23-05-2019 10:46
Vietnam is seeking for opportunities to grow its fintech market from foreign direct investment (FDI), and South Korea is by far one of the most promising strategic partners to boost fintech innovation thanks to its large number of commercial banks operating in Vietnam.
18-05-2019 15:24
Six leading Israeli fintech companies came to Vietnam to attend the “Fintech – accelerating digital transformation through AI & Automation Technologies” seminar, joining around 100 representatives from firms, banks, and insurance companies from Vietnam.
26-04-2019 12:00
The partnership which facilitates consumer-to-business collections was officiated at Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions’ inaugural ASEAN Fintech Day in Singapore.
01-03-2019 13:46
Vietnam’s fintech market is predicted to reach $7.8 billion by 2020. What elements will provide the basis of this confident forecast and what pressures will face them? Dr. Nguyen Thanh Binh, lecturer in Finance at the Department of Economics and Finance at the School of Business and Management, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology’s (RMIT) Vietnam Campus, provides an insight.
15-02-2019 15:00
A leading financial company that caters to millions of Vietnamese people scooped almost a dozen awards in 2018 alone, highlighting its strong standards in innovation and Fintech application in the consumer finance industry.
19-12-2018 14:13
After acquiring Techcom Finance in last March and receiving the operation license from the State Bank of Vietnam in September, Lotte Finance Company Limited (Lotte Finance) has been preparing, from products to its organisational structure, IT system, standard operation procedures, to launch its services on December 18, 2018.
12-12-2018 09:27
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue called on Singapore’s Clermont Group to share its experience with and provide consultations for Vietnam in building and developing an ecosystem for fintech and digital banking.
15-11-2018 08:26
On November 14, 2018, MicroSave and MetLife Foundation announced the i3 programme at a launching event in Hanoi to improve the financial health of low- to moderate-income communities across the country.
30-10-2018 09:02
Go-Viet is rushing into Vietnam’s booming food delivery market, but unlike its competitor Grab, the ride-hailing firm prefers a slower approach to fintech services.
07-09-2018 14:00
The rapid increase in the number of startups operating in the financial services industry, along with a corresponding increase in investment in this sector, has attracted significant attention from industry observers and the media.
05-09-2018 18:03
Foreign players are eager to join Vietnam’s lucrative fintech market, while local banks have been scaling up co-operation with fintech firms to avail themselves of Industry 4.0 opportunities.
04-09-2018 08:00
Vietnam is making strong policy moves to bolster the development of fintech, welcoming a surge of fintech platforms and providers to service its 64 million (and growing) connected users.
29-08-2018 11:46
VNPT-Media and VietBank have just signed an agreement to co-operate in a number of fields to expand their networks and roll out new products.
27-08-2018 12:37
Three Vietnamese startups were last week honoured at the Visa’s Everywhere Initiative final contest, a startup competition held in Vietnam for the first time with the aim to building the next generation of fintech and e-commerce solutions. Thanh Van reports.
17-08-2018 09:00
Vietnamese fintech companies can expect a raft of foreign financial institutions seeking a relationship with them, as the latter have found this route a promising one to access the underbanked population of the country.