Only a few foreign banks in Việt Nam maintained profit growth last year, while the majority of them recorded a decline due to falling core income and rising costs.
The agreement is seen as a pioneering move by a leading Vietnamese financial institution to approach digital assets in a structured and controlled way, aligned with regulatory orientations.
In the context of lingering uncertainties in the financial market, credit in HCM City continued to expand in the first quarter of 2026, with total outstanding loans surpassing VNĐ5.28 quadrillion (US$211 billion).
Agentic commerce is rapidly gaining momentum globally, projected to contribute up to US$3 trillion to $5 trillion in orchestrated revenue of the global retail market.
The SBV has set a credit growth of 15 per cent for 2026, with adjustments depending on actual situation, ensuring inflation control, macroeconomic stability, support for economic growth, and the safety of the credit institution system.
HDBank and the London Stock Exchange signed a strategic agreement for establishing a long-term framework to support Vietnamese enterprises in accessing global capital markets.
Standard Chartered Bank has been awarded Best Retail Bank Vietnam for 2026 at the 17th Annual Retail Banker International (RBI) Asia Trailblazer Awards, marking the fifth consecutive year the bank has received this recognition.
Last week, the average overnight interest rate decreased from 8.58 per cent per year at the beginning of the week to 5.79 per cent at the end of the week.
Results show that 68.8 per cent of businesses reported their operations in the first quarter were either better or unchanged compared with the fourth quarter of 2025.
Commercial banks have committed to lower deposit and lending rates to support economic growth and manage inflation risks at the meeting with Governor of the State Bank of Việt Nam Phạm Đức Ấn on April 9.
Many banks are repurchasing bonds with maturities of two to three years while simultaneously issuing new bonds with longer maturities of five to 10 years.
While boosting efficiency in the banking sector, the application of artificial intelligence (AI) also changes the nature of cyber risks and poses great challenges to cybersecurity in Việt Nam.
An Bình Commercial Joint Stock Bank (ABBank, ticker: ABB) has announced its audited financial statements for 2025, reporting profit growth of up to 352.4 per cent compared to 2024 and its lowest non-performing loan (NPL) ratio in years.
