29-02-2024 09:54
Home Credit Group announced on February 28 that it has signed a conditional framework agreement to sell its Home Credit Vietnam business to The Siam Commercial Bank Public Co., Ltd. (SCB), part of SCBX Public Co., Ltd. (SCBX).
28-02-2024 11:00
Diverse sentiments persist over bancassurance business prospects at local commercial banks, partly driven by a novel policy move.
28-02-2024 09:30
Building full infrastructure for bancassurance is vital to improve the customer experience. Le Hoai An, a banking consultant and trainer at Integrated Financial Solutions, talked with VIR’s Hong Dung about the new regulations on bancassurance operations in Vietnam.
28-02-2024 07:36
Viswas (Vis) Raghavan will join Citi as global head of Banking and executive vice chair of Citi.
27-02-2024 16:40
SCB X Pcl, the largest bank in Thailand based on market value, is nearing an agreement to acquire Home Credit's Vietnamese operations.
27-02-2024 15:31
The Hanoi Department of Transport has proposed the municipal People’s Committee ask for the World Bank (WB)’s assistance in the technical design of the general layout for the Ngoc Hoi national railway station complex.
26-02-2024 12:17
Commercial banks have reduced lending rates in favour of business and production activities, but borrowing remains low.
23-02-2024 16:20
Thailand's export sector has lost competitiveness in global markets, with the market share of rice shipments falling by more than 50 per cent over the past 20 years, according to the Bank of Thailand (BoT).
23-02-2024 08:00
Vietnam International Bank (VIB) is delighted to announce the implementation of the Temenos Core Banking solution on cloud this week in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and ITSS.
22-02-2024 10:20
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on February 20 net injected more than 5 trillion VND (nearly 204 million USD) into the banking system through the open market operation (OMO) channel to support capital for commercial banks.
21-02-2024 14:43
Partner of Consulting and Financial Services Vo Quoc Khanh and director of Consulting and Financial Services Nguyen Huy Cuong, from EY Consulting Vietnam, delve into the notable updates of Basel III compared to Basel II, and its impacts on bank operations.
21-02-2024 14:38
HSBC said Wednesday it achieved "record profit" in 2023 as pre-tax gains soared by nearly 80 percent, with the banking giant also announcing further share buybacks.
21-02-2024 11:22
Public Bank Vietnam Limited (PBVN), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia's Public Bank Berhad (PBB), is acquiring an entire stake in RHB Securities Vietnam Company (RHBSVN) for about $15.2 million.
21-02-2024 11:21
As a rising economic engine, Vietnam's tourism industry is set for healthy growth with a shift towards premium tourism and business travel, according to a report released by Maybank Vietnam on February 21.
20-02-2024 12:58
Australia's ANZ and Suncorp banks jumped a big hurdle in their proposed US$3.2 billion merger Tuesday, as a tribunal overrode a consumer watchdog's concerns.