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After the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders approved the plan to increase charter capital for 2026, the Board of Directors of Southeast Asia Bank (SeABank - SSB) recently issued a resolution to implement it. The AGM approved increasing SeABank's charter capital to 34,688 billion dong through two options: issuing 583.8 million shares to pay dividends at a rate of 20.5% and issuing 40 million shares to managers under the ESOP program. According to the bank, increasing charter capital will not only help SeABank raise its competitiveness but also ensure capital adequacy ratios (CAR) in line with Basel III international standards, laying a solid foundation for credit activities, technology investment, and operations in 2026. In 2026, SeABank targets: pre-tax profit of 7,068 billion dong, up 3%; total assets growth of 10%; funding growth of 23%; credit growth of 17%; ROE of 13.0%; non-performing loan ratio to be controlled below 3%. In the stock market, SeABank's stock SSB closed on 29 April at 16,700 dong per share.
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