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Fighting cyberthieves
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 03/10/2016
» Sending money and paying utility bills used to require a trip down to the bank during office hours. Today, thanks to smartphones and tablets, those same tasks can be done anytime and anywhere through websites or mobile financial apps.
New IT standards for e-payment upgrade
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 16/02/2021
» The Bank of Thailand has implemented additional regulations to supervise IT system management among e-payment service providers in order to beef up cybersecurity and keep up with upgraded technologies.
Fintech challenge a wake-up call for local banks
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 09/05/2016
» The rise of financial technology (fintech) is posing a major challenge to the banking industry, which needs to get its technology act together to remain competitive, participants of a recent business forum were told.
KBank updates digital system
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 01/10/2014
» Kasikornbank (KBank) has spent 1.5 billion baht upgrading its digital banking platform for corporate customers. The move is aimed at boosting its market share in the transactional banking business to 30% in the next three years and raising its fee-based income.
Half pay bare minimum for card debts
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 26/09/2013
» As many as half the credit card holders polled by Abac's Social Innovation in Management and Business Analysis Research Center are paying only the minimum amount due, sounding alarms over the financial indiscipline of Thai consumers and deteriorating debt repayment ability.
Identity crisis
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 05/08/2013
» With the advent of the information technology age, everything from buying movie tickets to transferring money to paying bills can be done with the click of a button. The ease of the process, however, has the side effect of making people more vulnerable to hackers.
KTB quick to embrace universal leasing
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 28/02/2013
» KTB Leasing, a financial subsidiary of Krung Thai Bank, aims to be a universal leasing company and to expand its assets to 100 billion baht in the next three years.
Springing the debt trap
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 18/03/2013
» Like many street vendors, Jae Uan, who sells fried oysters in Bangkok's Siriraj wet market, has been stuck in a vicious cycle of debt for a decade.
KBank pushes e-services
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 15/11/2012
» Electronic banking has great potential to be a major channel for financial transactions, but banks need to promote it to gain customer trust, Kasikornbank (KBank)said yesterday.
Do it yourself and get more
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 24/09/2012
» 'Do It Yourself" (DIY), a trendy consumer lifestyle concept widely known in the interior decoration field, is extending its reach to the financial world, redefining the way banks are offering their services.