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Using credit scores to gauge interest
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 23/02/2026
» For decades, Thai banks have relied on borrowers' monthly income to decide how much interest they should pay on personal loans. Now an individual's credit score can help determine interest rates, a shift that could reshape how consumers borrow and how banks manage risk.
Fitch: Bad loans expected to pressure large Thai banks
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 27/08/2025
» Thailand's six major banks are likely to face rising asset risks over the next several years, pressured by a continued increase in impaired loans, according to Fitch Ratings Thailand.
DUP / Survey paints picture of people's financial literacy
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 29/10/2021
» A large number of Thais do not have enough money to handle an emergency situation for longer than three months, especially amid the Covid-19 outbreak, according to a survey by the Bank of Thailand (BoT).
Survey shows low but rising financial literacy
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 28/10/2021
» A large number of Thais do not have enough money to handle an emergency situation for longer than three months, especially amid the Covid-19 outbreak, according to a survey by the Bank of Thailand (BoT).
PIER: Declining unity may hit growth
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 15/10/2021
» The Bank of Thailand's Puey Ungphakorn Institution for Economic Research (PIER) believes the country's differences of opinion could have an effect on future Thai economic growth as people's trust in one another declined over a 10-year period.
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.
Debt Clinic to allow self-employed workers
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 24/04/2018
» The relaxing of requirements is estimated to allow an additional 50,000 debtors to participate in the Debt Clinic, the scheme that pools unsecured bad loans from 16 local and foreign commercial banks, with the aim of turning them into performing assets.