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Credit cards can work
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 20/04/2015
» Want a discount each time you buy something? Then cashback credit cards could be your answer.
Auto lenders pin hopes on H2
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 23/03/2015
» Car loans are expected to continue their struggle in the first half as consumer confidence remains shaky, but lenders are holding out hope that state spending will help boost domestic consumption in the second half.
BBL seeks 15% growth
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 11/03/2015
» Bangkok Bank (BBL) is striving for 15% mortgage loan growth this year as it does not see the draft bill on land and buildings tax as a concern to home buyers.
KLeasing eyes slight growth
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 28/01/2015
» Kasikorn Leasing (KLeasing), Kasikornbank's automobile lending arm, expects only marginal loan growth this year, reinforcing pessimism that domestic new-car sales will rebound at a slow pace.
New code sparks concerns
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 03/12/2014
» Banks are calling for the liability of guarantors to be similar to that of co-signers in the amended Civil and Commercial Code, saying it could otherwise hurt international trade and borrowing as well as corporate loans.
TBank's car loan demand remains slow
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 05/11/2014
» Automobile loan demand will continue to be lukewarm until the end of the five-year lock-up period for cars bought under the Yingluck Shinawatra government's first-time buyer scheme, says a Thanachart Bank (TBank) senior executive.
Despite downturn, auto lenders redouble efforts
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 24/10/2014
» Despite persistent lukewarm demand in car loans following the boom during the previous government's tax incentives for first-time car buyers, banks are strengthening their leasing arms to prepare for a demand rebound in the years to come.
BBL bullish on 15% mortgage loan rise
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 11/08/2014
» Bangkok Bank (BBL), the country's largest lender by assets, is upbeat about achieving its ambitious mortgage loan growth target of 15% this year after 6% growth in the first half.
TBank has more staff to collect debt
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 28/07/2014
» Thanachart Bank (TBank) has strengthened its debt collection segment to deal with rising non-performing loans (NPLs), though it expects bad loans to gradually decline in the second half as the economy rebounds.
SCB keeps loan outlook at 5% this year
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 24/06/2014
» Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) expects its loan demand to pick up to a normal level in the final quarter this year in the wake of improving investor and consumer confidence following the junta's rapid moves to address economic and political problems.