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SCB eyes very small firms
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 20/02/2017
» Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) plans to expand the number of its small business customers with a focus on the food supply chain and e-commerce operators this year.
TMB Q4 profit plummets
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 18/01/2017
» TMB Bank (TMB), the country's seventh-largest lender by assets, saw its unaudited fourth-quarter net profit fall by 18.4% year-on-year as higher impairment costs hit its bottom line.
KPI seeks place in top 10
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 11/08/2016
» Krungthai Panich Insurance (KPI) is aiming for a spot among the top 10 motor insurers over the next four years. The effort is being driven by its recent partnership with an online insurance broker.
PayPal eyes social commerce
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 27/07/2016
» PayPal, the leading international payment service provider, is focusing on social commerce in Thailand to capitalise on the country's high growth e-commerce market.
TBank waives EDC charges, lowers fees
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 22/06/2016
» Thanachart Bank (TBank) is waiving installation charges and cutting the fees for small merchants who provide electronic data capture (EDC) terminals for debit cards to their customers, in an effort to draw traders to join the electronic payment system.
Letters of credit losing ground
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 17/06/2016
» Rapid growth in the e-commerce market has taken a bite out of banks' letters of credit, whose ratio is expected to fall to 10% of commercial loans in the next decade, says Songpol Chevapanyaroj, Krungthai Bank (KTB) senior executive vice-president.
BoT reviews P2P lending
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 01/03/2016
» The Bank of Thailand is mulling whether to regulate peer-to-peer (P2P) lending now that the innovative funding tool is gaining in popularity.
Visa eyes consumption boost in 2016
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 02/12/2015
» Visa International (Thailand) expects a 12% spending growth on its cards this fiscal year on anticipation the recent stimulus measures will boost domestic consumption.
KTB aims for transactional banking
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 15/04/2015
» Krungthai Bank (KTB), the country's second largest lender by assets, has set an ambitious goal to raise its transactional banking business to 20% in the next three years from 8%, in a move to increase fee-based income.
Online broker touts cheaper premiums
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 07/04/2014
» DirectAsia.com, a newly formed online insurance broker in Thailand, has set its sights on launching products to capitalise on growth potential for online insurance purchases.