The National Payment Corporation of Việt Nam (NAPAS) and Discover Financial Services, Inc. (DFS), an American financial services company, signed an agreement on a card switching system on Wednesday in Hà Nội.

The Vietnam International Bank (VIB) has issued certificates of deposit (CD) in Vietnamese đồng with attractive interest rates up to 8.7 per cent per year.

The bank’s new strategic partners invested a total of more than VNĐ6.8 trillion (US$300 million) into the separate issuance of 14.26 million shares, equivalent to 20 per cent of the bank’s total share ownership.

Mobile Banking overtook other digital channels to become the preferred channel used by Citi’s Asia Pacific and Việt Nam clients in 2017.

Amadeus, a provider of advanced technology solutions for the global travel industry, said its latest research found that 71 per cent of Vietnamese travellers are open to sharing their data with travel providers for a more personalised experience.

 Eleven out of Electricity of Việt Nam’s 16 subsidiary companies in HCM City have stopped collecting power bills from consumers’ homes and are instead moving online.

BIM Group on Saturday will officially introduce Regent Residences Phu Quoc – the first six-star resort on the island – at a ceremony in HCM City.

The 9th Information and Communications Technology Awards were given away on December 20 by the HCM City Department of Information and Communications.

Đỗ Quang Hiển, chairman of Sài Gòn-Hà Nội Bank (SHB)’s management board, is the only entrepreneur from the financial and banking sector to be honoured at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards – APEA 2017.