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Finance Ministry scraps travel cash for tourists
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/04/2019
» The Finance Ministry has scrapped a plan to hand out travel allowances in cash worth 1,500 baht each to about 10 million people for travelling in any of 55 second-tier provinces, part of a scheme to promote domestic tourism in areas not regularly visited be them.
Treasury nears elderly unit rates
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/04/2019
» The Treasury Department looks set to fix residential unit prices of its initial complex for the elderly, its chief says, in an attempt to resume the project after a delay the past few years.
BAAC preparing drought support
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 18/03/2019
» The state-owned Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) is set to launch a drought relief measure, offering farmers a three-year instalment plan for interest payments.
GH Bank to kick off savings lotteries
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/03/2019
» State-owned GH Bank plans to raise funds worth 100 billion baht by issuing its first savings lotteries over the course of two years, starting from September, its head says.
SME Bank expects to cut NPL ratio with divestment
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 08/03/2019
» The state-owned Small and Medium Enterprise Development Bank of Thailand (SME Bank) expects its bad-loan ratio to dip below 10% this year because of its divestment plan for soured loans.
Finance Ministry approves IFRS 9 delay for SFIs
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/03/2019
» The Finance Ministry is letting specialised financial institutions (SFIs) put off adopting International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (IFRS 9) for an additional five years from 2020.
Plan to fiscalise BMTA debt moves forward
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/03/2019
» The Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) is set to fiscalise a Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) debt of 100 billion baht if the loss-making state enterprise can turn its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (ebitda) positive.
Soft loans, TV reality show boost for street-food vendors
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 05/03/2019
» The state-owned Government Savings Bank has allocated 5 billion baht for soft loans to 100,000 street-food vendors this year, almost double last year’s amount.
Ministry buying B10bn in shares of hybrid bank
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 01/03/2019
» The Finance Ministry is set to spend 10 billion baht to subscribe to TMB Bank's newly issued shares to maintain its shareholding in the new bank from the amalgamation of TMB and Thanachart Bank (TBank).
State to dole out 100% of budget
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/02/2019
» The Comptroller-General's Department wants to see the entire annual budget expenditure for fiscal 2019 doled out, citing the amended Budgetary Procedure Act and the department's close monitoring of state agencies' budget disbursement.