On April 17th, 2019, at the headquarters of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), Deputy Governor Nguyen Thi Hong had a meeting with Mr. Boris Joseph - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director of BPCE International et Outre-mer SA (BPCE IOM). Also attending the meeting were Mr. Sylvain Faure - General Manager & Director of the Development Division of BPCE IOM, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Ut - Chief of BPCE IOM Hanoi Representative Office. From the SBV, there were leaders of the International Cooperation Department and the Banking Supervision Agency.
At the meeting, SBV Deputy Governor Nguyen Thi Hong congratulated Mr. Boris Joseph on his appointment as CEO of BPCE IOM, at the same time she wished that in this new position, Mr. Boris Joseph would achieve many successes with BPCE IOM as well as the subsidiary banks, including BPCE Ho Chi Minh City Branch in Vietnam.
There are currently 3 branches and 2 representative offices of French credit institutions operating in Vietnam. With the capital increase in 2018 and the gradual improvement of the operations between late 2018 and early 2019, the SBV Deputy Governor hoped that BPCE would continue to improve and develop its operations in Vietnam.
The Deputy Governor stressed that the SBV always welcomes and create favorable conditions for the operations of BPCE IOM as well as other foreign banks in Vietnam.
Overview of the meeting
In his thanks to Deputy Governor Nguyen Thi Hong for taking the time to meet the Delegation, Mr. Boris Joseph also expressed his pleasure with the long-term and sustainable relations between Vietnam and France in general and between BPCE IOM and the SBV in particular.
The CEO of BPCE IOM then reported to the SBV Deputy Governor about the Bank's operational strategy, including its operations in Vietnam. According to Mr. Boris Joseph, the world is entering a digital era, and thus BPCE IOM also aims toward becoming a digital bank. Therefore, the vision of BPCE Group in general and BPCE IOM in particular will also be changing and, and the Bank’s system around the world will be restructured in the coming time.
The CEO of BPCE IOM also expressed his gratitude for the attention and support of the Government of Vietnam as well as the SBV for the development of BPCE IOM over the past time. At the same time, he expressed his desire to expand the Bank’s investment operations and strengthen the cooperation with the credit institutions in Vietnam in the future.
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