Only 174 bank branches closed
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Standard Chartered Bank (Thai), Kiatnakin Bank and LH Bank have resumed the operations of all bank flood-hit branches, according to Bank of Thailand.
As of Dec 2, a number of 174 branches belonging to 11 commercial banks, a retail bank and 1 finance company remained closed, or one fourth of the peak level of 631 registered on Nov 8.
Last Friday, the number dropped by 117, as flood level receded in Bang Khae, Phetkasem, Nong Khaem, Ram Intra and Don Muang areas as well as in Bangkok's peripherals like Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Nakhon Pathom and Samut Sakhon. None in the South suspended operations.
Of total branches closed, 78 are in Pathum Thani, 33 in Bangkok, 29 in Nonthaburi, 16 in Nakhon Pathom, 9 in Ayutthaya, 6 in Samut Sakhon and 3 in Nakhon Sawan.
As of Dec 2, 2,815 ATMs were out of service, or 7 per cent of total 41,666 nationwide.
