Vietnam Maritime Bank Achieves 200% Faster Loan Approvals with Intelligent Decisioning from FICO

MSB partners with FICO and Blitz to transform lending operations, accelerating decisions and reducing risk across its eight-million-strong customer base

FICO (NYSE: FICO) - Vietnam Maritime Bank (MSB), one of Vietnam's most established financial institutions, has achieved a 200% improvement in loan approval speed using FICO's proven and powerful decisioning capabilities, implemented in partnership with regional technology specialist Blitz in just 10 months. By reducing loan turnaround time from 30 to 15 minutes, the solution is already reshaping how MSB serves its more than eight million retail customers and nearly 100,000 business clients.

The intelligent decisioning system combines AI and machine learning models with rule-based decisioning to automate and standardize credit approval processes, dramatically reducing manual error rates and enabling MSB to bring new digitized lending products to market faster across a range of customer segments.

“The bank can now approve loans with a level of speed and accuracy that was previously unattainable,” said Mr. Nguyen Quang Man, Deputy Chief Risk Officer of MSB and Steering Committee member for the Decision Engine Implementation Project. “The ability to adapt quickly as market conditions evolve gives MSB a real competitive edge. We are excited to explore how we can extend our partnership with FICO and Blitz into customer management and debt collection as the next phase of the transformation.”