The importance of mutual respect and face-to-face talks for strategies in M&A

The importance of mutual respect and face-to-face talks for strategies in M&A

The Vietnamese government is now working to reorganise weak financial institutions, as well as implement equitisation of state-owned banks. Yoshizawa Toshiki, board member at Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank, told VIR’s Luu Huong how the wave of tie-up deals could expand significantly if local authorities could lift the foreign ownership limit.
Japan's Aozora Bank to buy into Vietnamese lender

Japan's Aozora Bank to buy into Vietnamese lender

Japan's Aozora Bank plans to take a 15 percent stake in Vietnam’s Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OCB) in April 2020, marking its first overseas deal since 2001.
Digital innovation key growth factor for bancassurance development

Digital innovation key growth factor for bancassurance development

Generali Vietnam, along with Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank, recently entered into a 15-year strategic and exclusive bancassurance partnership, amid huge market potential and rising demand for financial and insurance products in the country.