Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on March 25 for Alfred Kelly, CEO of Visa – the global payment technology company that looks to enable consumers, businesses, banks, and governments in using digital currency.
Bamboo Airways, the fifth airline in Vietnam, will operate its first flight on January 16, according to the carrier.
Bamboo Airways, the fifth airline in Vietnam, will start selling tickets from 12pm on January 12, its Vice President, Duong Thi Mai Hoa, told press on January 10.
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 is likely to become Southeast Asia’s fintech (financial technology) hub, according to an article posted on theaseampost.com.
An automatic insurance application utilizing Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain technologies made its debut for the first time in Vietnam at a press conference in HCM City on October 30.
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 Government should create an ecosystem and suitable environment for new products and services as well as pioneer their use to promote the development of contactless payment methods. This could be a foundation for building e-government in Vietnam.
Blockchain could play an important role in building the digital economy and improving the efficiency of some fields that Vietnam is still weak such as logistics services and product origin trace.
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).
Recent surges in transactions and withdrawal fees at a number of commercial banks went against the State Bank of Vietnam’s (SBV) initial policy roadmap for a seamlessly cashless society.
The Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) has officially announced a crackdown on “using the internet to appropriate assets, organise gambling, gamble, illegally trade invoices and launder money in Phu Tho province and some other provinces and cities.”
The world’s leading e-commerce player, Amazon, is scoping out the Vietnamese market, hoping to benefit local consumers and enterprises.
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.
Total transaction value paid via the system of the National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) reached 320 trillion VND (14.1 billion USD) in 2016, nearly doubling from 2015.
FPT Corporation has been selected as the main investor of Myanmar’s national financial switching system.
The State Bank of Vietnam has instructed banks to quickly carry out a plan to convert all magnetic cards into chip cards to prevent fraud.
