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Panel puts flood income loss at B30bn this month
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 04/12/2025
» The private sector estimates the deadly floods in the South have caused income losses of 20-30 billion baht, weighing on GDP growth in the final quarter of this year.
Tisco Bank expects NPLs to reach 3.5%
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 20/01/2021
» Tisco Bank expects the non-performing loan (NPL) ratio to climb to 3-3.5% of total outstanding loans this year under a worst-case scenario where a third-wave of Covid-19 occurs in Thailand.
Banks' transaction crash rate down in Q2
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 05/08/2020
» The banking sector continued to endure transactional crashes in the second quarter, albeit at a lower rate, as transaction volume surged.
Krungsri Research lowers growth to 1.5%
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 25/02/2020
» Bank of Ayudhya's (BAY) research house Krungsri Research has lowered its forecast for economic growth this year to 1.5% from 2.5% because of the damage from the Covid-19 outbreak, the delayed fiscal budget and the drought.
TMB cites triple whammy to GDP
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 06/02/2020
» The coronavirus epidemic, the delayed fiscal budget and the ongoing drought are estimated to shave nearly 280 billion baht off GDP, taking economic growth down to a range of 1.7-2.1%, according to TMB Analytics.
BBL prepares for in-app advisory feature
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 13/01/2020
» Bangkok Bank (BBL) plans to add an advisory feature to the Bualuang m-Banking mobile app in March as a means to generate fee income from the digital platform.
Q3 sees dip in bank transaction crashes
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 23/12/2019
» The frequency of banking transaction crashes fell sharply in the third quarter after the central bank imposed a measure to publicly disclose them, according to Bank of Thailand data.
TBA has bank apps warn each other of system crashes
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 17/07/2019
» The Thai Bankers' Association (TBA) has instructed commercial banks to set up an alert system to notify other banks' customers in the event of a digital banking system crash.
BoT warns dust will soon hit tourism
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 01/02/2019
» Even though the persistent toxic haze caused by ultra-fine dust particles shrouding Bangkok and its vicinity has not yet taken a toll on the tourism sector, an impact is inevitable if the pollution is prolonged, says a senior official at the central bank.
TBA: Banks double mobile capacity for year-end surge
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 28/12/2018
» Commercial banks have ensured that the online banking system will avoid repeating glitches during the peak period at year-end by doubling their mobile banking transaction capacity, says the chief of the Thai Bankers' Association (TBA).