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07:00 12/04/2024


TECHCOMBANK’S VISION FOR GROWTH

Viet An


CFO OF TECHCOMBANK ALEX MACAIRE SHARES HIS INSIGHTS INTO THE BANK’S STRATEGIC
DIRECTION, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, AND FUTURE PROSPECTS.

CFO of Techcombank Alex Macaire.

Techcombank’s growth in total assets is projected to reach an impressive $41
billion in 2024. How did the bank achieve this milestone, especially considering
the challenges faced in 2023 across both assets and liabilities?

Like you said, 2023 was a challenging year. However, if we look at our business
results for the year, we can see a strong turnaround, thanks to the robustness
of our business model and our ability to predict and promptly adjust to market
developments.

Techcombank’s portfolio saw steady growth throughout 2023, with the bank’s total
profitable assets increasing by 23 per cent over the year.

In the first half of the year, credit growth mainly came from corporate
customers, then gradually shifted to the retail segment. This trend was
consistent with the recovery of the retail real estate market as the year went
on.

While this was an impressive result, our financial goals are more comprehensive
than just the size of our balance sheet, and we were pleased to see upwards
momentum in most performance metrics.

This enabled us to achieve strong profitability and maintain our leading
position in terms of average return on assets (ROA) in the entire market over
the past five years.

Regarding revenue, we saw robust growth from service fees. Fee income is one of
Techcombank’s top priorities because it helps us diversify revenue as well as
improve capital efficiency.

Our strong financial performance, despite the economic headwinds, is one of the
reasons why Techcombank was named “Best Bank in Vietnam 2023” by the US-based
financial publication Global Finance.

This award takes into account criteria such as financial and operational
performance, customer offerings and experiences, technological innovation, and
environmental and social impact.

A number of observers, both in Vietnam and overseas, see Techcombank as one of
the leading banks in its market.

Techcombank is witnessing a transition from corporate loans to consumer loans.
Will this be a key direction for the bank going forward?

Our long-term strategy is indeed to shift towards retail customer lending to
help further diversify our credit exposure, enhance our risk profile, and
improve our capital efficiency.

In 2023 we saw stronger demand for corporate lending activities compared to
retail, and this slowed our credit diversification. However, within our
corporate credit book, non-real estate lending grew over 60 per cent in 2023
compared to 2022 and we began to see a recovery in retail lending from the
second half of 2023.

 

Techcombank's headquarters in Hanoi.

Techcombank applies a value chain approach to its lending activities.

For example, in the real estate sector, it provides loans to investors to
develop residential projects.

When projects are implemented, credit will flow to construction contractors,
material suppliers, and finally to home buyers.

Thus, cash flow circulates in our ecosystem and risks are spread across a
diverse customer base in the value chain. This is how we mitigate credit risk
and shift our exposure from corporate to retail customers, thereby diversifying
the bank’s loan portfolio.

 

Our value-chain approach has established Techcombank as a leader in this
successful model, in addition to helping us acquire a valuable retail customer
base over the years.

You mentioned the utilization of the value chain model to broaden the retail
sector, mirroring the success seen earlier with the real estate chain financing.
Could you elaborate on this?

The creation of deep, strong partnerships and high professional expertise in
funding value chains for high-profile projects in Vietnam is a key strength and
an “invaluable asset” that Techcombank has accumulated over decades.

The bank is now looking to replicate the same approach in other sectors, beyond
real estate and construction. This includes industries such as fast-moving
consumer goods (FMCG), utilities, automotive, finance, insurance, travel, and
entertainment.

We’ll start by crafting business models with key partners, gradually expanding
to contractors, network suppliers, and ultimately consumers.

A good example of this strategy is the “WinLife” partnership with Masan, where
Techcombank’s innovative payment solutions and superior reward schemes are made
available through more than 3,600 Winmart convenience stores around the country.

In each sector, the objective is to leverage the bank’s unique relationship with
one or more “anchor” customers, and from there, develop a comprehensive set of
transaction, credit, and investment solutions catering to the needs of the
various actors in the value chain, starting from suppliers all the way down to
final consumers.

Being able to deploy this deep value-chain expertise in order to access the best
customers is an important differentiating value in the market. It has helped
Techcombank achieve near zero credit defaults in its wholesale banking division,
and build an unparalleled franchise in the high net-worth and affluent segments,
establishing banking relationships with more than 50 per cent of customers in
those segments.

It creates a trust-based partnership between the bank and all the actors in the
value chain, reducing risk and creating opportunities for all participants.

Techcombank’s current and savings account (CASA) ratio rebounded significantly
in 2023, nearing 40 per cent. However, that’s still quite a distance from the 55
per cent target set for the 2021-2025 transformation journey. What are your
thoughts on this?

