Seven dead in shooting outside East Jerusalem synagogue
By AFP and published by CNA Jerusalem – A gunman killed seven people at an east Jerusalem synagogue on Friday (Jan. 27), Israeli police said, in a dramatic escalation of violence that followed a deadly raid in the West Bank a day earlier. The shooting in the Neve Yaakov neighbourhood of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem […]
Read MoreCentral Bank rules out scamming via phone chargers
THE BANK OF THAILAND said it is not true cash has been stolen from mobile bank accounts while the handsets were being charged with suspect USB cables with this having occurred by loading applications packed with malware, Matichon newspaper said today (Jan. 18). The Central Bank had asked the Thai Bankers Association to investigate […]
Read More‘Police Plus’ app launched to speed up treatment at Police Hospital
THE POLICE Hospital together with Kasikorn Bank today (Nov. 10) launched “Police Plus” app that utilises easy-to-use technology to boost medical efficiency with a target of meeting the needs of over 450,000 patients a year, Matichon newspaper said. National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittiprapas and Ms. Kattiya Indaravijaya, chief executive officer Kasikorn Bank, […]
Read MoreBank coughs up 2.2m baht for seizing wrong house
GOVERNMENT Savings Bank yesterday (Oct. 4) agreed to pay 2.2 million baht compensation to the owners of a house their contractor had wrongfully seized and renovated plus put a for sale sign upfront and in doing so destroying many objects of sentimental value, Sanook.com said. Mr. Ronnarong Kaewpetch, chairman of the Network to Reclaim […]
Read MoreBank explains seizing wrong house, holding talks today
GOVERNMENT Savings Bank last evening (Oct. 3) clarified the seizing of a wrong house in Pathum Thani on Sept.5 pointing out that it had apologised to the owners and had renovated it for resale prior to the mistake being discovered, Sanook.com said. The bank said it had purchased house number 99/44 located in a housing […]
Read MoreBank mum on 2m baht claim for seizing the wrong house
AN UNNAMED bank has so far not paid any compensation to the owner of a house in Pathum Thani which they seized by error on Sept. 5 when their contractor removed all the belongings, locked the gate with a padlock and put a for sale sign on it, Sanook.com said today (Oct. 3). Mr. […]
Read MoreCiti to sell consumer business in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam to UOB Group
By CNBC CITIGROUP will sell its consumer banking businesses in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam to Singapore’s United Overseas Bank, the banks announced today (Jan. 14). As part of the deal, UOB said it will acquire Citi’s unsecured and secured lending portfolios, wealth management and retail deposit units that make up its consumer banking […]
Read MoreWorld Bank sees sharp world growth slowdown
By Reuters staff, published by Channel NewsAsia Washington – The World Bank today (Jan. 11) cut its forecasts for economic growth in the United States, the Euro area and China and warned that high debt levels, rising income inequality and new Covid-19 variants threatened the recovery in developing economies. It said global growth is expected […]
Read MoreBank robber stabbed to death in fight with wounded guard
A BANK ROBBER was stabbed to death in a fight with a security guard who himself suffered a severe chest wound with this occurring at a Government Savings Bank branch in Pathum Thani province this afternoon (Dec. 2), Sanook.com said. Pol.Maj. Sirote Naannian, an inspector at Khlong Luang police station, was notified at 2.20 […]
Read MoreThai central bank chief says economic engines not as strong as before
By Reuters Staff, published by Channel NewsAsia THAILAND’S economic engines may not be as strong as before and the country’s important tourism sector may take longer to normalise, its central bank governor said today (Nov. 18). Factors that will be key to future growth are the digital economy and sustainability, Bank of Thailand Governor […]
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