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SME loans to be aided by programmes
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 16/02/2026
» Despite weak loan growth in the banking sector, economists believe existing schemes will be sufficient to support lending for two years, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
BAM wants to be careful with bad asset purchases
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 16/11/2024
» SET-listed Bangkok Commercial Asset Management (BAM) expects non-performing loans (NPLs) in the banking sector to increase next year, though the company will remain cautious with bad debt purchases given ongoing economic uncertainties.
KBank, BAM set up asset management company
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 12/09/2024
» Kasikornbank (KBank) has partnered with Bangkok Commercial Asset Management (BAM) to establish a joint venture asset management company (JV-AMC) to handle non-performing loans (NPLs).
BAM eager to keep lead in distressed assets sector
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 18/05/2024
» Bangkok Commercial Asset Management (BAM), Thailand's largest asset management company, set an ambitious goal for bad asset management over the next few years in a bid to address the burden of distressed debts within the banking industry.
Banks respond to household debt plan
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 28/07/2023
» Financial institutions are ready to comply with the Bank of Thailand's household debt resolution, starting with measures to help reduce persistent debt (PD) from April next year.
Ad hoc banking crisis team forming
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 08/01/2021
» Banks are setting up an ad hoc team for banking crisis management to monitor the surge in infections and allow the provision of uninterrupted financial services.
B36bn in SME soft loans drawn down
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 08/05/2020
» Some 22,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have taken out 36 billion baht in soft loans sponsored by the Bank of Thailand in the weeks since the application period opened.
Applications open for SME soft loans
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 25/04/2020
» The Bank of Thailand on Monday plans to kick off applications for the 500-billion-baht soft loan scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) affected by the coronavirus, with banks expected to start taking out the loans from the central bank late next week.
BoT's Debt Clinic expands criteria
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 04/02/2020
» The Bank of Thailand has relaxed conditions for its Debt Clinic, a scheme that pools unsecured bad loans owed to multiple creditors, to cover cases that have a single debtor and expanded qualified creditors to specialised financial institutions (SFIs) to step up efforts to keep a lid on bad loans.
Thai Bankers' Association studies methods to outsource white-label ATMs
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 25/12/2019
» The Thai Bankers' Association (TBA) plans to allow a third party to manage white-label ATM operations, a pool ATM service run by non-bank firms instead of individual banks, to cut the banking system's operating costs.