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How to protect your finances and fight fraud
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 15/12/2025
» If you are an avid online shopper who regularly joins flash sales and loves snapping up discounted items, you need to be extra careful before making any transfers. Even if you made it through the 12.12 sales smoothly, it is important to stay alert during the upcoming 1.1 promotions and beyond. Fraudsters posing as online merchants remain widespread.
Banks hesitate in rush to cashless era
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 12/04/2023
» The banking industry's push to discourage the use of cash led some to believe it was a good idea to charge fees for cash transactions and suspend cardless money withdrawals at ATMs.
Central bank raises interest rate
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 11/08/2022
» The Bank of Thailand raised its key interest rate for the first time in nearly four years yesterday in an effort to wrestle control over surging inflation as the economic recovery gains momentum.
Bankers launch registration for credit card relief
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 01/04/2020
» The credit card club of the Thai Bankers' Association has opened registration for coronavirus-hit card holders who want to restructure debt to alleviate their financial burden from today until the end of June.
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.
KBank looks to break bond issuance record as rates rise
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 27/08/2018
» Kasikornbank (KBank), the country's top bond underwriter, forecasts new corporate bond issuance to reach 850 billion baht, breaking the annual issuance record, as those with bonds due will roll over debt and prospective issuers will rush to lock in low rates after the central bank signalled that normalisation is around the corner.
BoT opts to stand pat on benchmark rate
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 17/05/2018
» The Bank of Thailand's rate-setting committee held firm on the policy rate yesterday, saying it was not in a rush to match the global tightening after some of its counterparts in Southeast Asia recently raised rates after the US Federal Reserve's normalisation.
Tris Rating: Corporate bonds to outpace loans
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 23/02/2018
» Tris Rating estimates Thai corporate bonds outstanding will outpace corporate loans in the next few years as large companies capitalise on the lower financial costs of bond issuance.