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New plan to address bad debt
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/10/2025
» The Finance Ministry plans to present to the cabinet a plan to address bad debts owed by 3.8 million small-scale borrowers with a total debt value of 120 billion baht.
Banks urged to ramp up lending to Thais
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/03/2025
» With household and non-performing debts unlikely to increase further, Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira says now is the ideal time to encourage financial institutions to accelerate loan extensions.
Finance Minister calls for tax system rejig
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 10/09/2024
» Thailand needs to integrate its entire tax system, as the country's current personal and corporate income tax rates remain higher than the international standards, according to Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira.
Exim Bank set to expand BCG loans
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 31/01/2023
» Export-Import Bank of Thailand (Exim Bank) aims to expand the proportion of loans it extends to businesses conforming to the bio, circular and green economy (BCG) model to 50% of its anticipated total outstanding loans in the next three years from the current level of 28%.
Liquidity support for hospitality firms underway
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/02/2021
» The Finance Ministry has promised to look into devising a measure to beef up liquidity for hard-hit hospitality businesses after meeting a private sector representative.
Four candidates submit governor applications
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/06/2020
» There are four candidates to replace outgoing governor Veerathai Santiprabhob as the Bank of Thailand's 24th chief, says Rangsan Sriworasart, the selection committee chairman.
B100bn relief package for virus
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 05/03/2020
» The Finance Ministry has launched a huge relief package including cash giveaways to many more individuals beyond the 14 million people with annual base incomes not exceeding 100,000 baht and who are registered as poor to help cushion fallout from the spread of the new coronavirus.
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.
Good governance sorely lacking at state-run banks
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/07/2019
» During parliamentary debates on the Prayut Chan-o-cha government's policy statement, scheduled for tomorrow and Friday, the state-run Krung Thai Bank's (KTB) 9.9-billion-baht loan scandal will likely be taken up by the opposition targeting one cabinet member, Finance Minister and Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) leader Uttama Savanayana. When the loan was approved in 2003, Mr Uttama was an executive board member of the bank.
Job skills for poor gets boost
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/01/2019
» The Finance Ministry aims to spend 3 billion baht more to fund a proposed extension of the government's occupational training programme for the poor holding state welfare cards and receiving monthly living allowances.