SeABank – the unique bank to win ASEAN-ABA 2010

Over the past years, SeABank has ceaselessly innovated itself and grown up to bring customers the best products and services and is always regarded as one of the banks with the fastest and most stable growth drive. Aiming at becoming a model retail bank in Vietnam, SeABank has conducted steps of comprehensive transformation ranging from business orientation to a new face and styles to link customers with best life’s values.

Ms Le Thu Thuy - standing member of SeABank' BOD received award

 

On the basis of T24 Temenos modern core banking, together with state-of-the-art technology of Cisco and Oracle, SeABank unceasingly develops and introduces appropriate products and services in compliance with financial demands and capabilities of all customer segments. SeABank’s products and services are always highly received and appreciated by customers and have been voted for a variety of precious awards such as “Trust and Use 2009”, “Best Service 2010”, and a variety of other awards by the Government, governmental and ministerial agencies, especially the Certificate of Merits for “excellent performance and achievements between 2004-2008, contributing to socialism building and national defense” by the Prime Minister.

Currently, SeABank has approximately 1400 employees and a network of more than 100 outlets in big cities and key economic centers nationwide. All the outlets of SeABank comply with the new benchmark as per international retail bank standards, bringing customers comfort and friendliness while banking.

Ms. Nguyễn Thị Hương Giang – Deputy General Director of SeABank said that : “SeABank is very privileged and proud to be the only bank to win ASEAN-ABA 2010, which once again affirms the acknowledgement of the society as well as of ASEAN countries for the reputation, brand, quality of products and services and especially unceasingly efforts for innovation and development to bring customers the best life’s values, targeting to become a model retail bank in Vietnam.

We highly appreciate the meaning and transparency of ASEAN-ABA, which may facilitate the branding of ASEAN enterprises, enhance the global competition and shall become the model of success of enterprises in the region”.

Most Admired ASEAN Enterprises (ASEAN-ABA) is an annual award launched in 2007 in the 40th Anniversary of ASEAN to honor outstanding and successful ASEAN enterprises that have contributed to ASEAN’s economic growth and pros    perity. A number of Vietnamese enterprises have applied for and been honored with this award.

In 2010, ASEAN–ABA was chaired by Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) as the Chairman of ASEAN BAC between 2009 -2010. The award’s strategic partner is a global leading audit firm named KPMG, who helps to implement the ABA framework and shortlist eligible companies for interviews. The final selection process shall be made by an independent judging panel consisting of top business leaders, economists and academics from ASEAN business community. ASEAN-ABA 2010 attracted 65 enterprises with 110 nomination forms applying for categories of: Innovation, Growth, Employment and Corporate Social Responsibility. After the fair selection process by the judging panel, 23finalists were selected and 8 ASEAN-ABA 2010 winners were announced, including 2 Vietnam’s enterprises.

Southeast Asia Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SeABank), established in 1994, is one of the earliest joint stock commercial banks and among Top10 largest banks in Vietnam with nearly 100 outlets and more than 1.400 employees nationwide. Currently SeABank has charter capital of approximately 5.335 billion VND and is one of the largest joint stock commercial banks in this respect, 20% of  which is owned by the foreign strategic partner namely Société Générale – the leading retail banker in France and Europe.

Targeting to become a model retail banker of Vietnam, SeABank provides a diversification of retail products and services tailored in accordance with demands and financial capability of each segment of individual as well as corporate customers nationwide.