2.13 million customers were alerted to bank payment fraud and scams.

According to statistics, as of December 11th, the State Bank of Vietnam's Information System for managing, monitoring, and preventing fraud risks in payment operations (SIMO) had issued fraud and scam alerts to 2.13 million customers.

Of these, more than 670,000 customers proactively paused or canceled transactions after receiving the warning, with the total transaction value amounting to over 2.57 trillion VND…

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122 out of 147 units have successfully connected and reported to SIMO, with a total of 592,000 payment account/e-wallet records showing signs of suspected fraud, scams, or legal violations.

Compared to 2005, cashless payment transactions have increased approximately 500 times in volume and over 60 times in value. Specifically, during the period 2015–2025, internet transactions increased 59 times in volume and 21 times in value; mobile phone transactions increased 280 times in volume and 600 times in value; and transactions via QR code increased over 700 times in volume and over 400 times in value.

The Interbank Payment System (IBPS) was launched in May 2002 and has since seen a 36-fold increase in the number of transactions and a 148-fold increase in transaction value.

The financial switching and electronic clearing system operated by NAPAS since 2015 has become a crucial infrastructure platform for instant retail payments, the development of domestic chip cards, and standardized interoperability payments via QR codes. This system, formed from the merger of Banknetvn and Smartlink, has since developed stably, securely, and sustainably.

Also during the period 2018–2025, the electronic financial switching and clearing system recorded an average annual growth rate of over 170% in the number of transactions and 180% in the value of transactions.

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/2-13-trieu-luot-khach-hang-duoc-canh-bao-gian-lan-lua-dao-thanh-toan-ngan-hang-727601.html