Thailand

In banking and finance, timing is everything. When TMB and Thanachart Bank announced their merger in 2019, it made sense: two strong names joining forces to create Thailand’s sixth-largest bank.

Kasikorn Securities

he 32nd annual Asiamoney Brokers Poll is a Vox Populi poll that identifies the leading brokerages for equities research, sales and trading in Asia. Voters are institutional investors who represent fund management firms, wealth managers, hedge funds, pension funds, and insurance companies that trade in Asia.

Thailand’s oldest bank is betting on its venture capital arm to drive profits and growth in the future. But is that a good strategy?

Kiatnakin Phatra Securities

Bank of Ayudhya-Krungsri has a reputation as a leader in corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Thailand. To see why, look no further than its programme to address one of the country’s most glaring problems: burgeoning household debt.

State-owned Krungthai Bank, Thailand’s third-largest bank by assets, has long been regarded as rather old and crusty, and was all too often eclipsed by nimbler players who set the pace in the fast-changing digital banking landscape.

Of all the sectors to have been crushed by the pandemic, SMEs have probably felt the most pain.