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Loan shark arrested for charging 3,400% annual interest
Online Reporters, Published on 17/08/2025
» A 37-year-old recently-released inmate has been arrested for running illegal money lending services with annual interest rates as high as 3,400%, Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) officers said on Sunday.
Seven Vietnamese loan sharks arrested
News, Online Reporters, Published on 21/06/2025
» Seven Vietnamese people have been arrested at a house in Pathum Thani for operating an illegal online lending business, charging customers in Vietnam high floating interest rates, Thai police said on Saturday.
PM announces policies as opposition criticises progress
Online Reporters, Published on 12/09/2024
» Newly appointed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra announced her policy statement in parliament on Thursday morning, focusing on measures to improve citizens' financial status and increase state income.
Woman arrested for running karaoke sex bar
Online Reporters, Published on 14/06/2024
» A woman has been arrested and charged for procuring teens into prostitution following a raid on a karaoke bar in Bangkok's Bang Khen district late on Thursday night.
Indian man arrested for loan-sharking
Online Reporters, Published on 06/04/2024
» An Indian national found overstaying his visa by more than 5 years has been arrested in Bangkok for providing illegal loans with a monthly interest rate of 20%.
Indian man arrested after 6 years of overstaying
Online Reporters, Published on 21/12/2023
» NONTHABURI: Immigration police on Wednesday arrested an Indian man who was alleged to have operated as an illegal money lender and discovered that he had overstayed in the country for over six years.
Most say student loans should be interest-free with no fines for defaults: poll
Online Reporters, Published on 02/10/2022
» A majority of people agree with a bill to amend the Student Loan Fund (SLF) Act to exempt debtors from interest and fines for defaults, according to the result of an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.
Credit cards, personal loans lead debt types among Thais: poll
Online Reporters, Published on 28/11/2021
» Credit cards and personal loans top the many types of debt burdening Thai people since their daily life became affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.
Founder of first low-cost airline in Thailand dies
Online Reporters, Published on 17/01/2021
» Udom Tantiprasongchai, best known for founding the first low-cost airline in Thailand, has died at 66.
Future Forward dissolution request sent to court
Online Reporters, Published on 11/12/2019
» The Election Commission (EC) has voted to ask the Constitutional Court to disband the Future Forward Party on the grounds that its executives accepted cash or donations from an illegitimate source.