Vietnam will fine individual investors up to 50 million dong for buying and selling cryptocurrencies on platforms not licensed by the finance ministry from Sept. 1. Fines rise to 100 million dong for trading cryptocurrencies allowed only for foreign investors. Operators running unlicensed crypto services or advertising without approval face penalties of up to 200 million dong. The rules also cover customer identity checks and account data handling, alongside a five-year pilot crypto market launched in September 2025.

Toss Bank is extending its international remittance fee waiver through the end of the year and expanding the number of currencies available for transfers to 10. The bank said it will waive the 3,900 won fee charged for overseas remittances until Dec. 31, applying the benefit to newly added currencies as well. Newly supported currencies include the Japanese yen, Vietnamese dong and Thai baht.