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Virtual bank applications to open in March
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 01/03/2024
» The Bank of Thailand is scheduled to open the application period for virtual banking licences this month, attracting several business operators.
SCB assesses its digital future
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 07/10/2023
» Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) has unveiled its "Digital Bank with a Human Touch" vision of evolving into a fully digital bank by 2025, with more than 95% of customers completing transactions on digital platforms.
SCB chief spurns ministerial post
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 25/07/2023
» Arthid Nanthawithaya, chief executive of SCB X, the financial technology conglomerate and holding company of Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), said he would reject the post of finance minister in the incoming government if he were to be offered it.
Lame excuses
Oped, Postbag, Published on 31/03/2023
» Re: "Parties buck EC poll pact", (BP, March 30).
Regional impact of faltering China
Business, Sirinnaree Ongsakul, Published on 27/01/2023
» Amporn Swatsuk owns a "Tubtim Siam" pomelo farm in southern Nakhon Si Thammarat province that has been hobbled by the protracted Covid-19 outbreak. For more than two years, the amount of fruit exported from the farm with geographical indication certification has dipped significantly.
Salesforce boosts firms via digital power
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 20/01/2023
» Amid global challenges, businesses need to gear up for cost efficiencies, increase productivity through automation and find the right solutions to accelerate growth while gaining customer insights through real-time data collection and analytics.
Treading a familiar path to super-app status
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 12/11/2022
» Robinhood, the Thai on-demand service application, has set an ambitious target to become a regional platform in the near future.
Gulf vows to stick with Binance deal
Business, Published on 05/09/2022
» The scrapped Siam Commercial Bank (SCB)-Bitkub investment deal has not deterred Gulf Energy Development from its decision to venture into the digital asset business, with the company saying it was determined to benefit from the latest trend in new technology.
Siam Commercial Bank's purchase of crypto exchange Bitkub stalled
Published on 01/08/2022
» A deal to sell a majority stake in Thailand’s largest crypto exchange to the nation’s oldest bank remains stuck in due diligence more than eight months after the plan was unveiled, according to the platform’s co-founder.
Unmasking changes to Covid restrictions
Business, Janine Phakdeetham, Published on 22/06/2022
» As Thailand plans to downgrade Covid-19 to endemic status in July, several rules from the pandemic era such as wearing a mask in public and mandatory purchase of Covid health insurance to enter the nation for foreign visitors are set to change.