Showing 1-10 of 17 results
-
Enter the gig worker
Business, William Hicks, Published on 16/10/2018
» Tour guides, delivery drivers, translators and taxis are nothing new in Thailand, but online platforms like Grab, Fastwork and Line have reduced barriers to enter these professions down to the simple act of registering an online account.
-
Tiptoeing into peer-to-peer lending
Business, William Hicks, Published on 24/10/2018
» Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending is a party that's been raging for over a decade. Old hats like the UK and US are satiated and happy, newcomers like Indonesia are hurriedly working to catch up, while China lays reeling in the corner, having had too much to drink.
-
Bumrungrad highlights robots, smart technology
Business, William Hicks, Published on 10/01/2019
» Thailand has achieved its goal of becoming a medical tourism hub for the world and has been one for some time, according to David Boucher, chief business transformation officer of Bumrungrad Hospital.
-
Bumrungrad Hospital sees future in on-demand telemedicine
Business, William Hicks, Published on 18/01/2019
» David Boucher, Bumrungrad Hospital's new chief transformation officer, wants to make a visit to the doctor more like hailing a Grab car.
-
Thailand still chasing elusive unicorn
Business, William Hicks, Published on 28/05/2019
» As the second largest economy in Asean, it remains a point of wounded pride that Thailand still lacks a major internationally recognised startup.
-
Estonia expanding e-residency scheme
Business, William Hicks, Published on 24/06/2019
» The small European nation of Estonia is looking to expand its global influence through an "e-residency" programme, allowing anyone worldwide to apply to become an e-resident of the country and set up a company there.
-
Line drums up feature flood at annual conference in Tokyo
Business, William Hicks, Published on 28/06/2019
» Line Corp yesterday announced a slew of new features, dramatically expanding the scope of the app as it vies to become an all-encompassing "super app" like China's WeChat.
-
A different kind of 'finance guy' puts his spin on KTBST
Business, William Hicks, Published on 17/08/2019
» Win Udomrachtavanich grew up having a negative perspective of "finance guys" and the cruelties of modern economics, yet remarkably he found himself running one of Thailand's youngest brokerage firms with ambitions of becoming a listed powerhouse.
-
EEU FTA in progress
Business, William Hicks, Published on 12/09/2019
» Thailand could see a windfall in bilateral trade though an upcoming free trade agreement (FTA) with the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), set to finish negotiations over the next few years, says Russian minister of economic development Maxim Oreshkin.
-
Stay indoors, let apps do the job
Business, William Hicks, Published on 30/12/2019
» Thailand's internet economy this year was driven mostly by one thing: convenience.
Your recent history
-
Recently searched
-
Recently viewed links