# SeABank Vietnam (Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank)

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/seabank-vn
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-03
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [SeABank VN — official](https://www.seabank.com.vn/)

## Key details

- **Launch:** 1994

## Overview

**SeABank Vietnam** is **Vietnamese commercial bank** + **HOSE: SSB** + **BRG Group Vietnamese conglomerate controlled by Nguyen Thi Nga Vietnamese billionaire + Société Générale (held a stake until its 2018 exit) + Vietnamese retail + institutional + foreign investors free float** + **one of Vietnam's mid-sized commercial banks** + **founded 1994 in Hai Phong Vietnam as Hai Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank then 2005 SeABank Southeast Asia Bank rebrand** <sup>[1][1], [Viet Nam report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/VN)</sup>.

## History

**1994 — Hai Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank founded in Hai Phong Vietnam as Vietnamese provincial commercial bank**.

**2005 — SeABank Southeast Asia Bank rebrand consolidating Hai Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank**.

**2008 — Société Générale French parent strategic partnership with SeABank**.

**Mar 24 2021 — SeABank IPO on Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange HOSE: SSB**.

**2014 — SeABank Mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank SeABank** (Vietnamese commercial bank; HOSE: SSB).

**Major shareholders**: **BRG Group (Vietnamese conglomerate controlled by Nguyen Thi Nga Vietnamese billionaire; BRG Group parent of Intercontinental Hotels Vietnam + Hilton Hanoi + BRG retail) + Société Générale (EPA: GLE; French parent) strategic partnership + Vietnamese retail + institutional + foreign investors free float**.

**Regulators**: **State Bank of Vietnam SBV**.

## Technical integration

SeABank Mobile app (iOS + Android) + seabank.com.vn online + SeABank branch network across Vietnam + SeABank Visa + Mastercard + JCB cards; NAPAS 247 (Vietnamese national interbank instant payments) + VietQR (Vietnamese national QR payment scheme) + Vietnamese Dong VND domestic transfers.

## Implementations & partners

**Major Vietnamese banking + payments competitors**: [Vietcombank (VCB Digibank)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/vietcombank) (Vietcombank; HOSE: VCB) + [VietinBank / VietinBank iPay](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/vietinbank) (VietinBank; HOSE: CTG) + [BIDV (BIDV SmartBanking X)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bidv) (BIDV; HOSE: BID) + [Techcombank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/techcombank) (Techcombank; HOSE: TCB) + [MB Bank (Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/mb-bank) (MBBank; HOSE: MBB) + [VPBank (Vietnam Prosperity Bank)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/vpbank) (VPBank; HOSE: VPB) + [HDBank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/hdbank) (HDBank; HOSE: HDB) + [VIB (Vietnam International Bank)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/vib-vn) (VIB; HOSE: VIB) + [SHB SAHA](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/shb-bank) (SHB; HOSE: SHB) + [OCB (Orient Commercial Bank Vietnam)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/ocb-vn) (OCB; HOSE: OCB) + [NAPAS 247 + VietQR](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/napas-247) (NAPAS 247) + [VietQR](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/vietqr) (VietQR).

**Regulators**: State Bank of Vietnam SBV.

## Status

**Active, Vietnamese commercial bank + HOSE:SSB + BRG Group Vietnamese conglomerate controlled by Nguyen Thi Nga Vietnamese billionaire + Société Générale French parent EPA:GLE strategic partnership + one of Vietnam's mid-sized commercial banks + founded 1994 in Hai Phong Vietnam as Hai Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank then 2005 SeABank Southeast Asia Bank rebrand** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.seabank.com.vn/ "SeABank VN — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeABank "SeABank — Wikipedia"
[vn-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/VN

- [1] [SeABank VN — official][1]
- [2] [SeABank — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Viet Nam report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/VN)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/VN-vietnam.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [seabank-vn.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/seabank-vn). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.