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Find Bangkok’s Best Pico Laser in 2025
Published on 30/07/2025
» Bangkok, July 29, 2025 — Bangkok is a city that offers it all, from world-class dining to vibrant culture. It's also a global capital for cutting-edge beauty treatments, and right now, no treatment is more in demand than the Pico Laser. It’s the secret to erasing stubborn sun damage, smoothing away acne scars, and finally achieving that clear, radiant complexion we all dream of.
Geographical reach of pico-finance businesses to be expanded
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 23/07/2025
» The Finance Ministry is in the process of revising its ministerial announcement to expand the geographical scope of the pico-finance business to better serve small-scale borrowers and draw informal lenders into the formal financial system.
Ministry rebuffs reports of returned pico-finance licences
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/06/2025
» The Finance Ministry has dismissed reports suggesting a growing number of business operators are returning their pico-finance licences due to an increase in non-performing loans (NPLs).
Guru's Weekly Buzz: May 9-15
Guru, Published on 09/05/2025
» Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.
Back from the past
Postbag, Published on 29/12/2024
» Re: "Decision on Kittiratt as Bank of Thailand chair not yet final", (BP, Dec 27) & "Kittiratt defends rice scheme: IMF triggers another round of criticisms", (Business, Nov 14, 2013).
Guru's Weekly Buzz: April 19-25
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 19/04/2024
» Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.
Pico-finance gives 4m people access to credit worth B40bn
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 05/04/2024
» Pico-finance, employed by the Finance Ministry to broaden formal financing channels for low-income earners and informal workers, has effectively facilitated access to credit tallying nearly 40 billion baht for more than 4 million individuals.
The future of AI is LAM
Life, James Hein, Published on 14/02/2024
» After my earlier article, I realised I was somewhat scant on what a Large Action Model (LAM), also called Large Agentic Models, are. As already mentioned, these have derived from the Large Language Models (LLM), or what people now refer generically as AI, discussed before.
Digging out of debt
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 28/12/2023
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has declared dealing with informal debt and the problems it creates a national priority, likening the situation to a form of modern-day slavery.
Ministry sees key role for smaller lenders
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 26/12/2023
» Nano-finance and pico-finance loans worth 70 billion baht in total are among the measures being deployed to counter informal debt problems, says Fiscal Policy Office director-general Pornchai Thiraveja.