Under the Law on Credit Institutions, which took effect from last month, over the next five years, the credit limit will be decreased by one per cent every year for a customer.
According to the Law, which took effect from July 1 this year, institutional shareholders will need to lower the percentage of shares they hold in a credit institutions from 15 per cent to 10 per cent
Due to confusion, some banks have temporarily suspended the sale of insurance products, causing their revenue to decline sharply since the law took effect.
A new regulation on reducing the bank credit limit for large customers under the amended Law on Credit Institutions, will adversely affect both banks and large enterprises, experts said.
The law, which will take effect from July 1 this year, allows financial leasing companies to establish subsidiaries to handle and exploit bad debt assets. It also states that small financial leasing deals with value under VNĐ100 million do not...
Syndicated loans with the participation of more than one bank in managing and evaluating projects also help increase the transparency and efficiency of projects.
Under the amended Law on Credit Institutions, effective from July 1, 2024, commercial banks in Việt Nam are required to reduce the ownership ratios of organisations, shareholders, and related parties.
Under the amended Law on Credit Institutions recently passed by the National Assembly, credit institutions do not have the right to repossess collateral.
After the adoption of the amendments, the law consisted of 15 chapters and 210 articles. It is anticipated that the law will come into effect on January 1, 2025.
The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) is collecting comments on its draft revised Law on Credit Institutions to better ensure the safety of the banking system.
The SBV expected the amendment of the Law on Credit Institutions will prevent cross-ownership and governance abuse of major shareholders to manipulate the operations of credit institutions.
The Government has directed the State Bank of Viet Nam to add non-performing loan settlement regulations under Resolution No.42/2017/QH14 into the revised Law on Credit Institutions.
Weak credit institutions in the process of restructuring and dealing with bad debts will be put under special control in accordance with the Law on Credit Institutions, according to a decree being drafted by the Ministry of Finance.
Cross-ownership in banks has decreased sharply after the banks recently changed their top leaders at the 2018 annual general meetings of shareholders (AGMs) to meet the central bank’s new regulation.