Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development (BIDV) has cooperated with two strategic partners, Smarthub Logistics Technology Joint Stock Company (SLT) and CEH Informatics Services Company Limited (CEH) to provide superior financial solutions and accompany businesses in the seaport ecosystem in Vietnam in the process of digital transformation and green transformation.
The "Digital Financial Solutions" package with a series of incentives aims to support seaport businesses in digital transformation. BIDV gives businesses preferential capital with interest rates to invest in port management and exploitation software of SLT, CEH; incentives for collection and direct connection services to the port's accounting system via BIDV iConnect.
In addition to SLT, CEH also offers BIDV customers preferential fees for using solutions or upgrading software in the digital ecosystem of SLT, CEH.
In addition, BIDV's "Green Financial Solution" with a credit scale of up to VND 2,000 billion will support seaport enterprises in green transformation, aiming to meet the Green Port criteria as prescribed by the Vietnam Maritime Administration, promoting sustainable development goals.
Customers can also choose the " Basic Financial Solutions" package with a credit scale of up to VND3,000 billion when they need to invest, expand seaports and use banking services of businesses.
In addition, BIDV is applying comprehensive incentive policies for seaport businesses and customers participating in the seaport ecosystem, such as: exemption/re deduction of account management fees, opening beautiful accounts; exemption/re deduction of issuance fees, annual business card fees, refunds up to 40% when spending, enjoying high-class privileges for business owners; preferential exchange rates for foreign currency purchases (applicable on BIDV iBank channel).
In particular, import-export customers using port services within the scope of cooperation will enjoy many preferential trade finance services such as: free notification/amended export LC, fee for processing documents thanks to export collection; up to 30% reduction in trade finance fees on BIDV iBank, up to 20% reduction in tax payment guarantee issuance fees in import-export activities.
These policies both help reduce financial pressure and create favorable conditions for seaport enterprises to develop infrastructure and improve competitiveness.
SLT and CEH are two pioneering digital transformation enterprises in the field of seaports, providing advanced software solutions for port management and exploitation: Specialized solutions for port operations (VTOS), Electronic Port (e Port), Seaport Materials Management (EMMS), Smart Port Gate (SmartGate) ...
