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SawasdeeShop eyes cryptocurrency use
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 23/03/2021
» SawasdeeShop, an international money changer, will ask permission from the Bank of Thailand (BoT) to use cryptocurrency as an intermediary in international money transfers and currency exchanges in order to reduce costs.
SCB sets up insurance wing
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 15/07/2020
» Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) has set up a new insurance brokerage arm and aims to hire 500 brokers nationwide in order to rapidly acquire customers and boost the insurance adoption rate.
Compensating farmers with a high-tech touch
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 11/07/2020
» Thai fragrant jasmine rice has been a renowned agricultural product for a long time, promising an aromatic taste and a stream of revenue to farmers who are regarded as the country's backbone.
Summit Capital eyes 15% growth
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 25/01/2019
» Summit Capital Leasing, Thailand's second largest motorcycle leasing company, plans to achieve 15% growth in total revenue this year supported by IT investment and expanding dealer partnerships.
TMB introducing online account opening
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 18/09/2018
» From next month, TMB plans to offer electronic Know Your Customer (e-KYC), a feature enabling customers to open ME savings accounts on Android smartphones with near-field communication technology and passport documents.
Technology transforms coverage
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 02/04/2018
» Digital transformation is shaping the way insurance companies do business and changing consumer behaviour in buying insurance products, enabling insurers to compile information about driving habits to calculate risks and offer usage-based policies, which helps some car owners pay lower premiums if they can prove to be safe drivers or they drive less.
Section 44 set to boost digital TV
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 17/03/2018
» The government's planned invocation of Section 44 of the interim charter to delay licence payments for both digital TV operators and winners of the 900-megahertz spectrum will be a boon to their financial liquidity, with True Corporation Plc and BEC World expected to reap the biggest windfall, analysts say.
Tisco buys SCBT's retail banking unit
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 23/12/2016
» Tisco Bank and its sister firm All-Ways Company have acquired the retail banking business of Standard Chartered Bank Thai (SCBT) in a deal worth 5.5 billion baht. The move is geared towards improving market positioning and product coverage.
One for the books
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 31/10/2016
» Ten years on, Sarasin Booppanon can still remember those awful days when, as a PhD student in America, he had to trudge through snow-covered roads at night to photocopy textbooks at the campus library.
Mobile shares higher after payment flub
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 22/03/2016
» The failure of JAS Mobile Broadband to make a payment for its 900-megahertz spectrum licence should help the stock price of parent Jasmine International Plc and the three mobile phone players, stock analysts say.