Our goal this year is to continue to grow our CASA balance and sustainably
increase our CASA ratio, building on the strong momentum that we saw in the
latter half of 2023.

One of Techcombank’s key strategic objectives is to lead in the CASA ratio, and
we remain focused on achieving a 55 per cent CASA ratio by 2025. With an
abundant and stable CASA base, Techcombank has emerged as one of the industry
leaders in profit margins.

A significant CASA volume not only lowers our cost of capital but also enables
us to offer competitive loan rates. In addition, our success in the
transformation journey over the past four years stems from our ability to
compete with Vietnam’s State-owned banks in terms of pricing and interest rate
policies.

Achieving a high CASA ratio is therefore integral to realizing our
cost-effective capital strategies and driving business growth.

Could you elaborate on the bank’s plans to “close the gap” in its targeted CASA
ratio in 2024?

Based on experience, banks’ CASA balances typically experience a slight decline
in the early months of a year, reflecting the consumption and investment
patterns of both individuals and businesses as they enter a new business cycle.
However, CASA growth typically resumes in subsequent quarters.

Several factors should help us get closer to our long-term CASA target in 2024.
The first is the continuous progress we are making in our payment and
transaction services.

Techcombank is one of the leaders in credit cards in Vietnam, with more than 20
per cent market share on all Visa payments. Our digital transaction volumes
increased by 57 per cent in 2023.

We have also made significant strides forward with our corporate payment
solutions, including reverse factoring, dynamic discounting, and distributor
financing. As a result, the CASA balances from our corporate customers increased
by 59 per cent in 2023, accounting for over 40 per cent of our total CASA base.

Our payment leadership therefore provides the foundation for our CASA momentum.

A second important driver is the strength of our wealth franchise. Techcombank
is one the leaders in the bond and equity markets, and as our customers become
more pro-risk and return to these products, they need to keep higher CASA
balances to fund their investments, which benefits the bank.

Last but not least, in January, Techcombank spearheaded innovation in the
banking industry with the launch of a new breakthrough product called Auto
Earning.

This is designed to help customers optimize their idle cash and earn attractive
interest rates. The key differentiators of Auto Earning are convenience and
time-saving benefits, as it is readily available on the Techcombank mobile app
and can be easily activated with a simple touch.

Therefore, Auto Earning is expected to offer great assistance to customers in
their financial journey, thereby deepening banking relationships and helping to
increase the bank’s customer base and CASA balance.

Techcombank garnered attention from reports of its intention to distribute cash
dividends for the first time in a decade. Could you elaborate on this?

Ten years ago, the bank made a decision to retain all profits to reinvest and
expand business operations, while maintaining a high capital adequacy ratio
(CAR). The objective was to be able to self-fund a stable and elevated growth
rate of at least 20 per cent per year.

In the past ten years, Techcombank has gone through quite an interesting
journey. Whether in difficult or favorable market environments, we strived to
promote our leading position in terms of digital transformation and
effectiveness of business operations. After a decade of growing profits at a
rate of nearly 40 per cent per year, Techcombank has established itself as the
leading private bank in Vietnam, delivering cumulated pre-tax income in excess
of $3 billion over the last three years.

The fact that we have been able to maintain a strong profit generation capacity
even in adverse environments was an important factor in our decision to start
paying dividends.

We acquired the confidence that we would be able to continue business growth
momentum above the industry average while keeping a Core Equity Tier 1 CAR of
14-15 per cent. With the perspective of sustainable business and profit growth,
the bank’s Board of Directors confidently proposed starting to pay cash
dividends from 2024, for shareholders to approve at the upcoming General Meeting
of Shareholders on April 20.

Would paying dividends in cash affect Techcombank’s position in terms of CAR?

Given Techcombank’s solid capital foundations and the strategic initiatives
being implemented, I believe that paying cash dividends will not adversely
affect the CAR or any other financial indicators of Techcombank.

The bank will continue to maintain its growth momentum. Techcombank’s story
essentially reflects the inspiring journey of Vietnam’s development.

The dividend plan has been carefully considered by our Board of Directors, which
has agreed that it will bring outstanding value to our shareholders, in line
with our objective to offer a unique and differentiated value proposition.

By investing in Techcombank’s stock, shareholders have the possibility of
directly participating in a stream of income linked to the bank’s financial
performance, while retaining all the potential for upside coming from
Techcombank’s unique positioning in Vietnam’s and the regional market.


What is the bank’s CAR target for this year?

We will maintain our CAR from 14-15 per cent.

 

 

Từ khoá: Behind the numbers: Techcombank’s visionfor growth




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