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The target of creating a better credit environment for SMEs is KBank’s strategy upon entering the Vietnamese market. Lees ook: T-Mobile is phasing out plans with included taxes and fees starting tomorrow Korean beauty brands finally out of Thaad’s shadow Aldi…
Lu International, a Singapore-based subsidiary of leading Chinese retail fintech Lufax, is expanding its reach in the region via a strategic partnership with Kasikornbank. The FinVest digital investment platform aims to cater to the growing market of retail…
As we pass the halfway point of 2020, the world today looks very different from when we started the year. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has affected more than our health, as our daily habits have changed, and how we use goods and services has…
Murex, the global leader in trading, risk and processing solutions for capital markets, powered an overnight indexed swap derivatives transaction for KBank based on THOR, the new Thai reference rate. KBank successfully completed the first such transaction…
KBank has established KASIKORN Vision Information Technology Co., Ltd. It is a fintech company wholly owned by KASIKORN Vision Co., Ltd. (KVision) with registered capital of RMB 300 million. It is the first fintech company to be set up by a foreign bank in…
KResearch held a panel discussion on “Measuring the Thai Economic Temperature after Election” on Tuesday April 2, 2019. According to KResearch poll conducted among members of the general public and the business sector before and after the election, it was…
Singtel‘s cross-border mobile payments alliance VIA has expanded into Japan through a partnership with Tokyo-bassed mobile payment technology NETSTARS. The addition of NETSTARS to the alliance will add 100,000 stores to the network’s current 1.6 million…
Thailand’s fourth-largest bank by assets – by loans and deposits it also ranks fourth – has set some eye-catching targets. Take its K-Plus mobile banking offering. Already K-Plus has 10 million customers; that in itself is an already impressive number, given…
Visa’s blockchain-based B2B Connect project is gaining steam, with Thailand’s fourth-largest bank, Kasikornbank, joining the fold. The bank will be the first Thailand bank to use the technology, joining other well-respected financial institutions such as the…
Kasikornbank (KBank) and Thailand Post, a state-owned enterprise, yesterday sealed a business deal that saw one of the country’s biggest banks appoint the postal operator as a banking agent. KBank became the first of the large banks to enter such an…
Com7 has teamed with Kasikornbank (KBank) to expand the BaNana store chain, enabling younger consumers to access IT products and services more conveniently. Their first joint BaNana pilot branch was in Yasothon, and the two companies plan to have 20 more…
Kasikorn Bank (KBank) teams up with Kanbawza Bank (KBZ Bank), Myanmar’s largest bank, to implement a staff exchange program of Mae Sot-Myawaddy, aimed at boosting Thailand-Myanmar border businesses. Focus is made on import-export settlements via banking…
The age of digital transformation is dawning on Thailand’s economy and society as evidenced by crucial developments in banking, retail and other sectors. The Bank of Thailand reported that commercial banks had shut down nearly 300 bank branches in the country…
Thailand’s Kasikorn Bank is setting up its China headquarters in Shenzhen, southern Guangdong province, to further strengthen its presence in the country and seize growing business opportunities brought about by the Belt and Road Initiative. The China…
Vietnam’s government investment arm SCIC, the state investor in the country’s biggest firm Vinamilk, has inked a deal with Thai Kasikorn Bank to unlock more investment opportunities in Vietnam. SCIC, or the State Capital Investment Corporation, said the…
Mr. Nuntawat Chotvijit (second right), Director of Marketing, AEON Thana Sinsap (Thailand) Public Company Limited, together with Ms. Supaneewan Chutrakul (second left), First Senior Vice President of Kasikorn Bank recently launched the “Cashing @ K-ATM with…
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