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KASIKORNBANK FINANCIAL CONGLOMERATE has acquired additional investments in PT Bank Maspion Indonesia Tbk (Bank Maspion) in Indonesia through KASIKORN VISION FINANCIAL PTE. LTD. (KVF) and PT. KASIKORN VISION FINANCIAL INDONESIA. Following the capital…
Thailand’s second-biggest lender Kasikornbank is in talks to buy consumer finance provider Home Credit Vietnam in a deal of up to $1 billion that would further its push to expand in Vietnam, two sources said. The Bangkok-based lender, also called KBank, hopes…
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…
KBank recently announced the appointment of Ms. Voranuch Dejakaisaya as Executive Chairman–KASIKORN Business–Technology Group (KBTG) to supervise the IT systems of KBTG and KBank, and help steer the organizations’ transformation plans and regional expansion.…
Kasikornbank (KBank) has risen to the forefront as a world-class Bank of Sustainability after it was awarded the prestigious S&P Global Sustainability Award with Gold Class distinction in recognition of its distinctive performance that has harmoniously…
KASIKORNBANK (KBank) is gearing up to become The Bank of AEC+3 after the State Bank of Vietnam granted approval for the opening of a branch in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The Bank aims to serve Thai business customers, including large corporate and SME clients…
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…
Ms. Kattiya Indaravijaya, President of KASIKORNBANK, said Thai economic activity in the third quarter of 2019 continued to see few supports, after growing by 2.30% in the second quarter of 2019. The Thai economy showed signs of strength in the third quarter…
KBank has announced its successful issuance of USD denominated subordinated notes (the “Notes”) with a USD800 million offering that were oversubscribed four times. Such high oversubscription rate reflects the international investors’ confidence in KBank. It…
Lombard Odier is bullish about its onshore partnership strategy in Thailand, claiming that 80 percent of high net worth wealth remains onshore with local banks. The bank is bullish on Thailand’s wealth market, citing industry projections of 10-30 percent…
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…
New entrants and increased competition brought about by challenger banks could result in revenue losses of up to 30 percent among legacy banks over the next 10 years. While digitalization can lower costs for incumbent banks by 30 to 50 percent, new…
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…
KBank will hold an examination for eight graduate scholarships for 2019 at both local and international institutes in many fields, including business administration, finance and IT, the bank said in a press release on Thursday.Scholarships in business data…
In the recently announced 2019 business plans, KASIKORNBANK (KBank) will press ahead to become the “Customers’ Life Platform of Choice” by using K PLUS to introduce financial and lifestyle services that suit individual clients. KBank’s financial and IT…
KASIKORNBANK (KBank) is the first Thai and ASEAN bank to issue sustainability bonds totaling USD100 million, where the proceeds will be used to finance green and social projects. Such bond issuance is aimed at supporting the development of Thai and regional…
