10-06-2020 08:25
WASHINGTON, DC: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday (Jun 9) took to task HSBC for backing Beijing's controversial security law proposal in Hong Kong, warning of businesses' over-reliance on China.
05-05-2020 10:00
A handful of international financial groups have cut their ties with coal-fired power plants – a sustainability move as investors and the public demand strong action on climate change.
18-04-2020 16:19
Vietnamese airline Vietjet has announced reaching an agreement with lenders HSBC, Citibank, and the World Bank to delay the repayment of its loans.
26-02-2020 09:00
The ratified EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement is expected to bring a historic change in the Vietnamese banking sector, but also sets sizeable challenges for both foreign and local lenders before they can receive good returns on investment.
18-02-2020 11:53
HSBC Holdings Plc, the parent firm of HSBC Vietnam, is weighing whether to cut thousands of jobs, a sign that it may accelerate the downsizing of its global businesses and reshuffle senior executive ranks as the UK-based lender searches for growth and ways to lift sagging returns.
28-01-2020 23:19
The fate of the 1,980MW Vinh Tan 3 coal-fired power plant, located in the southern central province of Binh Thuan, has become uncertain now that the London-headquartered HSBC announced withdrawing as the financial advisor for the project.
06-01-2020 14:28
It is a common narrative in some circles: established banks are dinosaurs about to be disrupted. This story seems intuitive because it echoes the disruption we have seen in other industries, from the way that new players moved shopping online in the 1990s, to the way the music and video industries were disrupted by streaming.
06-08-2019 10:14
HSBC ousted John Flint as chief executive after just 18 months in a shock move the chairman of Europe's biggest bank said was needed to speed up progress on priority areas such as the turnaround of its US business.
19-07-2019 11:16
Being listed among the top ten by the HSBC’s latest global Expat Explorer Report has gone some way to prove the significant advances in Vietnam’s investment and living environment.
05-07-2019 17:23
Vietnam has been named in the top 10 countries for expatriate workers, according to HSBC’s Expat 2019 Global Report released on July 4.
22-06-2019 09:51
HSBC Vietnam has rolled out a new preferential interest loan programme for homeowners in HCM City and Da Nang to buy and install rooftop solar panels.
21-06-2019 10:20
Supply chain finance is gaining prominence as the global trade instability brings attention to Vietnam and domestic companies seek opportunities to partner with multinational buyers.
14-06-2019 09:26
Following stronger bilateral ties between South Korea and Vietnam, major South Korean investors such as SK Group are rushing into Vietnam’s mergers and acquisitions market. Eun-Young Jung, CEO of HSBC Korea, and Pham Hong Hai, CEO of HSBC Vietnam, jointly discussed the growing trend.
10-06-2019 16:09
Korean investors are keen to invest in renewable energy due to its potential and the incentives that Vietnam has offered to foreign investors, an HSBC official has said.
14-05-2019 09:31
Periodic emerging-market jitters notwithstanding, there are compelling reasons to be optimistic about the economic prospects of this part of the world Southeast Asia, argues Matthew Lobner, head of International and head of Strategy and Planning, Asia-Pacific, HSBC.