SCB expands SME market with 150% LTV lending for up to 30 years
Siam Commercial Bank has launched an "SME Ready 2 Grow" campaign as part of its continuous effort to provide small- and medium-size enterprise (SME)...
Retail lending set to increase faster than corporate lending in 2017.
Retail lending is expected to outshine lending to corporations and will offer a benefit to lenders in 2017 as returns will be higher.
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The AEC and its ecommerce potential
As the Asean Economic Community (AEC) begins its second year we will take a slightly different tack to covering it by looking at what...
The AEC in 10 years time, part two
In the last issue we looked at material from an article published in the East Asia Forum soon after Britain voted to leave the...
Dealing with Debts
Debt is an amount of money borrowed by one party from another with an arrangement that gives the borrower permission to borrow money subject to contractual...
The AEC and its ecommerce potential, part 3
In the last issue in this series looking at the ecommerce potential of the AEC member states we touched on the fact that many...
Foreign Currency Update
The US Dollar vs. the Thai Baht exchange rate has been remarkably stable when considering both oversees and local events. Following Trump’s election victory...
Philippines gaming sector hotting up.
The Philippines casino sector could be looking to raise its stake in the region, at a time when Macau is doing better after lackluster...
Asia Business News – March 2017
Hong Kong:
Banking giant HSBC holdings saw its profits slump by 62 per cent in the last full year, falling well short of analysts' expectations....
The AEC and its ecommerce potential, part 4
Over the last three issues we have been looking at the potential for ecommerce across the AEC, trying to get an idea of whether...
