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Citibank Vietnam is now a member of the Vietnam Bank Card ATM network.

Standing Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung announced that Vietnam will work closely with Laos to promote the training of Lao lecturers, undergraduates and postgraduates in finance and banking in Vietnam.

Sacombank will apply the demand deposit rates for the individuals and institutions that have opened the non-term payment accounts in dong at Sacombank.

BC Card will file a complaint against Visa with the Fair Trade Commission over its unfair transaction activities by end-June.

The Pacific Financial Inclusion Program announced that representatives from some Pacific countries will join a delegation to attend the Boulder Institute of Microfinance training in Turin.

China UnionPay signed a framework agreement with Huaxia Bank to cooperate in the field of cell-phone payment.

HSBC Bank launched its high-interest online savings account to help their personal financial customers earn bigger returns on their savings.

A statement by the Nigerian lender said it is in negotiations with potential investors including ICICI.

HKMA wishes to alert members of the public in Hong Kong to an e-mail purporting to be sent from Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong Limited.

Bao Viet Bank has launched the three new e-bank services namely EZ-Saving, EZ-Topup and EZ-Billing. In details, EZ-Saving is the electrical saving service that allows the customers to make deposit via Internet. Using EZ-TopUp services allows the customers to make pre-paid mobile charges for all the Vietnamese mobile network providers and pay post-paid bills for subscribers of Viettel and MobiFone. The customers who use post-paid services for mobile phone, home phone and ADSL offered by Viettel and Sfone may pay the monthly bill easily via EZ-Billing that has been provided by Bao Viet Bank.  

Krung Thai Bank introduced a special campaign to debtors under the government’s debt refinancing scheme for credit cards making a payment punctually.

Bangkok Bank and Ramathibodi Hospital will join forces to offer the “Rama Smart Card” to Ramathibodi Hospital staff and patients.

Bangkok Bank and Kasikornbank Senior signed a contract for the banks to provide financial support of Baht 7.9 billion for Amata B.Grimm Power to build power plants.

The State Bank of Vietnam  on June 8 issued a Document No 4430/NHNN-TTGSNH allowing the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam to increase chartered capital by 508.4 billion dong.

Funds from overseas can be received through a new credit card jointly launched by Visa International and Union Bank of the Philippines.

A former top financial regulator was questioned for his alleged involvement in Korea's savings bank scandal.