includes Citibank’s unsecured and secured lending portfolios, wealth management and retail deposit businesses. Not only UOB, multinational financial groups from countries in the Asian region are also strongly promoting mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital contributions in Vietnamese commercial banks to promote their consumer lending activities. There has been recent information that Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui (SMBC) has reached a number of agreements to buy more than 1 … [Read more...] about Foreign investors expand consumer finance business in Viet Nam

A customer uses Home Credit’s app. Investment in digitalisation is currently the key for large financial companies to compete and expand their market shares. (Photo thoibaonganhang.vn) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Large foreign financial groups have actively penetrated the Vietnamese consumer finance market, which has significantly helped accelerate the digitalisation of the country’s financial services. United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) has recently completed the acquisition of Citigroup’s consumer banking business in Vietnam, which includes Citibank’s unsecured and secured lending portfolios, wealth management and retail deposit businesses. Not only UOB, multinational financial groups from countries in the Asian region are also strongly promoting mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and capital contributions in Vietnamese commercial banks to promote their consumer lending activities. There has been recent information that Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui (SMBC) has reached a number of … [Read more...] about Foreign investors expand consumer finance business in Vietnam

The agreement surpasses the VND20 trillion ($850 million) acquisition of a 15% stake in BIDV from KEB Hana Bank (South Korea) in 2019, setting a new record in the banking industry. VPBank announced that it has completed the sale of a 15% equity interest to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. of Japan, a member of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, in a transaction valued at $1.5 billion. CEO of SMBC Masahiro Yoshimura and Chairman of the Board of Directors at VPBank Nguyen Chi Dung at the signing ceremony today. Photo: VPBank SMBC Group's latest deal with VPBank makes the former a new strategic investor in the latter. The agreement sets a new banking industry record, with a deal value of VND35.9 trillion ($1.5 billion), surpassing the VND20 trillion ($850 million) acquisition of a 15% stake in BIDV from South Korea's KEB Hana Bank in 2019. The investment is expected to increase VPBank's total capital from VND103.5 trillion ($4.4 billion) to around VND140 trillion … [Read more...] about Japan’s SMBC acquires 15% stake in VPBank for US$1.5 billion

Tran Hoai Nam, deputy general director of HDBank, receives the award from J.P Morgan Chase. — Photo courtesy of HDBank HDBank has won two more coveted international awards adjudged by leading global banking and financial experts for meeting stringent criteria in terms of total assets, net profit, growth index, business orientation, and others. It won The Asset Triple A Award for best bank for sustianable finance in 2022 from The Asset. It also received the 2022 Elite Quality Recognition Award from J.P. Morgan Chase Bank for its MT202 EUR Rate, underlining its exceptional performance in international payment services. The awards continue to underscore HDBank's status in the domestic and international financial markets and its sustainable growth and role as an important capital mobilisation channel, it said. According to The Asset Triple A Awards jury, HDBank has always been at the forefront of environmental, social and governance (ESG) activities - one of the most important … [Read more...] about HDBank gets 2 prestigious awards for sustainable finance, international payments

TASConnect’s platform provides increased visibility of commercial trade data, which allows traditional financiers to make better credit decisions when offering supply chain financing solutions.— Photo provided by the agency Singapore-based TASConnect is looking to address Viet Nam’s underserved supply chain finance market, which is forecast to reach US$35 billion by the end of 2024, the company said in a statement. TASConnect, a SaaS supply chain fintech platform incubated through SC Ventures - a Standard Chartered innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, appointed Valiant Co Ltd, as its Viet Nam channel partner to provide strong ground support and smooth deployment of the company’s advanced supply chain fintech solutions. With offices in HCM City and Ha Noi, Valiant is managed by a group of seasoned bankers and technologists with a deep knowledge of Vietnamese banking regulations and market practices. Leveraging its strong local relationships, and capabilities in … [Read more...] about TASConnect strives to tap into VN’s $35 billion supply chain finance market

PANO - Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh and Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Vietnam Hiroshi Fukada, on March 5th, signed a diplomatic note of exchange on an Official Development Assistance (ODA) package worth JPY25 billion from the Japan government to Vietnam. Accordingly, JPY10 billion will go to the project “Support Program to Respond to Climate Change” (SP-RCC) and the rest will be for “The Second Economic Management and Competitive Credit Program” (2-EMCC2). Under the note, leaders of the Vietnam Ministry of Finance and representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are expected to sign an official agreement on the loan for these two programs on March 6th. Translated by Tuan Anh … [Read more...] about Japanese Government provides JPY25 billion in ODA to Vietnam

Ministry of Planning and Investment Deputy Minister Tran Quoc Phuong This is the second year that VIR has organised the Conference on Digital Transformation to create opportunities for representatives of state management agencies, policymakers, experts, and both local and international tech enterprises to meet and exchange information. The National Digital Transformation Programme for 2025, with a vision to 2030, emphasised three main focus points, including digital government, digital economy, and digital society. According to the Ministry of Information and Communications, in 2022, the total revenue of Vietnam's IT and telecommunications (ICT) industry reached about $148 billion, and the digital economy reached 14.26 per cent of GDP. To achieve the goal that, by 2025, the digital economy will account for 20 per cent of GDP under its rapid development scenario, Vietnam needs to maintain average annual digital economic growth of about 20 per cent, more than three times … [Read more...] about Digital transformation – Faster, Smarter, and Greener

Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong This is the second year that VIR has organised the forum on d igital transformation to create opportunities for representatives of state management agencies, policymakers, experts, and both local and international tech enterprises to meet and exchange information. The National Digital Transformation Programme for 2025, with a vision to 2030, emphasised three main focus points, including digital government, digital economy, and digital society. According to the Ministry of Information and Communications, in 2022, the total revenue of Vietnam's ICT industry reached about $148 billion, and the digital economy reached 14.26 per cent of GDP. To achieve the goal that, by 2025, the digital economy will account for 20 per cent of GDP under its rapid development scenario, Vietnam needs to maintain average annual digital economic growth of about 20 per cent, more than three times the projected GDP growth. Deputy … [Read more...] about Digital transformation: Faster – Smarter – Greener

In the 35 years since its establishment, Agribank now has the largest countrywide retail network, with nearly 2,300 branches and transaction offices. Agribank has a network system twice as large as the next biggest bank and is the only commercial bank with a presence in nine out of the 13 island districts. Agribank going from strength to strength In addition, Agribank also has the largest number of employees in the banking system, with about 40,000 people. The wide coverage is a testament to Agribank’s mission to work alongside the agricultural sector, farmers, and rural communities, despite the expense of maintaining this large network and number of employees. Agribank boasts a profound understanding of the market and its customers and their communities. The bank has also set another record with the number of its customers. On average, each Agribank credit officer is responsible for approximately 800 customers. In some localities, each credit offer is responsible … [Read more...] about Agribank going from strength to strength

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Commercial banks that underwrite and sell corporate bonds have to buy them back if investors so demand, the central bank has said. It followed a meeting with voters (members of the public) the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) held in Ho Chi Minh City amid the ongoing bond market troubles. Besides asking for underwriting banks to take responsibility for redeeming bonds, the voters also urged the SBV to tighten inspection of credit institutions to ensure they comply with regulations while investing in bonds. The SBV recently raided 11 banks and fined a number of them for violating regulations related to bond purchases. Under current regulations, banks must have an internal credit rating system and can only buy bonds if their bad debts ratio is below 3%. For bonds sold in the domestic market, when issuers cannot pay in full and on time the bond principal and interest, they must negotiate with bondholders for extending the term … [Read more...] about Banks underwriting bonds should buy back bonds: Central bank