Kasikornbank

Retail Asia11/02/2021

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Thailand’s second-largest lender by assets, Kasikornbank, plans to open a branch in Ho Chi Minh City in the third quarter this year. “Attention is now focused on Vietnam as a regional investment hub that has attracted the world’s leading companies, including from Thailand, thanks to its strong economy,” the bank’s executive vice-president, Pattarapong Kanhasuwan, said […]

Retail Asia31/10/2018

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 capabilities will be further enhanced through using data for decision making and steering business toward becoming a […]

Retail Asia26/05/2017

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 collaboration will help woo foreign investors into the country as well as improve its investment climate through […]

Retail Asia11/01/2017

Kasikornbank will soon be Thailand’s second bank to be locally incorporated in China, with hopes of cashing in further on the growing trade between the two countries. Thailand’s fourth largest bank by assets is currently going through the final procedures with the Chinese authorities, with official approval to be completed by mid-2017, Chairman Banthoon Lamsam […]

Retail Asia06/12/2016

Thailand’s Kasikornbank said on Tuesday (29/11) it plans to open a second branch in Laos and upgrade the status of its local bank in China in 2017 as part of a regional expansion. With assets of $68 billion, Thailand’s fourth-largest lender by assets is looking to open branches in Vietnam, Indonesia and Myanmar by 2018, […]

Retail Asia29/11/2016

Thailand’s Kasikornbank Pcl has joined with the Thai unit of International Business Machines Corp to develop blockchain services in a bid to save costs and speed up transaction process, the companies said on Thursday. Kasikornbank will be the first Thai bank to apply the blockchain technology and aims to start the services in the first […]

Retail Asia26/04/2016

Kasikornbank Pcl, Thailand’s fourth-largest lender, will cut its minimum retail and minimum overdraft rates by 25 basis points (bps) on April 25, it said in a statement. The cut, which follows similar move by Bangkok Bank on Thursday, is aimed at helping the bank’s small and medium-sized (SME) business and retail customers who have been hit by the slowing economy, the […]

Retail Asia15/03/2016

Thai tourists are now in the sights of Japanese department stores after their success in luring Chinese during Lunar New Year. Such companies as Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings and J.Front Retailing, which run the Daimaru and Matsuzakaya department stores, are ramping up efforts to lure Thai tourists during their traditional New Year holiday Songkran, which this […]

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Thailand’s 2nd largest bank set for Vietnam entry

Thai’s KBank presses ahead with 2019 loan growth target of 5-7%

Vietnam state investment arm SCIC partners Thai Kasikornbank

Kasikornbank expands in China with local incorporation

Thai Kasikornbank Eyes Regional Expansion, Plans 2nd Branch in Laos

Thai Kasikornbank, IBM join forces on blockchain network

Thai Kasikornbank to cut retail and overdraft lending rates

Japanese stores target Thai tourists