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Govt mulls buying underperforming NPLs
News, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 24/03/2025
» The government has announced plans to purchase non-performing loans (NPLs) with outstanding balances below 100,000 baht to alleviate financial burdens on small-scale debtors.
Banks preparing to suspend interest fees
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 07/11/2024
» The Thai Bankers' Association (TBA) is implementing a new debt restructuring programme covering borrowing valued at 1.4 trillion baht, aimed at alleviating household debt over three years.
Banks push regulators to ease FIDF fees
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 08/09/2022
» The Thai Bankers' Association (TBA) has discussed with regulators further easing of banks' contributions to the Financial Institution Development Fund (FIDF) as interest rates rise.
Calls for rate cut to relieve pandemic woes
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 03/08/2021
» Economists are urging Thailand's central bank to cut interest rates this week to support the economy amid rising downside risks.
BoT begins probe into SAM's NPA and NPL sales
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 18/12/2020
» The Bank of Thailand is investigating irregular transactions at Sukhumvit Asset Management (SAM) related to non-performing asset (NPA) adjustment and non-performing loan (NPL) sales.
SCB, KTB announce H1 profit declines
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 22/07/2020
» First-half operating results for two SET-listed financial institutions saw lower net profit and higher bad-loan ratios, in line with most commercial banks' disappointing results as the pandemic took a bite out of their fortunes.
Big banks cut rates by 40 basis points
Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 09/04/2020
» The country’s six largest commercial banks have passed on cost savings after the Bank of The country’s six largest commercial banks have passed on cost savings after the Bank of Thailand lowered their required contribution to the Financial Institutions Development Fund (FIDF), trimming prime lending rates by 40 basis points to blunt the coronavirus impact on debtors.
BAM's IPO marks successful debut
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 17/12/2019
» Bangkok Commercial Asset Management (BAM) has posted the country's second largest IPO by market capitalisation this year, finishing at 17.50 baht after a wild ride on its first day of trade on Monday.
BAM ramps up bad-asset buys
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 05/10/2019
» Bangkok Commercial Asset Management (BAM) expects its bad-asset purchases from financial institutions to reach 12-15 billion baht this year amid the sluggish economy.
BAM surpasses year-to-date bad-loan acquisition target
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 05/09/2018
» Bangkok Commercial Asset Management Plc (BAM), the country's largest bad-asset management company, expects to reach its 2018 bad-loan acquisition target of 16.4 billion baht after purchases surpassed the eight-month target.