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Credit card firms push BoT rethink
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 12/08/2023
» The Credit Card Club, a unit of the Thai Bankers' Association, plans to talk to the Bank of Thailand about expanding the ceiling interest rate and prolonging the relaxation of minimum payments for card spending.
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.
Robinhood shifts emphasis to financial services arena
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 17/10/2022
» Robinhood, an application for an on-demand delivery service platform under SCB X, plans to apply for two financial business licences that are expected to generate core income over the long term.
Easy loans for all
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 08/08/2022
» Major banks have continued to tap the underbanked, aiming to promote financial inclusion and further expand their customer base.
BoT raises economic revival hopes
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 30/10/2021
» The Bank of Thailand (BoT) expects next week's reopening to further raise public confidence, coming on the back of an improvement in domestic consumption following a relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions.
Services at malls closed in 16 additional provinces
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 04/08/2021
» The temporary closure of commercial bank branches in department stores, shopping centres and community malls has been expanded to 16 additional provinces in the dark red zones from the original 13 provinces, according to a statement by the Thai Bankers' Association (TBA) yesterday.
BoT says lockdown could take big bite out of GDP
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 23/07/2021
» The Bank of Thailand predicts the government's tougher measures to contain new infections will lessen economic activity by a range of 0.8 to 2 percentage points.
Branches ordered closed in 13 provinces
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 20/07/2021
» The Thai Bankers' Association (TBA) yesterday announced the temporary closure of physical branches of commercial banks located in department stores, shopping centres and community malls in 13 provinces, in line with the government's tightening restrictions to contain the Covid-19 outbreak.
'Palm vein' biometrics for e-KYC payment
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 22/07/2019
» Banks plan to adopt biometric security for a wide range of financial services spanning from payment and lending to opening new deposit accounts through electronic Know Your Customer (e-KYC) technology.
Banks prepare MyPrompt QR to up security
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 20/07/2019
» Five large commercial banks plan to adopt MyPrompt QR, a business-scan-consumer QR code payment system, from the fourth quarter of this year.