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LTV ratio rejig offers promise
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 11/03/2025
» Amid slower economic growth, the expected easing of the loan-to-value (LTV) ratio is likely to provide limited support for mortgage loans, says the Housing Finance Association.
The effort to clamp down on scams
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 19/09/2024
» Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn, a People's Party list MP, recently slammed the Bank of Thailand governor for his slow action in tackling rampant call centre scams.
Bank of Thailand allows banks to give credit to debt scheme users
Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 05/08/2024
» The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is allowing banks to continue providing credit lines to retail borrowers participating in debt restructuring programmes to help support their liquidity amid a slower income recovery.
Launch of e-KYC for deposits
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 07/02/2020
» The Bank of Thailand is letting six commercial banks offer facial recognition using electronic Know Your Customer (e-KYC) technology to verify the identity of new customers under the regulatory sandbox when opening online deposit accounts, starting on Thursday.
KBank uses digital for Asean retail
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 03/02/2020
» Kasikornbank (KBank) looks set to use digital banking to make inroads into the regional retail market, tapping higher-yield business.
SCB wants Myanmar licence
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 16/01/2020
» Siam Commercial Bank is seeking approval from the Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) to upgrade SCB's representative office to operate under a bank subsidiary licence in the neighbouring country.
NCB to collect mobile data for World Bank
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 22/04/2019
» The National Credit Bureau (NCB) plans to collect mobile phone usage data to meet the World Bank's demand for additional information in evaluating ease of doing business.
Doing Business score up, but ranking slips to 27th
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 02/11/2018
» Thailand's ranking among 190 economies in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Report 2019 fell a notch to 27th, though its overall score improved by 1.06 percentage points to 78.45.
BoT looks to widen agent services
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 20/02/2018
» The Bank of Thailand plans to extend the business scope of banking agents to money withdrawals and retail payment services, expected to take effect from next month.