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Cabinet okays B100bn soft loan aimed at SMEs
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/07/2024
» The cabinet has approved a 100-billion-baht soft loan to be provided to financial institutions for relending to their customers, with a particular focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Pico-finance reform on the cards
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 12/09/2023
» The Finance Ministry is preparing to update a ministry notification regarding the operation of pico-finance businesses to offer greater consumer protection, says Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) deputy director-general Sumalee Satitchaichareon.
Department urges firms to home in on ESG
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 08/08/2023
» The Excise Department is advising business operators to accelerate adjustments by focusing on manufacturing products in line with the environmental, social and governance (ESG) approach to prevent an embargo on imports, says director general Ekniti Nitithanprapas.
GSB still backing low-income borrowers
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/01/2023
» Government Savings Bank (GSB) plans to continue to help low-income borrowers access loans this year on a fair borrowing cost basis through its newly launched mortgage subsidiary and its existing digital lending application, says president Vitai Ratanakorn.
SME D Bank extends B2bn for tourism
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/05/2022
» The Small and Medium Enterprise Development Bank of Thailand (SME D Bank) has set aside loans worth around 2 billion baht for SMEs in the tourism sector to boost their liquidity, says president Nartnaree Rathapat.
Excess revenue to help public
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 19/03/2022
» If Thailand's revenue in fiscal 2022 exceeds the government target, the Finance Ministry will spend the excess money on easing people's living costs, says the ministry's permanent secretary Krisada Chinavicharana.
Balancing act in bid to raise revenue
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/01/2022
» The government is inching towards imposing taxes on some products and ending tax waivers to ensure fiscal stability and expand the tax base.
Exim Bank's tools can help SMEs survive, thrive
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 08/12/2021
» Although many parties share common views on a better economic outlook for Thailand and the world next year, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) might still have no good reason to celebrate, said Rak Vorrakitpokatorn, president of Export-Import Bank of Thailand (Exim Bank).
State banks line up loans for businesses in EEC
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 28/10/2021
» State-run financial institutions stand ready to provide liquidity to around 175,000 business operators in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) to help them deal with the impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Methods sought to ease airlines' liquidity crunch
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/09/2021
» Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith has instructed the Fiscal Policy Office and the Bank of Thailand to jointly seek ways to relax some of the criteria for state banks to lend to domestic airlines to improve their liquidity.