MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TRAINING UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH CITY ----oOo------- LÂM NGỌC YẾN TRADE FINANCE CENTRALIZATION IN A VIETNAMESE BANK: THE CASE STUDY OF BIDV Major: Banking and Finance Major Code: 60.12 MASTER OF BANKING AND FINANCE THESIS Supervior: Dr. LÊ THÀNH LÂN Ho Chi Minh City - 2011 Commitment We would like to commit that this thesis is our own research which is supervised by Dr. Le Thanh Lan. The research’s content and result are honest and have not been published in any other research work.
The content of the thesis has used information and materials from the books, writings and websites posted in the reference herein. Ho Chi Minh city, 12th December 2011 Lâm Ngọc Yến i Abstract Centralizing trade finance operations in foreign banks are usual cases but a revolution for Vietnamese banks because of the difference in banking scales, internet technology and culture standard. To investigate a model of trade finance centralization in a local bank, a case study of BIDV is useful. The thesis focused on evaluating the effectiveness of the model and contributing to build up a perfect one by analyzing data collected from BIDV’s branches and their customers.
According to the finding results, centralizing trade finance operations is supported by most of staff members at branches; however, it is a little bit confused to comment on the quality of the services which focused on long processing time, inaccuracy of some transactions an inflexibility in handling transactions. The study also aimed to build up a better model to solve these issues for sustainable development of trade finance centralization. This model was not only an improved solution for BIDV, but also a reference model for other Vietnamese commercial banks to consider in their trade finance centralization’s strategy. ii Acknowledgements I am heartly thankful to my research Supervisor, Dr.
Le Thanh Lan, whose encouragement, guidance and support from the initial to the final level enabled me to develop an understanding of the subject. This thesis would not have been possible without his enthusiastic support. I am indebted to many of my colleagues in BIDV who help me during the collection of data as well as support me during my research. My special gratitude is extended to all instructors and staffs in The Faculty of Finances & Banking and The Postgraduate Faculty, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) for their support and the valuable knowledge during my study herein.
My deepest and most sincere gratitude goes to my beloved parents, my husband Mr. Nguyen Anh Duy, my son Nguyen Lam Duy Phu, for their boundless support, abundant love and encouragement throughout my period of study. Lastly, I offer my regards and blessings to all of those who helped me in any respect during the completion of the study. iii Table of Contents COMMITMENT.
iii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY. Research Objectives and Questions. Scope and Limitations: limit in a case of BIDV. Implication of Research.
Structure of the study. 6 CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND. Definition of Trade finance .1 Trade finance facilitation:. Trade finance operations.
Trade finance centralization in banks.1 Definition of trade finance centralization.2 Advantages to trade finance centralization .3 The effect of centralization on the staff members and customers. 20 CHAPTER 3: INTRODUCTION TO BIDV. Overview of BIDV. BIDV general financial status.
International Banking Operations and trade finance operations. Introduction to Trade Finance Centre (TFC). Functions and tasks. Relationship between TFC and Branches in handling Trade finance operations.
30 CHAPTER 4: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY. Overview about methodology. Sample selection, data collection method and analysis. Schedule of survey.
Data collection and analysis. 40 CHAPTER 5: RESEARCH RESULTS. Evaluation of BIDV staff members. Evaluation of BIDV customers.3 The links between the analysis results and the research model.
Expected model of TFC. The current model of TFC. Reference model of TF centralization. Suggested model of TF centralization for BIDV.
Other recommendations for BIDV.4 Recommendations for other Vietnamese banks .