It also gained approval to list morethan 1.2 billion shares (Stock code: SSB) on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE).
The bank plans to officially list the more than 1.2 billion shares, equivalentto 12.088 trillion VND of the charter capital, in the first quarter.
The increase to charter capital isin line with SeABank’s development plan adopted at the 2020 General Shareholders’Meeting and aims to turn it into Vietnam’s most popular retail bank, facilitatingoperational expansion and promoting investment in technology application and thediversification of products and services.
The listing on HoSE is an important milestone for SeABank, contributing to affirmingits position and improving its brand value for investors and partners.
It reported revenue of 1.131 trillion VND in the first three quarters of 2020, ayear-on-year increase of 65.6 percent. The bank’s total assets rose by 6.37 percentto 167.426 trillion VND.
SeABank is the fifth bank in Vietnam to complete all three pillars of the Basel II standards- a set of recommendations on banking laws and regulations issued by theBasel Committee on Banking Supervision, before thedeadline. It was also rated B1 (long-term stable) for 2020 by Moody’s./.