AsemconnectVietnam - Within the framework of the "Bank of the Year 2022" award announcement ceremony held by The Banker Magazine (United Kingdom), Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank, stock code SSB) ) is proud to be honored as "Best Bank in Vietnam 2022" (Best Bank in Vietnam 2022).

SeABank is the only representative of Vietnam and also one of 22 typical banks of the Asia-Pacific region honored at this year's awards.
The Banker is the world's leading financial magazine, founded in 1926 by The Financial Times (United Kingdom), recognized as the magazine that attracts the most readers in the banking sector. The "Bank of the Year" award system is organized annually by The Banker to honor a single typical bank of countries and regions around the world.
In 2022, SeABank is honored to be the only Vietnamese bank for the third time and one of 22 typical banks in the Asia-Pacific region to be honored in the "Bank of the Year" award system for its outstanding achievements and successful in international integration and promoting comprehensive digitization. Together with SeABank, The Banker has honored many prestigious banks in the Asia-Pacific region, such as Agricultural Bank of China (China), Standard Chartered (Hong Kong, Bangladesh), OCBC NISP (Indonesia) ), ICBC (Macau), SBS Bank (New Zealand), Hana Bank (Korea), Siam Commercial Bank (Thailand)…
Over the past time, SeABank has continuously implemented and applied international standards in banking activities, typically applying Basel III risk management standards, applying International Financial Reporting Standards. IFRS) and is rated Ba3 by Moody's for many categories. At the same time, SeABank also successfully expanded opportunities for international cooperation and investment, and attracted many investments and credit packages with a total value of nearly USD600 million from the United States International Development Finance Corporation (US International Development Finance Corporation). DFC), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and investment funds to improve financial capacity and increase capital to support SMEs, especially women-owned enterprises. Thereby, the bank can improve its potential and resilience to changes in the macro economy, bringing trust and sustainable values to customers and partners.
The strategy of "Digital convergence" being promoted by SeABank has also brought many efficiency and competitive advantages to the bank. Specifically, SeABank has focused on digitizing products and services as well as digitizing business processes, aiming to automate and simplify the working process for employees through software such as: Electronic office system SeAOffice, automatic transaction system at SeATeller counters, FPT.AI virtual assistant automatically reminding debt and renewing passbook, deploying SeAMobile digital banking application for individual customers and SeAMobile Biz for corporate customers …
Besides, SeABank also strongly applied artificial intelligence (AI), Big Data, Google Cloud cloud computing technology, machine learning (ML) to build business-responsive applications. Thereby helping the Bank optimize costs and operating time, improve customer experience, and create speed and convenience for all employees and customers.
These positive results have helped SeABank to be the only representative of Vietnam to be honored as the Best Bank in Vietnam 2022 (Best Bank in Vietnam 2022) at the "Bank of the Year 2022" Awards Ceremony. . The award recognizes SeABank's efforts to develop and grow comprehensively in terms of international integration, business results, and investment in applying advanced technology. Previously, in 2013 and 2021, SeABank was also honored with the "Bank of the Year" award by The Banker. In August 2022, SeABank was also voted by this organization to be in the Top 1000 World Banks (Top 1000 World Banks).
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Source: VITIC/Tinnhanhchungkhoan