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The shareholders’ meetings of HDBank and PGBank were both organized on April 21. All of PGBank’s shareholders agreed on a plan to merge PGBank and HDBank, while 94.3% of shareholders agreed to do so for HDBank. The merger of two banks will start soon, with share conversion in July and the merger wrapped up in August. The schedule was a surprise to the finance community. Just days before, on March 29, when asked about the bank’s M&A plan, CEO of MBBank Luu Trung Thai said MBBank was still considering banks for the plan, including PGBank.  Now, as PGBank has decided to merge with HDBank, MBBank will have to look for another partner. At the 2018 shareholders’ meeting, LienViet Post Bank stated it was considering raising charter capital, restructuring shareholders, completing an M&A, and restructuring credit institutions as requested by the State Bank. Duong Cong Minh, former chair of LienViet Post Bank, is now chair of Sacombank. Nguyen Van Huynh, who … [Read more...] about Commercial banks discuss M&As – again

Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) is planning to change its policy on reserve requirement ratios for credit institutions and foreign banks’ branches for the first time since 2011. The plan has put forward for comment. The SBV will reduce the reserve requirement ratio by half for credit institutions that take part in the central bank’s plans to support the restructuring of ailing credit institutions. The reserve ratio is the portion of reservable liabilities that depository institutions must hold onto, rather than lend out or invest. Currently, the SBV’s reserve requirement ratio applicable to demand and below 12-month term deposits is 3 percent of the total deposits, while the rate for 12-month-plus term deposits is 1 percent. The ratios for foreign currency deposits are 8 percent and 6 percent, respectively. The above rates have remained unchanged since 2011. According to the central bank, the draft policy … [Read more...] about Central bank to change reserve requirement policy

PT Bank Mandiri Tbk of Indonesia  is planning to expand its business to the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam.(Photo: jakartaglobe.id) PT Bank Mandiri Tbk of Indonesia  is planning to expand its business to the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam, its director Darmawan Junaidi told reporters on December 11. Bank Mandiri intends to acquire or merge with banks in the Philippines, he said, adding that there are huge opportunities in the country as not many retail banks operate there. He asserted, the lender will use the Qualified ASEAN Banks arrangement to enter Malaysia and in Vietnam, the lender will open new office focusing in micro financing.  To support the plan, the state-owned bank will optimize its own capital. The expansion is part of the bank’s long-term plan./. VNA … [Read more...] about Indonesia’s Bank Mandiri to expand business to Vietnam

Cash flow has returned to the banking system after Tet (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Liquidity of the banking system has been plentiful again after the Lunar New Year (Tet), helping the central bank net withdraw more than 51.55 trillion VND (2.2 billion USD) in the past week. According to a report from the Saigon Securities Inc (SSI), the good liquidity, which was thanks to the return of cash flow to the banking system after Tet, has helped interest rates of loans in the inter-bank market decrease at all terms to 4.52 percent per year for overnight loans and 4.64 percent for one-week loans. "The peak period when capital demand was rising sharply a few weeks before Tet has passed, and interest rates in the inter-bank market will likely remain stable at 4-4.75 percent per year," SSI forecast. According to the SSI report, deposit interest rates listed at commercial banks are also relatively stable, with a slight rise of 0.1-0.2 percentage points applied at some banks as promotional … [Read more...] about Bank liquidity abundant after Tet

Vietnam’s M&A market is forecast is expected to touch $6.5-$6.9 billion in 2018 (Photo: baodautu.vn) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – Vietnam’s M&A market is forecast to reach 6.5-6.9 billion USD in 2018, which is lower than the 2017’s record of 10.2 billion USD. “We expect the M&A value in 2018 to decline from 2017, as this year may not have as big deal as Sabeco,” said Dang Xuan Minh, AVM Vietnam’s CEO. Vietnam’s merger and acquisition (M&A) market hit over the 10-billion-dollar landmark for the first time last year and is at the turning point to reach a new era of opportunities in the next decade. M&A value continued to rise 55 percent year-on-year to reach 3.55 billion USD in the first six months of this year. “One year ago, even very optimistic forecasts hardly envisaged the M&A boom in 2017 which thrust Vietnam’s M&A value to 10.2 billion USD, a growth of 175 percent over 2016. This is a record number, … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s M&A market declines in 2018