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Lottery retirement savings plan risky
Oped, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 23/10/2025
» Lotteries are among the oldest forms of betting. Yet in modern times, various governments have used this popular form of gambling to encourage financial savings among citizens and even retirees.
Government Savings Bank rolls out fresh B100bn in soft loans for hard-hit SMEs
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/09/2025
» Government Savings Bank (GSB) is introducing another 100-billion-baht soft loan package to help restore liquidity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) affected by the economic slowdown, as the initial 100-billion package is close to depletion.
HSBC rolls out regional digital loans
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 28/03/2024
» HSBC is offering a new US$1 billion growth fund to bolster platform players within the rapidly expanding regional digital economy.
TOAT diversifies amid suffocating competition
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/07/2022
» The Tobacco Authority of Thailand (TOAT) is seeking new revenue streams amid declining cigarette sales.
GSB rolls out measure to stop debts turning bad
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/03/2021
» State-owned Government Savings Bank (GSB) has rolled out a measure to curb existing debts from turning bad, offering a suspension of the repayment of principal and a partial amount of interest.
Second phase of 'cash giveaway' rolls out
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 23/10/2019
» The cabinet yesterday approved the second phase of the Chim, Shop, Chai (taste, shop, spend) cash handouts, which run until the end of the year, with three million more people set to benefit from it.
Updated criteria aimed at thinning welfare rolls
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/06/2019
» The family-based qualification criteria for welfare smartcard holders will be replaced by an individual income benchmark, with the aim of lowering the number of recipients to less than 10 million.
Looking forward to a THAI miracle
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/09/2018
» As THAI's new management team is struggling to get the ailing flag carrier back in the black by 2022, the public looks on with anxiety. Will there be a miracle?