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Low-carbon economy looms
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 17/11/2025
» Thailand's carbon-intensive industries are under growing pressure to fast-track their green transition after the new government announced an ambitious plan to accelerate the country's net zero goal by 15 years, from 2065 to 2050.
Bangkok Bank, MIT aid SMEs and farmers
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 03/11/2025
» Bangkok Bank (BBL) is partnering with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a well-known educational institution, to bring the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital innovation to Thai small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the agricultural sector.
SCB assesses its digital future
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 07/10/2023
» Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) has unveiled its "Digital Bank with a Human Touch" vision of evolving into a fully digital bank by 2025, with more than 95% of customers completing transactions on digital platforms.
Central bank mulls extending SME loan
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 21/02/2023
» The Bank of Thailand is considering whether to extend the transformation loan facility supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) hit by the pandemic with a view to improving their operations over the longer term.
PromptBiz targets SME digital payments
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 30/08/2022
» National ITMX Co (NITMX), a digital payment infrastructure system developer, has created PromptBiz, a digital payment infrastructure system for the business sector, as part of its upgrade of Thailand's digital payment systems.
BoT expects uptick in demand for lending
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 22/02/2022
» The Bank of Thailand (BoT) expects that the picking up trend of the Thai economy will support economic activities and loan demand this year.
QR move to ease cross-border payment
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 27/03/2021
» The Bank of Thailand, in collabora-tion with the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), has launched a QR payment linkage to simplify cross-border payments between the two countries.
Corporate bond issuance plunges
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 19/05/2020
» New corporate bond issuance has plummeted 41.9% from a year earlier for the four months through April as the coronavirus outbreak dents demand, according to an executive at Kasikornbank (KBank).
9 banks seek central bank MFLF aid
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 30/04/2020
» Nine commercial banks have sought liquidity support worth a total of 56 billion baht for their purchases of mutual fund units through the Bank of Thailand's Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility (MFLF) as of April 24, according to central bank data.
Filling a prescription for career success
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 04/04/2020
» Like many graduates who embark on a career to match the degree they earned, Pipit Aneaknithi started out as a pharmacist until his passion to make a difference turned him into a banker.