VPBank received the award "Best Bank for Women-Owned Businesses 2025"

Continuing its continuous efforts to accompany Vietnamese female entrepreneurs, VPBankSME – the small and medium enterprise customer segment of Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank ( VPBank , HoSE: VPB ) – has won the award “Best Bank for Women-Owned Enterprises 2025”. The award was presented by Asian Banking & Finance magazine within the framework of the ABF Retail Banking Awards 2025, held on July 4 in Singapore.

With this title, VPBank once again affirms its pioneering role and strong commitment in empowering, accompanying and providing a comprehensive launch pad for women-owned small and medium enterprises (WSMEs) in Vietnam.

“Best Bank for Women-Owned Businesses 2025” Award presented to VPBank by Asian Banking & Finance.

A VPBank representative shared: “The award is a worthy recognition for the journey that VPBankSME has persistently pursued over the years to accompany Vietnamese female entrepreneurs. The support for the WSME segment is part of VPBank’s consistent strategy for sustainable development, promoting prosperity for customers, shareholders and the community.”

Appreciating VPBank's persistent efforts, Asian Banking & Finance magazine said: “VPBank received the award 'Best Bank for Women-Owned Enterprises 2025' thanks to its commitment to supporting WSMEs through financial and non-financial initiatives. These efforts have helped VPBank become a trusted partner of global organizations, especially with initiatives such as the COVID-19 recovery support program and the project to Improve Financial Accessibility using Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) research method”.

Since 2017, VPBankSME has supported WSME businesses through many practical and meaningful activities such as implementing preferential loan programs, developing WE credit cards exclusively for female-owned businesses with many attractive incentives and privileges, organizing trade connection chains, training and direct and online courses to improve management capacity, and meaningful seminars to help female entrepreneurs balance between career and family. Through the above initiatives, by the end of 2024, the total outstanding credit balance granted to WSME businesses by the end of 2024 will reach VND 18,581 billion, an increase of 18.9%.

In order to continue to accompany and support the WSME community, VPBankSME has recently launched a comprehensive solution package "Launch pad to support female-owned businesses" with 4 core pillars: Finance, technology, trade and knowledge.

The solution package integrates superior financial support such as unsecured loans up to 3 billion VND, preferential loan limit increase up to 20%, mortgage loan limit increase by 5%, WE Platinum credit card with unlimited cashback privilege, 55-day interest-free period, along with business incentives such as giving away beautiful account numbers, free domestic and international money transfers, preferential exchange rates and guarantee fees.

In parallel, fees for using business process digitization tools, setting up online booths and integrating convenient payment gateways are exempted and reduced... At the same time, VPBankSME also offers the course "Business Breakthrough with AI" worth 6.8 million VND, helping modern female entrepreneurs improve their management capacity and practical technology application.

Along with the above “launching pads”, VPBank also launched the incentive program “Get capital quickly – Get quality gifts” exclusively for WSME customers borrowing capital for the first time at the bank, with a gift worth 1.5 million VND to encourage a solid start for the business journey.

Refer to program information at: https://smeconnect.vpbank.com.vn/women-entrepreneur

The award, organized by Asian Banking & Finance magazine, is one of the most prestigious competitions in the region, honoring financial institutions with innovative solutions, digital technology applications and outstanding customer experiences. With a jury of leading consulting firms such as BCG, McKinsey, KPMG, the award is a prestigious testament to the innovation capacity and leading position of banks.

VPBank has just unveiled a new segment, VPBank Private, providing specialized financial services created exclusively for elite customers, with the mission of accompanying and cultivating sustainable and everlasting prosperity.

This is a strategic step, demonstrating VPBank's strong commitment to providing superior, classy, and personalized financial solutions to fully meet each customer profile.

The opening of VPBank Private has once again affirmed VPBank's business philosophy: constantly improving experiences, creating outstanding values and accompanying customers on the journey to conquer the pinnacles of life.

Source: https://www.vpbank.com.vn/tin-tuc/thong-cao-bao-chi/2025/vpbank-dat-giai-thuong-ngan-hang-tot-nhat-danh-cho-doanh-nghiep-nu-chu