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Digital lender sees Thai SME loans surge
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 24/02/2026
» Funding Societies, Southeast Asia's largest SME digital financing platform, expects the total value of its loan applications in Thailand to reach 5.4 billion baht this year, with application volume growing 30% year-on-year, as it focuses on underserved SMEs with strong growth potential.
Building brand power via sport and culture
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 19/02/2026
» Watching a Liverpool–Newcastle match at Anfield would be a thrill for most football fanatics, even if they are fans of neither team. The away team scored the first goal before the Reds stormed back with four goals, clinching their first victory in a month.
Call to let foreigners buy more insurance
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 12/02/2026
» Allowing foreigners to buy insurance policies in Thailand with foreign currencies, particularly yuan, would lift the domestic insurance industry, which is pressured by low interest rates and a sluggish economy, says the Thai unit of French insurer AXA.
Lukewarm response to allowing brewers' IPOs
Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 08/01/2026
» Analysts were lukewarm on the Stock Exchange of Thailand's (SET) plan to open the door to alcoholic beverage listings, arguing the Thai market has limited growth to attract large-scale brewers.
Insurers face a raft of economic challenges
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 02/01/2026
» Unfavourable economic conditions, political instability, soaring medical costs and natural disaster risks are the top challenges facing insurance companies in Thailand, while the country's ageing society could support continued health insurance expansion.
Chow Tai Fook keen to expand abroad
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 24/10/2025
» The rebounding tourism sector not only gives a boost to local hotels and tourism-related businesses, but also to Chinese jewellery brand Chow Tai Fook as the Hong Kong-listed firm aims to capitalise on the growth of affluent Chinese travellers and a growing middle class in Southeast Asia.
Frasers expands its regional presence
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 08/07/2025
» Frasers Property, the Singapore-based property developer and management company of the Sirivadhanabhakdi family, is deepening its presence in Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore to build a resilient portfolio amid an increasingly uncertain global environment.
US tariffs set to dent foreign investment
Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 29/04/2025
» Foreign direct investment (FDI), especially investment coming from China, is expected to be hard hit by America's reciprocal tariff policy, says a unit of China Galaxy Securities (CGS), a state-owned brokerage, which noted that the steep US tariff would dent Thai GDP by about 1% this year.
Maybank dubs Thailand the next data centre frontier
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 20/03/2025
» Thailand is emerging as the next data centre frontier in Southeast Asia, supported by Singapore Telecommunications' (Singtel) partnership with SET-listed Gulf Energy Development and potential investment diversification by ByteDance, says Maybank Securities.
Winning combination
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 10/03/2025
» The way multinational companies look at developing a presence in particular markets can differ. At AXA, the second-largest European insurer in terms of revenue, it opts to partner with local banks in Southeast Asia to ensure success in a region it deems full of untapped potential.