Keyword: "National Payment Corporation of Vietnam"

This marked the first collaboration of its kind between a domestic switching network and an international card scheme in the Vietnamese market.

The National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) in coordination with the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) launched NAPAS 247 Quick Transfer and NAPAS 247 Quick Transfer via VietQR Code on the bank’s mobile banking app (VBSP Smartbanking) on July 31.

The number of non-cash payment transactions through the National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) nearly doubled in 2022 compared to the previous year.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has directed credit institutions to reduce some transaction fees from August 1 this year to support customers amid the outbreak of the latest COVID-19 pandemic.

The National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (Napas) last week said it will work with seven banks to introduce domestic credit chip cards with unified standards to limit cash payments and tackle black credit.

The COVID-19 pandemic has speeded up the banking sector’s awareness of digitisation by three to five years and forced lenders to accelerate the process to survive and grow.

“Vietnam Card Day 2020”, the first of its kind, was officially launched on in Hanoi on October 29 with an aim to promote non-cash payments in the country.

Thirty-seven commercial banks have confirmed the reduction of fees for fast interbank fund transfers following the move of the National Payment Corporation of Viet Nam (NAPAS) to halve the switching fees for local banks from March 25.

The fees for fast interbank fund transfers will be cut for the second time this year to promote cashless payments amid the rapid spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, the National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) announced on March 16.

The banking sector will ensure adequate capital to keep the economy going, according to an official from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which is taking heavy toll on the economy.

Credit institutions have so far supported more than 44,000 clients affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, and assistance will continue in the time ahead, heard a meeting between the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and those organisations in Hanoi on March 2.

Seventeen out of 45 commercial banks slashed the fees for interbank transfers of small sums worth less than 500,000 VND (21.5 USD) following the move of the National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) to cut switching fees with an aim to promote cashless payments.

Vietnam's interbank e-payment system handled 37 million transactions worth nearly 21 quadrillion VND (898.4 billion USD) in the first quarter of the year, up 23 percent and 17.8 percent respectively compared to 2018, according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

The National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) has announced a fee reduction for its local switching system services with an aim to encourage banks replacing their current magnetic strip ATM cards with chip cards ahead of schedule.

Vietnam’s first domestic chip cards will be launched in the first quarter of 2019 to enhance safety and service quality of the country’s bank card operations, according to the National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS).

Vietnam Airlines has announced that it will start to allow customers to buy tickets using QR code through the National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) and VNPay.

The National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) recently completed the building of a standard set for domestic cards, according to State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

The Vietnam Online Business Forum (VOBF) 2018, the second of its kind, opened in Hanoi on March 14 to the welcome of investors following the 2017 success.

Domestic ATM card holders of 41 National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) member banks can pay by card at the Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex)’s petrol stations nationwide from August 1.