ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA HÀ NỘI KHOA QUẢN TRỊ VÀ KINH DOANH --------------------- NGUYỄN THỊ KIM OANH COMPLETING THE RETAIL BANKING BUSINESS STRATEGIES AT BIDV HOÀN THIỆN CHIẾN LƯỢC KINH DOANH NGÂN HÀNG BÁN LẺ TẠI NGÂN HÀNG THƯƠNG MẠI CỔ PHẦN ĐẦU TƯ VÀ PHÁT TRIỂN VIỆT NAM (BIDV) LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ QUẢN TRỊ KINH DOANH HÀ NỘI - 2019 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ĐẠI HỌC QUỐC GIA HÀ NỘI KHOA QUẢN TRỊ VÀ KINH DOANH --------------------- NGUYỄN THỊ KIM OANH COMPLETING THE RETAIL BANKING BUSINESS STRATEGIES AT BIDV HOÀN THIỆN CHIẾN LƯỢC KINH DOANH NGÂN HÀNG BÁN LẺ TẠI NGÂN HÀNG THƯƠNG MẠI CỔ PHẦN ĐẦU TƯ VÀ PHÁT TRIỂN VIỆT NAM (BIDV) Chuyên ngành: Quản trị kinh doanh Mã số: 60 34 01 02 LUẬN VĂN THẠC SĨ QUẢN TRỊ KINH DOANH NGƯỜI HƯỚNG DẪN KHOA HỌC: TS. NGUYỄN THỊ KIM OANH Hà Nội - 2019 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com DECLARATION The author confirms that the research outcome in the thesis is the result of author’s independent work during study and research period and it is not yet published in other’s research and article. The other’s research result and documentation (extraction, table, figure, formula, and other document) used in the thesis are cited properly and the permission (if required) is given. The author is responsible in front of the Thesis Assessment Committee, Hanoi School of Business and Management, and the laws for above-mentioned declaration.
LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all of the following people for helping me complete my thesis. Firstly, I would like to express my special thanks to my company for giving favorable conditions for my study and my master thesis completion at Hanoi school of business and management (HSB). Secondly, I am extremely grateful to all of the lecturers from the Department of Business Administration - HSB for providing me with research methods and professional knowledge during the course, especially the active and creative research skills. My appreciation also goes to the teachers in the thesis review committee for giving me valuable ideas during my thesis completion process.
My profound gratitude is also conveyed to my instructor for his helpful assistance and guidance. This thesis could have never been completed without his enthusiastic counsel and support. Despite the efforts during the research period, there are still many limitations in the thesis. I would hope to receive valuable comments from the teachers and co- workers to make this essay more complete.
Thank you very much. Ha Noi, 2018 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1 LIST OF ACRONYMS .iii LIST OF TABLES. iv LIST OF CHARTS AND FIGURES.
Rationale of the study. Research subject and research scope. Organization of the thesis.7 CHAPTER 1: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ON RETAIL BANKING SERVICES AND RETAIL BANKING STRATEGIES AT COMMERCIAL BANKS8 1.1 Retail banking services .2 Characteristics of retail banking services.3 Main retail banking services .2 Retail banking strategies .2 Role of retail banking strategies .3 Retail banking business strategies .4 Factors affecting retail banking business strategies of commercial banks .3 Experience in the retail banking business of some banks and lessons drawn for BIDV .1 Experience of Vietinbank .25 i LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.2 Experience of Vietcombank .26 CHAPTER 2: REALITY OF RETAIL BANKING STRATEGIES OF BIDV .1 Introduction of BIDV .1 History of foundation and development.2 Reality of retail banking business strategies of BIDV .3 Factors affecting retail banking business strategies of BIDV .4 General evaluation on retail banking business strategies of BIDV .72 CHAPTER 3: SOLUTIONS TO COMPLETE THE RETAIL BANKING STRATEGIES OF BIDV .1 Development orientation of BIDV .2 Necessary issues in completing retail banking strategies of BIDV .2 Solutions to complete the retail banking strategies of BIDV .1 Improving financial capacity.2 Enhancing the quality of human resources .3 Modernizing the technology system .4 Completing activities of marketing and market research .1 To the State .2 To the State Bank of Vietnam. 87 ii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com LIST OF ACRONYMS 1 ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations 2 BIDV Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam 3 GDP Gross Domestic Product 4 IT Information Technology 5 SMEs Small and medium-sized enterprises iii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com LIST OF TABLES Table 2.1: Some general indicators showing the business results of BIDV .2: Lending interest rates for loans with collateral of some banks.3: Lending interest rate for unsecured loans of some banks .4: Interest rates for capital mobilization at some banks .5: Customer survey results on price strategy .6: Number of deposit products at BIDV .7: Credit products at the bank .8: Card products of the bank .9: Customer survey results on product strategy .10 : Number of branches and transaction offices of the bank .11: Customer survey results on distribution strategy .12: Some promotion policies for VIP customers .13: Some policies for other types of customers .14: Customer survey results on promotion strategy .15: Structure of human resources .16: Assessment of retail staffs at BIDV .17: Market research at BIDV .18: Assessment on influence of legal environment .19: Competitors of BIDV .20: Customers’ assessment of BIDV’s retail banking services.
