Banking & Finance

Alliex plans to invest over US$700 million in the next five years to install 600,000 devices for payment via cards in Vietnam’s market.

This modest growth was mainly on the back of the 3.2% expansion of the government bond market to US$48.0 billion, due to issuance of treasury bonds and central bank bills.

The State Bank of Vietnam, the country’s central bank, would continue to closely monitoring the macro-economic conditions and managing the monetary policy in a flexible manner, aiming to support economic growth.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) may consider another rate cut from now on until the end of the year to have a substantial impact on the financial market and support economic growth.

Before taking the helm at HSBC Vietnam, Tim Evans served as HSBC’s Regional Head of Commercial Banking, International Markets in Asia-Pacific, covering Bangladesh, Mauritius, New Zealand, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam

Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung attributed the low disbursement rate to delay in assigning mid-term public investment plan, insufficient fund allocation, slow adjustment of investment plan, cumbersome procedures, or delay in completing disbursement procedures.

A 0.25% reduction is subject to refinancing interest rate, re-discount interest rate, interest rate applicable to overnight loans, and interest via open market operation (OMO), starting effective since September 16.

Three main sources of Vietnam’s foreign currency include the disbursement of the FDI, trade surplus and M&A activities.

As of August, state budget revenue stood at VND997.6 trillion (US$43 billion), equivalent to 70.7% of the estimate and up 12.4% year-on-year.

The scheduled time of the issuance is the fourth quarter of 2019 and in 2020, depending on the market situation and the needs of SHB, while the bonds are set to be listed on Singapore Stock Exchange.

Experts attributed the success in the fight against the dollarization in the economy to the central bank’s effective policies, including the zero percent dollar deposit interest rate and the foreign exchange stability.

Banks must maintain an appropriate deposit rates that would not cause instability and affect the average interest rate in the market, requested the Vietnamese central bank.

This is the first corporate governance code developed and released specifically for the Vietnamese market, in compliance with current legislation.

In the first six months of 2019, total corporate bond issuance reached VND116 trillion (US$5 billion), up 7.4% year-on-year, including VND36.7 trillion (US$1.58 billion) from commercial banks, and VND22.12 trillion (US$953.53 million) from realty firms, among others.

M&A in banking sector is forecast to be exciting in the near future as many banks are accelerating to restructure and raise capital to meet Basel II standards’ deadline by 2020 set by the central bank, experts said.

Hanoi is an important gateway for businesses to tap opportunities in Vietnam’s fast-growing cities in the north.

Contrary to the strong fluctuation of deposits from economic organizations, individual deposits increased steadily in the January – June period.

The State Bank of Vietnam is drafting up regulations to cap foreign ownership at the maximum of 30% of 49% at fintech payment companies, including both direct and indirect ownership.

The stable outlook for Vietnam`s banking system reflects the country`s robust economic performance, which will support asset quality and profitability.

Vietnam is making efforts to tighten control over Chinese goods seeking to be designated Vietnamese-made items.