Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank
Industry | Financial services |
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Founded | June 10, 1996 |
Headquarters | 45 Le Duan Boulevard, District 1, Hochiminh City, Vietnam |
Area served | Vietnam |
Products | Deposits services, Loans services, Remittance services, Account service, International settlement |
Number of employees | 1.345 |
Website | www.ocb.com.vn |
Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank (also known as Oricombank,[1] and OCB[2] ) is a large bank located in Vietnam.[3]
As of April 2007, 10% of Oricombank was owned by BNP Paribas, a French banking group. August 26, 2009 OCB agreed to increase[4] steadily share ownership for BNP Paribas from 10% to 15% and to 20% after permitted by the Government.
Direction
We aim to develop Orient Commercial Bank into a universal bank with retail banking as its core business. Orient Commercial Bank set the target to become one of the top ten Vietnamese Joint Stock banks in 2015, and mature into a Financial group in 2020.
Objective
- To provide the best service to customers and partners with the principle of equality, mutual beneit and development.
- To increase share value for shareholders
- To harmoniously provide beneits to customers, shareholders, employees, and communities
Key shareholders
- BNP Paribas (France)
- Ben Thanh Group
- Financial committee of Hochiminh city communist party
- Bank for foreign trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank)
- Saigon general service corporation (Savico)
Branch/Transaction Office network
Up to July 27/2010, network of Oricombank presents in 17 Provinces and Cities throughout in Vietnam including:
- 1 Head office
- 1 Center transaction office
- 22 Branches
- 44 Transaction offices
- 4 Saving office
Staff
By the end of 12/2009 total head count of Oricombank is 1,435 people.
Milestones
- 24/05/2010 : [OCB] completed the data conversion and put T24 Core Banking System in use in the whole bank
- 10/03/2010 : Cooperation signing ceremony between [OCB] – Diebold
- 29/12/2009 : Increased charter capital to VND 2.000 billions
- 13/11/2009 : Within the framework of Vietnam – France Entrepreneur forum which was organized by the France Embassy in cooperation with VCCI in Hanoi, Orient Commercial Bank (OCB) has signed memorandum of understanding in regard to the increase of capital contribution of BNP Paribas (France) in [OCB] to 20% in the appropriate time in the year 2010 and following the approval of the State Bank of Vietnam and the Government
- 16/09/2009 : [OCB] and Ernst & Young Vietnam has officially signed a contract to provide support services to perfect the system of internal credit ratings
- 26/08/2009 : Orient Commercial Bank signed agreement with BNP Paribas to increase OCB’s capital contribution from 10% to 15%
- 05/02/2009 : [OCB] started the implementation of Core Banking System Project
- 30/12/2008 : Increased charter capital to VND 1.474.477 millions
- 19/12/2008 : Signing ceremony for the implementation of core banking system between [OCB] and Temenos
- 28/02/2008 : Strategic alliance between Orient Commercial Bank - BNP Paribas was signed in Paris, France
- 29/12/2006 : Increased charter capital to VND 567 billions
- 20/12/2005 : Increased charter capital to VND 300 billions
- 06/06/2005 : Launched Lucky Oricombank Card
- Participated in express remittance system of Western Union
- Participated in Society for Worldwide Intebank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT)
- 10/06/1996 : Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank ([OCB]) was granted license of operation in 13/04/1996 with initial charter capital of VND 70 million by the State Bank of Vietnam
External links
- Website [Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank]
- Website [The State Bank of Vietnam]
References
- ^ Introduction Oricombank
- ^
"OCB Selling Stake To BNP Paribas", Business Week, 04/28/2009
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(help) - ^ "Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank; Company Overview", Business Week, February 25, 2010, retrieved February 25, 2010
- ^ Agreement signing ceremony to increase capital participation of BNPP (france) to OCB, August 26, 2009