Starbucks Vietnam unveils card and mobile app

Starbucks Vietnam unveils card and mobile app

Starbucks Vietnam's customers can conveniently pay for purchases, earn stars, and find nearby stores.
Citibank-ACE Life Platinum MasterCard card available in Vietnam

Citibank-ACE Life Platinum MasterCard card available in Vietnam

Citibank and ACE Life Insurance Co. Vietnam launched their co-branded credit card in the country on December 14.
Smartlink, Banknetvn card unions merge

Smartlink, Banknetvn card unions merge

A memorandum of understanding will be signed on Wednesday between the nation’s two biggest card unions, Smartlink Card Services Joint Stock Company (Smartlink) and Vietnam National Financial Switching Joint Stock Co. (Banknetvn), to merge the former into the latter.
HSBC Vietnam boosts choices

HSBC Vietnam boosts choices

HSBC has launched a new Platinum Visa credit card and introduced the reduced varied administration fees for foreign currency transactions made with the bank’s credit and debit cards.
Locals still shun credit cards due to high fees

Locals still shun credit cards due to high fees

Despite the central bank restricting dollar transaction in the economy, local people still hesitate to use international credit card to use overseas due to high usage fees.
Plastic set to go the distance

Plastic set to go the distance

Vietnam’s bank card market will become vibrant in 2011 with some foreign banks getting involved in the issuance of local ATM cards, with consumers to benefit the most from the drive, said Smartlink Card Services Joint Stock Company deputy general director Nguyen Dang Hung.
Plastic reigns supreme in Vietnam

Plastic reigns supreme in Vietnam

Total card transactions made tremendous growth in Vietnam in 2010 against five years ago when the first one was conducted.
Citibank Vietnam launches travel credit card

Citibank Vietnam launches travel credit card

Citibank N.A. Vietnam Friday announced the launch of the Citibank PremierMiles Credit Card targeted at elite and affluent consumers in the country, where the American bank has been present since 1993.