There is still ample room for domestic credit card (DCC) growth since the number of DCC holders is relatively low in Vietnam, according to experts at a recent seminar on DCCs.
The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) will cut down its lending interest rate for short-term loans in VND for prioritised sectors by 0.5 percent to 6 percent per year from January 15.
Total outstanding loans by commercial banks in HCM City in 2017 rose 18.5 percent from 2016 to more than 1.74 quadrillion VND (76.73 billion USD), according to the State Bank of Vietnam’s HCM City branch.
Business performance at commercial banks is forecast to continue its upwards trend this quarter after making some improvements in the first half of the year, a State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) survey said.