Legal basis

• Clause 1, Clause 2, Article 20 of the Law on Credit Institutions 2010;
• Decree No. 39/2014/ND-CP
• Decree No. 86/2019/ND-CP
• Articles 4, 20, 21 of the Law on Credit Institutions;
• Article 110 of the Law on Credit Institutions
• Clause 7 Article 112 of Law on Credit Institutions No. 47/2010/QH12
• Article 108 Law on Credit Institutions No. 47/2010/QH12;
• Articles 11, 12, 13, 15 Decree No. 39/2014/ND-CP.

Content

A finance leasing company is granted a License when it fully meets the following conditions:

a. Having charter capital, allocated capital is 150 billion dong;

b. The owner of the financial leasing company is a one-member limited liability company, the founding shareholders and founding members are legal entities that are operating legally and have sufficient financial capacity to contribute capital; founding shareholders or founding members are individuals with full civil act capacity and sufficient financial capacity to contribute capital;

Conditions for the owner of a financial leasing company being a one-member limited liability company, founding shareholders or founding members shall be prescribed by the State Bank;

c. Managers, executives and members of the Control Board fully meet the criteria and conditions as prescribed in Article 50 of the Law on Credit Institutions;

d. Having a Charter consistent with the provisions of the Law on Credit Institutions and other relevant laws;

e. Having an establishment scheme and a feasible business plan that does not affect the safety and stability of the credit institution system; does not create a monopoly or restrict competition or unfair competition in the credit institution system.

A joint-venture financial leasing company or a 100% foreign-owned financial leasing company may be granted a License when fully meeting the following conditions:

a. Regulations for credit institutions:

a1) Having charter capital, the capital allocated at least equal to the legal capital;

a2) The owner of the credit institution is a one-member limited liability company, the founding shareholders and founding members are legal entities that are operating legally and have sufficient financial capacity to contribute capital. ; founding shareholders or founding members are individuals with full civil act capacity and sufficient financial capacity to contribute capital.

Conditions for the owner of a credit institution being a one-member limited liability company, founding shareholders or founding members shall be prescribed by the State Bank;

a3) Managers, executives and members of the Control Board fully meet the criteria and conditions prescribed in Article 50 of this Law;

a4) Having a Charter consistent with this Law and other relevant laws;

a5) Having a feasible establishment plan and business plan that does not affect the safety and stability of the credit institution system; does not create a monopoly or restrict competition or unfair competition in the credit institution system.

b. The foreign credit institution is permitted to conduct banking activities in accordance with the laws of the country where the foreign credit institution’s head office is located;

c. The activity expected to be performed in Vietnam must be the activity that the foreign credit institution is currently permitted to conduct in the country where the foreign credit institution’s head office is located;

d. Foreign credit institutions must have healthy operations, meet the conditions on total assets, financial situation, safety ratios as prescribed by the State Bank;

e. The foreign credit institution must make a written commitment to provide financial, technological, administrative, operational and operational support to the joint-venture credit institution or the 100% foreign-owned credit institution; ensure that these organizations maintain the actual value of their charter capital not less than the legal capital level and comply with the provisions on safety assurance of this Law;

f. The foreign competent authority has signed an agreement with the State Bank on inspection and supervision of banking activities, exchanging information on banking safety supervision and has made a written commitment to consolidated supervision according to the provisions of law. international practices for operations of foreign credit institutions.

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