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Real loan lessons
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 06/08/2018
» Education and morality are not a given duo package. It infuriates me to write this, but apparently, having a good education by no means ensures that a person will turn out to have more-or-less sound morals. Which is ironic, because shouldn't all that education have gotten it across somewhere that paying for your education bills is what makes for some of the most basic requirements to being a decent human being?
Online loan sharks nabbed
News, Published on 23/06/2020
» Chon Buri police have on Sunday arrested five Chinese nationals who allegedly operated a loan shark business via a mobile app, with over 100 million baht circulated, police said yesterday.
$1.5bn ADB loan approved
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 05/08/2020
» The cabinet approved yesterday the Finance Ministry's proposal to borrow US$1.5 billion from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to stimulate and rehabilitate the economy.
Dawei road loan nears
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 13/04/2018
» The Neighbouring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency (Neda) is about to approve a long-awaited road construction project linking Thailand and the Dawei deep-sea port in Myanmar.
Yet another huge loan
News, Published on 28/04/2025
» Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira recently declared Thailand may need to borrow as much as 500 billion baht to fund a major economic stimulus package, to soften the anticipated impact on global trade in which the economy will be hard hit by the United States' policy imposing a 36% tariff on Thai imports.
Krungsri expects loan rejections
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 07/08/2019
» Krungsri Consumer Group, an unsecured lending arm of Bank of Ayudhya (BAY), expects that 15% of new loan applicants will be rejected after the Bank of Thailand's practice guidance on capping a borrower's debt-service ratio (DSR) at 70% for those earning up to 30,000 baht a month is adopted.
Loan rejections dent sales
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 19/12/2019
» Car sales during January to November fell 1.1% year-on-year to 918,267 units after monthly sales decreased six months in a row, according to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
Chinese loan sharks caught
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/10/2018
» Chon Buri: Thirteen Chinese nationals were arrested on charges of working illegally after they were found operating a call centre in a rented house in Bang Lamung district to collect debts in China.
Ministry eyes innovation loan
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 09/01/2018
» The Science and Technology Ministry plans to ask for cabinet approval to borrow US$300 million (9.67 billion baht) from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to promote science, technology and innovation, to support the government's much-touted Thailand 4.0 scheme.
Cabinet approves B50bn loan
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/02/2021
» The cabinet has approved a 50-billion-baht low-interest loan programme to assist informal workers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) related to the tourism sector.