69 iv LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com LIST OF CHARTS AND FIGURES Figure 2.1: Scope of service.2: Assessment of financial capacity of some banks .3: GDP growth rate of the economy .4: Growth rate of return from retail business. 62 v LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Rationale of the study Providing personal financial services or retail banking services is one of the traditional activities forming the world's commercial banking system. Since its establishment, retail banking has played an important role in creating a sustainable development basis for commercial banks.
Retail banking is a risk-spreading sector that is less influenced by economic cycles than other sectors. Therefore, it contributes to creating stable sources of capital and income for banks. In addition, retail banking plays an important role in expanding the market and enhancing the competitiveness and stability of banking operations. The role of retail banking services has been clearly illustrated by the recent global economic crisis.
While most commercial banks that focused on retail banking survived, many major investment banks (Merrill Lynch, Lemon Brothers, etc.) went bankrupt or were in difficulty and also moved to developing retail activities. It can be seen that completing retail banking strategies has become the development trend of most commercial banks in today’s world. The current retail market of Vietnam is considered to be very potential due to the stable security and political environment, high population volume with young structure and improved education level. The economy growing with high speed over the past few years has made the people's living standards keep improving.
So far, most commercial banks as well as foreign financial institutions operating in Vietnam have strategies for developing retail banking services. The potential business market together with the risk of fierce competition have made Vietnamese commercial banks constantly change their business strategies, seek new investment opportunities, expand and diversify their target customer groups. Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) is not out of the general trend. BIDV is one of the oldest state-owned commercial banks in Vietnam.
Wholesale banking services are considered its strengths and its 1 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com customers include domestic and foreign companies and organizations. Before 2008, (the year when BIDV implemented the restructuring of business model according to TA2), individual customers were almost not focused at BIDV. However, recognizing the importance and potential of retail banking in Vietnam, BIDV has restructured its business structure and orientation and focused on developing retail banking services. With its existing strengths, the bank aims to make this activity become a core activity.
The overall objective of BIDV is to maintain its position and become the largest retail bank with the top retail brand in Vietnam and in the ASEAN region. The banks also aims to build and perfect the business model and the system of retail banking management in a synchronous - professional - modern - effective manner according to the international standards and practices. To accomplish the planned objectives, the completion of retail banking strategies at BIDV is very necessary. Over the years, the retail banking strategies at BIDV have been developed and implemented with specific objectives in terms of scale and product quality.
However, the overall strategy is still under construction and the factors such as business model, management functions, risk management, motive force mechanism, human resources development and system of information technology for retail operations are not synchronous and standardized in accordance with international practices. Based on the above reality, the author selected the topic entitled "Completing the retail banking strategies at BIDV" as her graduation thesis. Research overview Research on retail banking services has been carried out by many domestic and foreign economists. Some studies carry out a general research of retail banking strategies while others only work on a small aspect of retail banking services such as retail credit, card services, services for rich customers, e-banking services, digital banking, etc.
Here are several studies related the thesis: The study by G. Vairava Subramanian and S. Nehru (2012) on “Evaluating retail credit strategy for small and micro enterprises in India”: According to the authors’ statistics, small and micro-enterprises were contributing more than 16-18% 2 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com of India's GDP and if these retail enterprises received more support, they might contribute more than 30% to the GDP. The biggest challenge for these enterprises was to manage their finances effectively for both the organizational operation and the expansion of their business.
In the study, the authors presented the following contents: concepts of retail credit rating, credit rating mechanism, credit rating planning, retail credit rating process and benefits of credit rating for small and micro-enterprises. This research made a great contribution in helping small and micro-enterprises access the credit capital at commercial banks in India. The research by Phung Thi Nguyen Trang (2016) on "Completing the retail banking business at VietinBank - Gia Lai Branch": This research systematized the theoretical framework on retail banking at commercial banks, studied the reality of retail banking business at Vietinbank - Gia Lai Branch and proposed solutions to improve the retail banking business at Vietinbank - Gia Lai Branch. The research was of great value to the management of the branch in developing and expanding its market share in retail banking.
However, the study did not build the retail banking strategies for Vietinbank - Gia Lai Branch. Han Kuo Tan (2009) conducted a research on a small aspect of retail banking strategies which was the credit card service. Accordingly, the author studied the quality of credit card service and expectations of customers towards credit card issuers in Malaysia. The research showed that commercial banks that wanted to improve their competitiveness in the market needed to have complete business strategies and multi- utility credit card products to enhance customer satisfaction.
The study provided some recommendations to improve the quality of services provided by credit card issuers as well as to perfect the business strategies for card services at commercial banks. However, retail banking consisted of a variety of products and services. If banks only focus on developing credit card products and do not focus on other products, the strategies for developing retail banking will not be effective. The study by Nguyen Thanh Phong (2011) on "Diversifying business products of Vietnamese commercial banks in context of international integration": The thesis 3 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.