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Delinquent student loan holders targeted
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 13/01/2026
» The Student Loan Fund (SLF) is preparing to file lawsuits against around 100,000 SLF borrowers to enforce repayment of more than 10 billion baht in unpaid debt.
Import duty planned on Jan 1 for low-cost goods
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/11/2025
» The Customs Department is preparing to impose import duties on goods valued less than 1,500 baht (the de minimis value) starting Jan 1 next year to create fair competition for domestic businesses.
Fiscal Policy Office touts psychology behind co-pay scheme
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 04/11/2025
» The "Khon La Khrueng Plus" co-payment scheme is considered one of the world's most effective consumption stimulus programmes, founded on the principles of behavioural economics, according to an analysis by the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO).
Proposed battery tax rejig to reward energy efficiency
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/01/2025
» The Finance Ministry plans to propose to the cabinet next month a revision of the battery tax from a flat rate for all battery types to a tiered rate, with more efficient batteries subject to a lower levy than less efficient batteries.
Retirement lottery to the rescue
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/07/2024
» It is alarming that nearly half of the country's workforce, comprising 37.5 million people, lacks a retirement savings plan.
Ministry to probe executives' BCP shares
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/02/2023
» The Finance Ministry will investigate whether it was unethical for two of its senior executives to receive shares offered to them by SET-listed Bangchak Corporation Plc (BCP) under the company's employee stock ownership plan (Esop), said a ministry source who requested anonymity.
State banks ready treats for New Year
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/12/2019
» While the government is splurging money through a raft of stimulus measures to boost year-end spending, two state-owned banks are also poised to play Santa Claus to their borrowers.
Climbing the ladder of Thai banking
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/04/2018
» Chatchai Payuhanaveechai once saw his career in the banking industry as a path to follow in his parent's footsteps and become a retail merchant, but he's not only remained a banker for more than three decades -- he also managed to climb to the top post at state-owned Government Savings Bank (GSB).