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  • BUSINESS

    Krungsri frets over digital pace

    Business, Oranan Paweewun, Published on 13/10/2018

    » Krungsri Consumer chairman Thakorn Piyapan is concerned that the country's largest credit card and personal loan lender by number of accounts is not adapting fast enough on digital platforms to capture first-mover advantages amid heightening competition.

  • GENERAL

    CEOs voice concerns for 2024

    Business, Post Reporters, Published on 02/01/2024

    » Thailand is projected to post slow economic growth in the near future compared with pre-pandemic rates. Several public and private agencies have GDP forecasts for 2024 ranging from 3-3.4%, excluding implementation of the government's digital wallet scheme.

  • GENERAL

    Banking on responsible lending

    Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 18/11/2023

    » As authorities try to ease swelling household debt, the Bank of Thailand plans to implement responsible lending guidelines to improve loan quality in the financial system, starting on Jan 1, 2024.

  • BUSINESS

    Asian trade subdued as economic outlook weakens

    Business, Published on 13/05/2023

    » RECAP: Most Asian share markets were subdued on Friday and the dollar held onto its gains from safe-haven flows, after soft economic data from the US and China fuelled concerns about a global slowdown.

  • BUSINESS

    KTC chief forecasts tough 2018

    Business, Published on 11/10/2017

    » Krungthai Card expects earnings to splutter next year as the Bank of Thailand's tougher regulations on credit cards and personal loans, particularly the reduction of the ceiling interest rates for credit cards to 18% from 20%, take a bite out of KTC's income.

  • TECH

    New law to fight online criminals

    News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 18/03/2023

    » A new Royal Decree on Cyber Crime Prevention and Suppression is now in effect, giving victims, banks, and the authorities more options in fighting online scams and other illegal online activities.

  • WORLD

    E-transition will take some time in Thailand

    Asia focus, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 06/11/2017

    » Thailand continues to lay the foundations for a digital economy and is gradually nudging the country in the direction of a cashless society. The centrepiece of the government effort is PromptPay, an electronic money transfer service that links an ID card or mobile number with a bank account and now has more than 32 million registrations.

  • BUSINESS

    People, agility key to digitalisation

    Business, Published on 29/10/2021

    » Human resources play a major role in transforming businesses into digital organisations while agility is imperative to help them weather a host of challenges in this disruptive world, according to two top business leaders in the financial and digital technology fields.

  • BUSINESS

    In tune with tech

    Asia focus, Published on 06/01/2020

    » Playing the piano is more than just a hobby for Maxwell Meyer. It was his first source of income, his first shot at fame, it helped get him through college, and it was how he managed to attract the attention of the woman who recently became his wife.

  • OPINION

    Arkhom risks facing a losing battle

    Oped, Published on 08/10/2020

    » After a month of waiting, Thailand now has a new finance minister -- Arkhom Termpittayapaisith. Thais and the business community have high hopes for the new minister's ability to help stimulate the sagging economy and steer the country's economy out of the Covid-19 crisis.

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