In August alone, the amount of new deposits was nearly VNĐ86.48 trillion, meaning that nearly VNĐ2.9 trillion was deposited at banks every day on average.
Individual customers'' banking deposits hit a record high of more than VNĐ6.83 quadrillion as of the end of July 2024, newly released data from the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) shows.
In spite of low interest rates, figures from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) released this week show deposits of individual customers increased by more than VNĐ39.7 trillion in April, to reach more than VNĐ6.7 quadrillion.
Data from Q1 2024 financial statements of 27 commercial banks showed total deposits of the entire banking industry only increased slightly by 0.7 per cent compared to the end of 2023, in the context that deposit interest rates continuously decreased...
Data from the General Statistics Office also shows that bank deposits as of March 25 this year decreased by 0.76 per cent compared to the beginning of the year, while it increased by nearly 1.2 per cent at the same...
While some commercial banks continue lowering deposit interest rates, others are increasing the rates, particularly for term deposits of 12 months or longer.
Savings interest rates at commercial banks continue to slide with rates for 12-month certificate of deposits at major banks plummeting to below 5.5 per cent per year, which is lower than during the pandemic period.
According to industry insiders, demand deposits, or current account savings account (CASA), of many banks has started to decline since the second quarter of 2022.
A project titled "Reach to Excel: Promoting Financial Inclusion for Ethnic Minority Women" has supported the development of more than 500 self-managed village credit savings groups (VSLA) with more than 11,000 women participating in savings mobilisation and small-scale lending.