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SCB effort supports SME liquidity
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 31/07/2021
» Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) recently launched a digital platform to support the liquidity of supply chain businesses and provide small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) an opportunity to access cash faster.
Knowing your expertise
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 10/07/2021
» Tisco Financial Group plans to leverage its expertise in auto lending and wealth management to grow its businesses once the pandemic is controlled, chief executive Sakchai Peechapat told the Bangkok Post in an exclusive interview.
Household debt reaches 18-year high
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 03/07/2021
» Thailand's household debt has hit an 18-year high after rising to 90.5% of GDP in the first quarter.
BoT preps new asset warehouse programme
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 26/02/2021
» The Bank of Thailand is preparing an additional measure to help the struggling hospitality and property sectors through an asset warehousing programme.
Krungsri eases car loan debt
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 21/11/2020
» Krungsri Auto, a car loan unit under Bank of Ayudhya, has helped many customers exit debt relief measures, with those remaining in the programme tallied at 5.5% of total customers.
BoT starting digital factoring next year
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 25/09/2020
» The Bank of Thailand plans to implement digital factoring next year to facilitate small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) access to loans.
Bank of Thailand prepared to ease LTV constraints
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 08/01/2020
» The Bank of Thailand stands ready to further ease the loan-to-value (LTV) regulations governing mortgage lending in areas that are considered harmful to homebuyers, says the central bank's chief.
BoT boss signals challenges ahead
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 27/11/2019
» Demographic shifts, climate change, alterations in value chains, digital transformation and excess global liquidity with historically high leverage are major trends that have implications for the economy through 2025, says the chief of the Bank of Thailand.
Second mortgages fall hard after LTV curbs tame market
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 11/10/2019
» Second and subsequent new mortgages, particularly for condo purchases, plunged 39% year-on-year in the three months to June after the central bank's tougher loan-to-value (LTV) regulations came into force in April.
BoT unswayed by LTV relaxation requests
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 08/10/2019
» Even though property developers have asked for a relaxation of loan-to-value (LTV) regulations, the Bank of Thailand sees no need to do so.