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Interest rate cut expected to stimulate demand for home loans
According to a report by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), people’s demand for home loans and home repairs decreased by 1.12 per cent in the first half of this year, while the loans increased by up to 31 per cent last year.
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Vietnamese banks prove attractive to foreign investors
A number of Vietnamese banks are grabbing interest of foreign investors who are major banks or financial groups.
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Banks lower deposit interest rates
Banks have lowered deposit rates by 0.4-1.1 percentage points, but the rates have remained relatively high across the board.
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Insiders call for revision to draft on e-transactions
Lawmakers are gathering comments on a draft amending the Law on E-Transactions, and insiders comment that the draft needs revisions to be more practical.
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Effective delivery of preferential loans needed for firms
A clear mechanism is essential to ensuring a preferential credit package will benefit pandemic-hit firms and contribute to economic recovery.
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Banks still perform well amid pandemic-caused difficulties
Banks’ pre-tax profits this year will remain relatively positive but are yet to be sustainable as banks haven’t set up contingency reserves for restructured debts.
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Detailed policies needed to help firms get loans
Many businesses suggested more detailed policies should be issued to help them access bank loans as there remain difficulties in lending.
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Pandemic spurs digital banking transformation, helps create new services
he pandemic has forced the banking sector to speed up digitalisation and contactless banking, said Nguyễn Quốc Hùng, general secretary of the Vietnam Banks Association during an online conference on the digitalisation of banking and finance in Việt Nam on Thursday.
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Banks again urge telecoms operators to cut SMS fees
Telecoms operators still have not cut charges for SMS services in banking, even though the banks have proposed reductions several times
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Vietnam Banks Association urges Visa, Mastercard to reduce fees
The Vietnam Banks Association (VNBA) has urged international card organisations Visa and Mastercard to reduce several types of fees on Vietnamese banks as the fourth wave of COVI-19 pandemic in Vietnam has seriously affected the lives and production of people and businesses.
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Airline industry at breaking point as virus strikes again
Vietnam’s airline industry is facing its worst crisis yet amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an online conference on financial solutions to keep the industry afloat heard on August 2.
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SBV to consider revising credit growth targets for banks
From now until the end of the year, the State Bank of Vietnam will review and consider revising credit growth targets for credit institutions and priority is expected to be given to those that reduce loan interest rates.
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SBV demands interest rate reduction this month
Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Dao Minh Tu has asked the Vietnam Banks Association (VNBA) to campaign lenders to slash interest rates immediately this month.
