ACB bank set to invest more in digital banking, corporate lending

ACB bank set to invest more in digital banking, corporate lending

Vietnam’s Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (ACB) is planning to focus more on major corporate clients and digital banking, its CEO Tu Tien Phat said on Thursday.

Banking - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

Cultural due diligence critical to nurturing foreign bank 'marriages'

Cultural due diligence critical to nurturing foreign bank 'marriages'

A number of foreign banks "married" Vietnamese banks with strategic ownership stakes about two decades ago, but many of these partnerships ended in "divorce". The Investor talks with Andreas Stoffers, country director of Friedrich Naumann Foundation Vietnam and former member of Deutsche Bank Vietnam's management board, about tips to nurtue relations.

Opinion - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

UOB to acquire Citi Vietnam retail banking business next year

UOB to acquire Citi Vietnam retail banking business next year

Singapore's United Overseas Bank (UOB) said Tuesday it expects to complete the acquisition of Citigroup's consumer banking business in Vietnam and Indonesia next year.

Banking - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7

Vietnam retail banking at crossroads

Vietnam retail banking at crossroads

When I was in Vietnam in 2009 as a member of the management board of Deutsche Bank Vietnam, responsible for opening up the market, retail banking was still in its infancy.

Opinion - Mon, Dec 22, 2021 | 11:30 am GMT+7