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Faster and cheaper international money transfers through blockchain
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 04/11/2016
» Let's face it: making international money transfers is a hassle. Whether you are paying suppliers abroad or wiring funds for your children's tuition, most of you feel frustrated about how long it takes for the money to get to the recipients.
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Data analytics: how banks can improve the customer journey beyond the basics
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 07/10/2016
» How often are you pestered by telemarketing callers trying to sell you credit cards or personal loans? When you visit the bank, how often do tellers offer you insurance or mutual funds that you don't need? If you view such encounters as a nuisance, we feel you.
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Social credit: How Fintech uses Facebook to give you a loan
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 05/08/2016
» In the digital age, who you know and what you post or share on Facebook, Instagram and the like could help you obtain a loan, even if you have no secure job or no credit history. Thanks to the popularity of social networks, big data and advanced computing techniques can be used to infer "social credit" scores, which identify borrowers with the ability and willingness to pay.
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How Blockchain will improve international trade
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 02/09/2016
» Many businesses have to deal with export and import transactions. Banks have long played an important role for corporations as well as small and medium enterprises in facilitating and mitigating risk between buyers (importers) and sellers (exporters) through trade finance.
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Making sense of Thai liquidity
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 01/07/2016
» Given its vague definition, "liquidity" in the economic context is often used loosely by analysts and commentators. In our last article, we offered some clarity by proposing the concept of Gross Domestic Liquidity (GDL). Today we will discuss some of its implications.
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Rethinking how to save for retirement
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 01/04/2016
» Thai society is ageing. Currently, around one person in five is older than 60 years. By 2040, the ratio will be one in three. This presents several concerns: a smaller labour force, lower economic growth, a lower savings rate and higher medical expenses.
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How do MLR changes affect policy rates?
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 06/05/2016
» Yes, you read that headline right. This article is focused on the impact of changes made by commercial banks to their minimum lending rates (MLR) on the policy rate decisions of the Bank of Thailand.
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It takes time before sentiment can create an impact
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 04/03/2016
» The government has been aggressively driving the Thai economy, notably through public investment, which rose 30% last year compared with 2014. How big was that? Well, the average growth rate for public investment between 2010 and 2014 was -1.8%.
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Don't overlook the 'trivial component' in GDP calculation
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 08/01/2016
» Anyone who has taken Economics 101 will be familiar with the equation Y=C+I+G+X-M. Simply put, gross domestic product (Y) is a combination of consumption plus investment, government spending and exports, minus imports.
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Don't let inventory upset your GDP forecast
Business, TMB Analytics, Published on 05/02/2016
» In our previous article, we argued economists and analysts alike should pay more attention to an unassuming component of GDP -- inventory. We showed that despite its tiny size, merely 1.6% of GDP, inventory can have a profound effect on both seasonality and swings, hence on all GDP forecasting exercises.
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