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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.
SCB shoots for 20% return on equity
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 24/12/2021
» Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) aims to increase return on equity (ROE) to 20% in five years as part of the bank's ongoing restructuring.
Digital banking surges in sea change
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 14/04/2020
» The pandemic has ravaged businesses and forced social distancing, spiking demand for remote and digital services as well as online banking.
KBank invests $50m in Grab
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 09/11/2018
» Kasikornbank (KBank) has splashed US$50 million (1.65 billion baht) for an investment in Grab, Southeast Asia's leading online-to-offline (O2O) platform, to expand its new customer base to taxi drivers.
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.
Fairfax Financial keyed up by shareholder rule change
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 23/02/2017
» Canada-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd, a major shareholder of Falcon Insurance Plc, is exploring additional investment opportunities in Thailand after the government removed a 50% foreign shareholding restriction for local insurance companies.
KTB wants to double factoring business
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 22/04/2016
» Krungthai Bank (KTB), the country's second-biggest lender by assets, aims to double turnover of factoring loans to 20 billion baht this year, says a top executive.