NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ENGLISH LE MINH THUY NGA IMPROVING THE CREDIT CARD BUSINESS OF MILITARY COMMERCIAL JOINT STOCK BANK — HOANG MAI BRANCH NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ENGLISH LE MINH THUY NGA IMPROVING THE CREDIT CARD BUSINESS OF MILITARY COMMERCIAL JOINT STOCK BANK — HOANG MAI BRANCH Hanoi, November 2022 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who has offered kind help to me in my research writing process from August to November 2022. Without their support, I could not have completed this report. Firstly, I would like to thank the National Economics University and the Faculty of Foreign Languages for providing me with the invaluable opportunity to conduct this research. I owe my most sincere gratitude to my supervisor Ph.
Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh for the precious time she dedicated to helping me and her heartily advice. Her encouragement and guidance from the initial to the final stage made it possible for me to deepen my research. Secondly, I would also like to send my deep appreciation to all managers and bankers at MB — Hoang Mai Branch, especially those in Individual Customers Departments for their assistance during my internship. Although three-month is not a long time, they did their best to create a favorable condition for me to obtain basic knowledge and hone my practical skills in the banking environment.
Lastly, I would like to thank my colleagues who are doing graduation internships this semester. They have been accompanying me, reviewing my research, and offering constructive criticisms. It has been an enjoyable and rewarding experience to work together with them. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The study on the credit card business of Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank — Hoang Mai Branch has shown that the branch is under good orientation.
Within 5 years of establishment and development, the branch experiences a constant increase in annual revenue and creates trust from customers. However, there are drawbacks in this field of business that remain unsolved, preventing the branch from reaching further achievements in the banking environment. This study is an overall evaluation of credit card business MB Hoang Mai in the period of 2019-2021 and recommendations for the branch in the future. The findings of this research were obtained based on data shown in the Statement of Income of the branch and Individual Customer Department.
The author also acquired useful opinions from the branch manager and 6 employees at Individual Customer Department. Besides, information from the Internet was a plentiful source of data. Analysis of the data revealed achievements and shortcomings of the branch’s credit card business between 2019 and 2021. In the period of 3 years, MB Hoang Mai achieved remarkable achievements such as maintaining an upward trend in number of credit cards issues, credit cards sale, expanding merchant networks and increasing profit.
However, the branch also faces some drawbacks: new cards opened but not yet used and merchants are reluctant to use POS. In that context, the research also finds the causes of these inadequacies, including both objective and subjective reasons. On the basis of these findings, it is recommended that the development of updated business strategy be encouraged to raise residential’s awareness and stimulate non- cash payment habits. The branch would expand its merchant networks significantly by applying the trend of distribution channels.
Marketing activities should be specialized in the branch to expand the market while still maintaining existing piece. 1 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Abbreviation Meaning ATM Automated Teller Machine EDC (machine) Electronic Data Capture (machine) FDI Foreign Direct Investment IB International Business KPI Key Performance Indicator MB Military Bank MOF Ministry of Finance (Vietnam) PIN Personal Identification Number POS Point Of Sale RM Relationship Manager SBV State Bank of Vietnam SLA Service Level Agreement SMEs Small and Medium Enterprises UB Universal Banker VND Vietnam dong 11 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. General information about MB. Operating profit of MB — Hoang Mai Branch from 2019 —2021.
The business result of MB Hoang Mai on fund mobilization. The business result of MB Hoang Mai on credit allocation. Number of credit cards issued by MB Hoang Mai 2019 —2021. Credit card sales of MB Hoang Mai 2019 — 2021.
Number of new merchants of MB Hoang Mai 2019 — 2021. Number of newly installed POS of MB Hoang Mai 2019 — 2021. Bed debt credit cards of MB Hoang Mai from 2019 to 2021. Operating profit from credit cards of MB Hoang Mai 2019 — 2021.30 IV LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.
Organizational structure of MB Hoang Mai. Number of credit cards issued by MB Hoang Mai 2019 — 2021. Credit card sales of MB Hoang Mai 2019 — 2021. Total credit cards sales of MB Hoang Mai 2019 — 2021.
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Introduction of the research topic Modern payment activities nowadays are growingly focused and enhanced to keep up with the robust growth of the global economy. Thanks to the development of science and technology, especially the advances of information technology which are applied to banking systems, this industry has expanded significantly. Moreover, along with the current context of expanding international economic integration, Vietnam’s socio-economic has changed remarkably. The more developed economy also involves an increase in the average income and an improvement in living standards.
According to SBV (2022), with the population structure of 70% of the young population is of working age with stable income, this is just one of many potential conditions for the expansion of credit card business. An article from baochinhphu.vn (2022) indicated that, with the advantages of payment services via bank cards, credit cards have made great strides in recent years in enhancing added value for customers. They affirmed their important role in banking services as well, as they facilitate the process of cash flow in the economy by providing funds for individuals and organizations who are in need. It suggests that developing credit card services is an inevitable development trend for commercial banks in the current financial liberalization context.
Following up, financial institutions have promoted the development of credit card services with diverse features to meet customers’ needs. The Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank, in order to carry out its mission, is constantly innovative in providing customers with the greatest financial products and services. To meet the goal of becoming the leading modern digital bank in Vietnam, MB are places resources on growing the credit card business in an effort to encourage non-cash payments. The credit card business is therefore a crucial segment in its business operation.
Rationales The market for credit cards has not yet been fully exploited in Vietnam. According to Mibrand’s Banking Product U&A Report (2021), although the level of credit card usage is still low with 46% in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, this service has good growth potential. Although the rapid arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic slowed down practically all economic activities, the impact of the pandemic seems to have faded away in 2022. As life has got back to normal, the economy starts to Lê Minh Thuy Nga — 11193621 — Business English 61B interpret positive signs.
According to Insider Intelligence (2022), “with pandemic restrictions easing, customers are resuming more recreational purchases— especially in travel and entertainment (T&E), which is critical for credit card volume.” Hoang Mai is a peri-urban district of Hanoi with a rapidly increasing population in recent years. This is a very favorable factor for MB - Hoang Mai Branch to deploy credit card business. However, due to the large population area, MB's transaction offices are still scattered and have not operated systematically. Therefore, the development of credit card business has not been carried out effectively, and the awareness of the local population about credit cards is still limited.
Realizing attractive potential has not been properly exploited, I decided to conduct a study titled “Improving the credit card business of Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank - Hoang Mai Branch’” as the graduation report. Research aims and objectives This research aims to study the current situation of the credit card business in MB — Hoang Mai Branch and propose some recommendations to improve. Accordingly, the following objectives are expected to be achieved: e Evaluate the performance of credit card business in MB — Hoang Mai Branch from 2019-2021 in the market. e Research and analyze factors affecting the credit card business of the branch in the current context.
e Propose suggestions for the bank’s future improvements in operating credit card business. Research questions To achieve the mentioned objectives, the paper is conducted to answer the following questions: Question 1: From 2019 to 2021, how did MB — Hoang Mai perform credit card business in the market? Question 2: What are the factors affecting the credit card business of the branch? Question 3: What can be done to improve the performance of credit card business of MB — Hoang Mai Branch? 5. Methodology Lê Minh Thuy Nga — 11193621 — Business English 61B To carry out this paper, the author collects both primary and secondary data to serve the purpose of the research.