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CIMBT eyes social media for risk
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 14/07/2018
» CIMB Thai Bank (CIMBT) is in talks with potential foreign business partners to help the bank leverage social media data to determine retail borrower creditworthiness.
KBank seeks banking agent imprimatur from BoT
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 27/06/2018
» Kasikornbank (KBank), the country's third-largest commercial bank by assets, this month will seek approval from the Bank of Thailand for its banking agent service, with a focus on deposits and cash withdrawals.
The dawn of digital banking
Spectrum, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 22/04/2018
» When out at any shopping mall, it's common for consumers to use anything from credit cards to e-wallets when making purchases nowadays. But when it comes to traditional markets, or talat nat, found faraway from these commercial venues, it's only been recently that one can catch sight of these types of transactions taking place.
Agents to lead unbanked drive
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 14/04/2018
» The two biggest digital banking players, Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) and Kasikornbank (KBank), plan to use banking agents as an additional channel to access the unbanked, helping to plug the gap before the full-scale adoption of digital banking.
BAY studies banking agents for transactions
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 05/03/2018
» SET-listed Bank of Ayudhya (BAY), the country's fifth-largest lender by assets, is studying a plan to provide a full range of transactional banking services through banking agents, while vowing to continue expanding its physical branch network.
BoT sounds alarm on baht speculation
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 18/01/2018
» In a rare move, the Bank of Thailand has threatened to investigate some financial institutions with operations in Thailand for possible involvement in baht speculation.
SCB looking into launching e-market platform on app
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 10/01/2018
» Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) is studying launching its own e-marketplace after the Bank of Thailand conducted a public hearing on the platform, says a senior official.
PromptPay 'Y2 18' glitch delays cash transfers
News, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 01/01/2018
» Users of the national e-payments system, PromptPay, were left frustrated Sunday when computer glitches related to the formatting of the calendar changing to 2018 held their cash hostage for about eight hours.
Drawing on experience
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 05/08/2017
» Pete's Philosophy is a Facebook page created by Suripong Tantiyanon, Visa's country manager for Thailand, to give inspiration for life and work to more than 100,000 fans. He made the page for fun three years ago during a short career break after resigning from Siam Commercial Bank (SCB).
BBL chooses fintech startups for InnoHub
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 28/06/2017
» Bangkok Bank (BBL) has picked eight local and overseas financial technology (fintech) startups to join the bank's fintech accelerator programme, as part of its quest to implement innovative financial products and services.