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In October, the average interest rates on bank deposits for six months and 12 months were 4.7 per cent and 5.5 per cent, down half a percentage point from a year earlier, according to Bao Viet Securities Company.
Several banks are currently issuing dividend paying shares as well as making strong efforts in finding more foreign strategic investors to increase capital.
Credit institutions with a bad debt ratio of more than 3 per cent are forbidden to buy corporate bonds, according to the latest announcement from the SBV.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has officially approved plans to increase charter capital of many State-owned and private banks.
VietinBank has launched FX Online 24/7 service, which allowsits customer to execute foreign exchange services anytime – anywhere on transaction platforms called VietinBank eFAST and VietinBank Ipay.
Multiple banks recorded prosperous business results in the first nine months of 2021 despite the negative impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with some even exceeding business targets for the whole year.
Commercial banks have reported profits of trillions of dong in the first nine months of the year, helping their owners get richer while other businesses remain in distress because of the impact of Covid-19.
The Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MB) on October 8 received the "Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2021" award by HR Asia, a leading HR magazine in Asia.
Many commercial banks have announced a 0.5-3 percent cut in lending interest rates and many policies to support customers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Despite concerns over a deteriorating economic picture, both local and foreign-invested banks are laying fresh momentum in the capital hike race to supplement their adequacy ratio and intensify operations in Vietnam.
The Vietnam Banks Association (VNBA) has sent a petition to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), asking the body to consider extending the rescheduling for debt repayment, to support individuals and enterprises affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
During this year’s shareholders’ meeting season, big changes in shareholders’ structure have been made and many bank managers have been replaced.
Overcoming a stormy year, commercial banks have reported huge profits for 2020. Bank share prices are standing firmly at high levels.
Debuting on a new bourse may give a boost to the stock price, but the market reactions were not quite positive for the banks doing so in 2020.
M&A activities in the banking sector are set to heat up in 2021, when the Covid-19 pandemic is fully contained and the majority of Vietnamese banks have completed their restructuring processes.
A number of commercial banks are going to list their shares at the HCM City Stock Exchange (HOSE), and are expected to bring a breath of fresh air to the market, which has been stagnant because of the pandemic.
Banks are facing major challenges to carry out their capital increase plans this year due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Non-performing loans are still increasing despite slow credit expansion as the COVID-19 pandemic stretches many businesses to their limits.
The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) was the biggest corporate bond issuer in January-June.
Given the weak economic outlook in Vietnam, Fitch Solutions expects further easing measures to be applied over the rest of 2020 as the country is still targeting real gross domestic product (GDP) growth above 5%.