Thailand News News Thailand » Finance: Who Could Be Thailand’s Finance Chief? Thaksin’s Daughter, Bankers Among Hopefuls
(Bloomberg) -- A member of Thailand’s influential Shinawatra clan and two leading banking executives are among contenders for the finance minister’s job as Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin picks his ...
News Thailand » Finance: Thailand Has Not Manipulated Currency, Finance Minister Says
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's finance minister said on Wednesday that the country has not engaged in currency manipulation, and said the central bank has the tools to manage the currency without ...
News Thailand » Finance: Carbon credit token raises B480m on Thai market
Thailand's capital market has marked a new milestone in sustainable finance after the country's first environmental investment token, Blu Green Token (BLU), completed its initial offering and began ...
News Thailand » Finance: Thailand Cuts Welfare Card Holders by 28% on Fiscal Pressure
Thailand approved just 9.5 million people for its latest state welfare card program, down from 13.2 million in the previous round, after the Ministry of Finance tightened screening rules to better ...
News Thailand » Finance: Thailand Mount Major Anti-Crypto Crackdown: We’re Coming For Your Stablecoins
Thailand’s Bank of Thailand (BOT) has launched a sweeping anti-money laundering offensive targeting USDT stablecoin transactions, cash flows, and gold trading – and the scale of enforcement suggests ...
News Thailand » Finance: Thai Finance Deputy Says Key Rate ‘Too High,’ Restraining Growth
(Bloomberg) -- Thailand’s benchmark interest rate is “too high,” hurting the standard of living of people and weighing down the economy, according to Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat who ...
News Thailand » Finance: Thai Finance Minister Says Country Must Heed Fitch Warning
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's finance minister said on Thursday that the country needs to take heed of warnings by ratings agency Fitch, which downgraded its outlook for the Thai economy this week, ...
News Thailand » Finance: Thailand to Offer Anti-Scam Plan at Fall IMF-World Bank Meeting
Thailand will unveil a blueprint for a global policy framework to combat online financial fraud and strengthen digital finance at the International Monetary Fund-World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok ...
News Thailand » Finance: Thailand’s new prime minister inherits a $14 billion cash handout problem and a sluggish economy
Days after being elected as Thailand’s youngest-ever prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra threw cold water on a policy question that had been simmering for months. At a press conference soon after ...