10,000-baht digital wallet for as many as 50 million Thais: PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (Nov.10) reconfirmed that the Pheu Thai-led government’s 10,000-baht digital wallet project will benefit as many as 50 million Thais throughout the country, beginning next May. The prime minister announced that an estimated 50 million Thai nationals aged 16 years or over will be entitled to […]
Read More10,000-baht digital wallet not for purchase of services
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PEOPLE WILL NOT LIKELY be allowed to use the Pheu Thai-led government’s digital wallet to buy services anywhere, a government official said today (Nov.9). The eligible recipients will only be allowed to use their 10,000-baht digital wallet to buy goods but not any services under the populist handout campaign, according […]
Read MoreMost people prefer to use digital wallet anywhere: Poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST PEOPLE WOULD PREFER to be allowed to use the Pheu Thai-led government’s 10,000-baht digital wallet anywhere in the country, according to the latest NIDA Poll. The poll recently conducted among a total of 1,310 people from all walks of life in all regions of the country has found 69.8% […]
Read MoreGovt warned against getting loans to fund digital wallet project
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI-LED GOVERNMENT was today (Oct.26) cautioned against a possible issuance of an executive decree to borrow loans to finance their digital wallet project. Move Forward MP Sirikanya Tansakul said the government could be legally allowed to borrow loans only in case of emergency or necessity under which the […]
Read More‘The well-to-do’ might not get 10,000-baht digital wallet: Julapun
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER JULAPUN Amornvivat said today (Oct.25) “the well-to-do” among all Thai nationals might probably be denied the Pheu Thai campaign-promised 10,000-baht digital wallet so that the government could finally find enough money to fund it. Julapun who chairs a government subcommittee on implementation of the digital wallet project […]
Read MoreThailand’s digital wallet uncomparable to Japan’s shopping coupon: Julapun
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER Julapun Amornvivat today (Oct. 23) said Thailand’s digital wallet project is practically uncomparable to Japan’s shopping coupon programme and that the former is no copycat of the latter. Julapun said Thailand’s economic and social conditions are largely different from those of Japan where shopping coupons had been […]
Read MorePheu Thai digital wallet project merely copycatting Japan: MP
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI DIGITAL WALLET project is merely a copycat of Japan’s shopping coupon programme allegedly implemented to no avail over the last couple of decades, said Move Forward MP Sirikanya Tansakul today (Oct.21). The Pheu Thai under de facto party boss Thaksin Shinawatra has publicly vowed to carry out […]
Read MoreMost people back 10,000-baht digital wallet project: NIDA Poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A LARGE MAJORITY of people have been found endorsing the Pheu Thai-led government’s 10,000-baht digital wallet project, the latest NIDA Poll says. According to results of the NIDA Poll conducted earlier this month with a total of 1,310 Thai nationals from all walks of life and in all regions of […]
Read More10,000-baht digital wallet reaching people on Feb.1: PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin said today (Oct.14) a sum of 10,000 baht in digital wallet will be delivered to each of the eligible people on February 1, 2024. The prime minister reconfirmed that the digital wallet is scheduled to be provided for each and every Thai national aged 16 years […]
Read MoreMore than one way for govt to find money for digital wallet project: Prommin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THERE IS MORE THAN ONE way for the Pheu Thai-led government to adequately finance their 10,000-baht digital wallet project, confirmed Prommin Lertsuridej, secretary-general to the prime minister, today (Oct.13). Prommin was apparently responding to doubts expressed publicly as to where the government could potentially find a sum of 560 billion […]
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