The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) this week issued a dispatch, noting that domestic automated teller machine (ATM) cards with magnetic strips will remain valid for normal use after December 31, 2021.
The National Payment Corporation of Việt Nam (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.
Under a new regulation, commercial banks will have to switch 30 per cent of their current magnetic strip ATM cards – more than 25 million in total – to chip cards by the end of this year to enhance safety and...
Tien Phong Joint Stock Commercial Bank (TPBank) has d a new function of issuing ATM cards to customers through LiveBank - the first auto banking system in Viet Nam.
ATM card holders in Viet Nam had VND89.8 trillion (US$4.08 billion) in
42.7 million current accounts at the end of June, according to the
latest data from the State Bank of Viet Nam. The savings earn 1.2 per
cent in interest per year.
Anyone who makes a money transfer via Vietcombank''s local debit card now
has to pay a VND5,000 (23 US cent) fee per transaction, an increase of
67 per cent against last month.