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Vietcombank automates trade finance processes
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.
Vietnamese banks still troubled by low capital buffers
But it won't negatively impact financial stability over the near term.
Vietnamese banks still heavily burdened by delinquent loans
The VAMC has only managed to recoup 20% of the total outstanding bad debt.
Here's why consolidation is key for Vietnam's banking sector
None of its 31 banks have more than US450b in assets individually.
Vietnam banks to face capital shortfalls over the next 12-18 months
Banks' total capital gap was estimated to be US$9.5b in 2016.
UOB gets preliminary approval to establish subsidiary bank in Vietnam
UOB will be the first Singapore bank to be granted a foreign-owned subsidiary bank licence.
Vietnamese banks plagued by problem assets
The 2.6% NPL ratio reported in December was a grave understatement.
Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development updates EMV network
Agribank now has improved security and fraud protection for its card services.
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