SHB receives two awards by UK magazine

Monday, June 16, 2014 10:23

The Saigon-Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Company (SHB) has been named asthe “Fastest Growing Trade Finance Bank” and “Most Innovative TradeFinance Bank” by the UK-based Global Banking and Finance Reviewmagazine.

SHB is the only commercial bank in Vietnam to have won these two awards so far.

From 2009, the bank has continuously recorded an annual growth ratein international payment and finance trade at over 50 percent. In 2013,the number of its customers doubled compared to 2012, while the numberof transactions reached nearly 40,000.

Besides,the bank also provides corporate customers with dynamic solutionpackages, suitable with business operations of each company.

Global Banking and Finance Review is a UK-based online news portal,formed and developed from the growing demand for independent reports onglobal banking and financial activities. Readers include decision-makersin the Fortune 500 companies, major financial institutions and centralbanks of 190 countries. In addition to providing information andconsulting services, every year the magazine applies a comprehensive setof selection criteria to honour outstanding achievements of financialinstitutions in different sectors: banking, insurance, fund management,securities brokerage and investment.-VNA

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SHB receives two awards by UK magazine

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