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Vietnam's OCB guns for $1b market cap in Vietnam IPO
Vietnam's OCB guns for $1b market cap in Vietnam IPO
The bank intends to sell $35m of shares via private placement in Q3.
Vietnamese banks gun for greater market share of consumer finance pie
The local market is expected to be worth $44b by 2020.
Vietnam's loan growth beats new year slump after rising 5% from January to April
The government is doubling down on the country’s bad debt.
VPBank unveils digital credit card
It aims to provide users with digital alternative to the delayed delivery of physical cards.
Can the VAMC single-handedly halt Vietnam's bad loan woes?
It has already bought $9.4b in NPLs from various banks.
Can Vietnam halt the exponential growth of its bad debt?
VAMC was able to resolve 27.9% of NPLs it purchased in 2017.
VietinBank to launch digital business matchmaking platform
It aims to provide companies with connections to expand into new markets.
Vietcombank automates trade finance processes
It has partnered with fintech firm Finastra to digitise its operations.
Chart of the week: Check out how Vietnam banks' profitability improved in 2017
Stable economic conditions and a robust core income segment buoyed earnings.
Vietnam banks' average asset return rose to 0.9% in 2017
The healthy figures are partially due to strong core income segment.
Vietnam banks to benefit from resolving legacy problem assets progress
The disposal of problem assets improves banks' asset quality.
VietinBank migrates all debit card transactions
This is to improve issuance for international and domestic debit and credit cards.
4 factors that will drive the deterioration of Vietnamese banks' capitalisation
Credit growth and provisioning costs will erode capitalisation.
Vietnamese banks' problem loan ratio to improve to 6% in 2018
It already declined to 6.5% in June this year.
Vietnamese banks' asset quality expected to improve with new collateral repossession rules
Banks can now speedily repossess collateral for a nonperforming loan.
Everything you need to know about Vietnamese banks' improving asset quality
Impaired loans decreased from 12.7% to 8.4% of total loans in 2016.
Fintech startup Scale360 deploys teller-less branches in Vietnam
TPBank launched 12 digital branches in 1Q17.
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