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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.
Thailand tightens mobile banking transfer limits
Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 19/08/2025
» The Bank of Thailand has set a daily transfer limit of 50,000 baht for children and the elderly using mobile banking, seeking to curb financial fraud.
KTC keen on card stimulus spending
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 05/01/2024
» Krungthai Card (KTC) believes the government's Easy E-Receipt scheme should increase the company's credit card spending in the first two months of the year.
A new threat on the banking horizon
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 14/07/2023
» The Bank of Thailand warns that online financial fraud is increasing as criminals turn to false base stations.
Jailbroken phones slapped with ban
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 21/12/2019
» Around 10,000 mobile phones that have been jailbroken or have outdated operating systems will be banned from making mobile banking transactions, starting from May 1, 2020, as part of the central bank's efforts to upgrade security for mobile banking.
IMF praises stimulus
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 06/11/2019
» Now is a good time for Thailand to implement stimulus measures to rev up its economic growth momentum, weighed down by the global slowdown, given the availability of policy space, says the IMF chief.
World Bank cites risks to outlook
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 09/07/2019
» Political uncertainty is a major risk sapping investor and consumer confidence and clouding the country's economic outlook, the World Bank says.
TBA: Transfer glitch refunds shortened to 1 day
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 08/08/2018
» The Thai Bankers' Association (TBA) has agreed to shorten the period for unmatched fund transfer returns in the event of mobile app glitches to one day from a few days.
BoT tells banks to tackle cybersecurity
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 07/08/2018
» The Bank of Thailand has instructed all banks to make cybersecurity a priority, develop systems to tackle unauthorised access and offer compensation in the event of financial losses from a data breach.