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1.3m items pawned in 2024, with gold, mobile phones topping list
Online Reporters, Published on 16/03/2025
» State-run pawnshops lent up more than 20 billion baht to Thai people in 2024 as gold and mobile phones remained the most popular pawned items, according to the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security.
State-run pawnshops get 2 years' credit
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/08/2022
» The cabinet yesterday allowed the Public Pawnshop Office (PPO) to continue overdrawing so it will have enough money to help ease state-run pawnshops' liquidity, deputy government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek.
Khon Kaen Municipality sets aside B200m for its pawn shops
Chakrapan Natanri, Published on 20/01/2022
» KHON KAEN: Khon Kaen Municipality has set aside about 200 million baht in reserves for its two pawnshops, for loans to people bringing in goods ranging from gold jewellery to a pestle and mortar to raise needed cash amid rising costs during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Pawnshops will even take ladders during the Covid epidemic
Assawin Pakkawan and Online Reporters, Published on 07/05/2021
» SONGKHLA: You can find almost anything at a pawn shop — from gold necklaces to a ladder — when the coronavirus hits people's purses.
Udon low-income earners get their pawned tools redeemed
Yuttapong Kumnodnae, Published on 12/05/2020
» UDON THANI: Some low-income earners in this northeastern province who pawned their work tools for emergency cash have got their items back for free -- thanks to a redemption project initiated by governor Nirat Pongsithithaworn.
Covid-19 prompts rush to pawn shops
News, Published on 09/04/2020
» A 40-year-old woman looks at her blender for the last time before quickly leaving it at a pawnshop.
City Hall cuts pawnshop interest rate
Post Reporters, Published on 24/03/2020
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has lowered the interest rate on items pawned at City Hall-run pawnshops, to help households facing money problems for the new school term because of the epidemic.
Financially-stretched parents rush to pawnshops
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 14/05/2018
» Pawnshops, or Rong Rub Jum Num have long been "lenders of last resort" for many Thai parents in need of quick financial aid, especially with the new school term about to start in less than a week.
Pawn shops offer more than money for old rope
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/01/2018
» City Hall last year saw profits from its pawn business jump by millions of baht although financial gain is not its primary goal.