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Baht set to fall further amid Mideast wartime pressures
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 24/03/2026
» The baht is expected to depreciate to 33.50 per US dollar this week after testing a nine-month low of 33 on Monday, amid heightened uncertainties surrounding the conflict in the Middle East.
Currency nosedives amid more seasonal fluctuations
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 23/03/2024
» The baht plunged against the US dollar on Friday, primarily influenced by external factors, with seasonal fluctuations expected to exert continued pressure on the local currency, potentially weakening to 37 per dollar during the second quarter.
SCB sets sights on SSI debt
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 07/04/2018
» Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), the country's second-largest lender by assets, conservatively estimates it can recover more than one-third of Sahaviriya Steel Industries' (SSI's) 22-billion-baht debt after the country's largest hot-rolled steel maker completes its 12-year debt rehabilitation plan.
BoT plans overhaul with blockchain
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 20/03/2018
» The Bank of Thailand plans to adopt blockchain technology for its bond issuance and wholesale central bank digital currency, an interbank payment system.