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E-payment countdown
Business, Published on 27/06/2016
» The chance to pay for everyday needs, be it your electricity or grocery bill, without having to queue up at banks or ATMs and carry cash everywhere you go, is set to become a reality in Thailand. That's thanks to the imminent national e-payment system, which will turn smartphones or tablets into digital wallets.
GSB: Commodities price crisis hits domestic savings
Business, Published on 31/10/2015
» The commodities price crisis of the past few years has drastically affected domestic savings, says the head of the Government Savings Bank (GSB).
GSB eyeing big stimulus multiplier
Business, Published on 19/09/2015
» The government's recent economic stimulus measures to put money into the pockets of rural residents and help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are expected to create a four- or five-fold multiplier effect, up to 1 trillion baht.
SME focus: Somkid's new stimulus over 106 billion baht
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/09/2015
» 6-billion-baht venture capital fund, reduced interest rate loans, tax cuts & exemptions for start ups, loan guarantees, all new SME-focused measures to revive slow economy.
New batch of stimulus measures focus on SMEs
Business, Published on 08/09/2015
» A new round of stimulus measures to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will include 100 billion baht in soft loans, tax cuts to 10%, tax exemptions for start-ups, a 100-billion-baht credit guarantee and a 6-billion-baht venture capital fund in another effort to revive the faltering economy.
KBank, SCB spearhead rate cuts
Business, Published on 21/05/2015
» Kasikornbank (KBank) has cut key lending rates by 13-25 basis points in response to the recent request by Bank of Thailand governor Prasaran Trairatvorakul for commercial banks to help revive the economy.
TCG to raise NPL cap for SMEs' benefit
Business, Published on 12/05/2015
» The state-owned Thai Credit Guarantee Corporation (TCG) plans to raise the cap for non-performing loan (NPL) coverage under the portfolio guarantee scheme (PGS) to 30% from 18%.
Government banking on property tax
Business, Published on 12/11/2014
» The land and buildings tax, one of the government's measures to reduce income disparity and make better use of land, is expected to increase state revenue derived from existing local development tax and house and land tax by seven-fold.
FPO: January levels take a faceplant
Business, Published on 28/02/2014
» The Thai economy showed broadening deterioration in January, evidence that the political turbulence is taking a toll on an already-sluggish economy.
BAAC pulls plug on B5bn loan
Business, Published on 18/02/2014
» The state-owned Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) has halted its plan to use the 5-billion-baht loan it recently secured from the Government Savings Bank (GSB) through the interbank market to pay rice farmers, as it is worried it will suffer the same fate as its state-run peer.