Cyber attacks increase during Lunar New Year

Friday, Feb 05, 2021

Taking advantage of the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, when demand for online transactions, payments, gifts and to send lucky money increases, many hacker groups are stepping up their fraudulent activities aimed at users of banking services and e-wallets.

Banks starts to adopt advanced authentication method to enhance security

Tuesday, Jul 02, 2019

A number of banks are introducing smart technology to tighten security and make customer transactions safer.

Sharp rise in Visa transactions

Thursday, Nov 27, 2014

Visa''s online transactions increased by 52 per cent year-on-year in the nine-month period between September 2013 and June this year, with online shoppers using their Visa debit cards more than ever to make purchases, said a company official.

SBV tightens rules for foreign currency transactions

Friday, Nov 14, 2014

Financial institutions have to report international online transactions worth more than US$1,000, or the equivalent in other currencies, to the State Bank of Viet Nam''s (SBV) anti-money laundering department.

SSL 3.0 flaw puts online transactions at risk

Wednesday, Oct 22, 2014

More than 68 per cent of the online transactions in Viet Nam are vulnerable because of a newly detected security hole in the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol version 3.0.

Cash still trumps online payment

Friday, Oct 17, 2014

Electronic payments for online transactions remained modest compared with cash-on-delivery payments, according to a recent report of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on e-commerce in Viet Nam.

Vietcombank, VinE-com and Smartlink ink joint services pact

Tuesday, Sep 23, 2014

One of Viet Nam''s largest commercial banks has joined forces with an e-commerce retail company and a digital linkage service provider in enabling customers to make online payments.

SHS launches online transactions via mobile phones

Friday, Oct 18, 2013

The Saigon - Hanoi Securities Joint Stock Company (SHS) this week introduced the SHMobile system, which enables customers to do online transactions via their mobile phones.