There were some 11 million active bank cards in HCM City until the end of June, up 3 per cent from December last year, according to a report from the State Bank of Viet Nam’s HCM City branch.
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has advised its urban and provincial
branches and payment service providers nationwide to enhance the
inspection and monitoring process for card payments.
Vietnamese consumers were using 76.13 million bank cards as of October,
up 15 per cent against December last year, according to statistics from
the State Bank of Viet Nam.
The Viet Nam Bank Card Association''s report says that 68.55 million bank
cards were in use in the Vietnamese market at the end of the first
quarter of 2014.
Banks issued nearly 12 million bank cards last year, raising the total number of cards issued in the country to 66.2 million. This was an increase of 22 per cent over 2012, according to the latest data from the State...
Vietinbank launched a new service on Monday enabling customers to withdraw money from automated teller machines (ATMs) with registered codes instead of bank cards.
The number of bank cards in circulation nationwide reached 62.93 million at the end of the third quarter, rising 4.62 per cent from the previous period.