The Deputy Governor Nguyen Kim Anh of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) had a meeting with the Delegation of Joint venture of KEB Hana Card (Hana Financial Corporation – Korea) and Alliex Company (Japan) on October 21, 2016 at the SBV headquarter.
The meeting was attended by Heads of Payment Department, International Cooperation Department and National Payment Corporation of Vietnam with Representatives of Alliex Company and KEB Hana Card.
Mr. Ryutaro Nishiura, Chairman of Alliex expressed his gratitude to SBV Deputy Governor Nguyen Kim Anh for welcoming the Delegation, and provided information on payment and card management in Vietnam as well as he briefed SBV Deputy Governor the cooperation between this Joint Venture and the National Payment Corporation of Vietnam.
Mr Yongin Cho, Deputy Head of international sales Alliex said Joint venture of KEB Hana Card and Alliex is one of featured groups integrated payment services in Asia. He presented an analysis on the needs of the Vietnam market for non-cash payment, while proposing the content of cooperation and sharing experiences in the payment technology. Then, in the Q&A session, representatives of the Delegation introduced markets and infrastructure of payment technique in Korea and Japan, providing more information on technology trends in modern payment.
At the meeting, Deputy Governor Nguyen Kim Anh highly appreciated the initial research of Joint venture of Alliex Company and KEB Hana Card on payment and POS infrastructure in Vietnam. The Deputy Governor stated the importance of payment system in Vietnam economy is one of three most essential mandates of the SBV, including monetary policy operation and banking inspection and supervision. In the coming time, banking sector will concentrate more on formulating legal policy and accelerating infrastructure for payment system and encouraging the development of e-payment.
SBV Deputy Governor Nguyen Kim Anh affirmed the SBV requirement to boost non-cash payment and services such as: internet banking, phone banking and digital wallet… with overall solutions for efficient development and management of the ATM and POS networks.
Nguyễn Giang