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Loan repayments set to hit record high
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 15/01/2026
» Kasikornbank (KBank) expects loan repayments to hit a record high in 2025, with loan growth in 2026 projected to increase marginally in line with Thai economic conditions.
Thai banks increase focus on capital management
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 11/11/2025
» Local banks have intensified their capital management efforts to boost shareholder returns amid a slowdown in business expansion.
Non-banks get go-ahead for asset management ventures
Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 07/11/2025
» The Bank of Thailand will allow non-bank institutions to establish joint-venture asset management companies (JV-AMCs), expanding on a previous policy that permitted only banks to do so.
KBank bullish on cutting employee costs
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 15/10/2025
» Kasikornbank (KBank) has successfully implemented its early retirement (ER) programme and aims to reduce employee costs by 10-20% over five years as it increasingly adopts artificial intelligence (AI).
KBank to transfer B60bn of bad loans
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 01/02/2025
» Kasikornbank (KBank) plans to transfer bad assets worth around 60 billion baht to its new joint venture asset management company (JV-AMC) by 2026, reducing the bank's non-performing loans (NPLs).
Banks announce increases in loan, deposit rates
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 03/10/2023
» Banks have announced they will increase both loan and deposit rates in response to the Bank of Thailand's (BoT) monetary policy direction, following the decision by the central bank last week to raise its policy rate by a quarter of a percentage point.
KBank appoints new president, restructures business operations
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 29/08/2023
» Kasikornbank (KBank) has announced the appointment of a new president and co-president, along with a restructuring of its business operations under a spin-off strategy.
Arkhom hailed into cabinet
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Somruedi Banchongduang and Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 06/10/2020
» Monday's appointment of Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, the former transport minister, as the new finance minister has received blanket praise from business and academic circles, lauding the appointment as bringing much needed stability with the recent chaos surrounding the ministry.