Banks stock up on cash
Bangkok Bank today (December 24) said it has prepared more than Bt30 billion in cash reserves at 10,000 ATMs nationwide to serve customers during the New Year holiday.
Digital and online services such as Bualuang Phone 1333 and 0-2645-5555, Bualuang iBanking, Bualuang mBanking and QR Code payment would also be fully operational and the bank’s 300 micro branches in shopping malls will be open for business every day during the holiday.
The bank will be open on Monday December 30 and resume normal operations on Thursday January 2.
CIMB Thai Bank has prepared cash reserves of Bt250 million at its ATMs and branches.
Kasikonrbank plans to allocate cash reserves worth Bt45.8 billion for KBank branches and K-ATMs during the holidays. Of that total, Bt11.8 billion is for branches nationwide, including Bt4.5 billion for branches in Bangkok and the remaining Bt7.3 billion for those in other provinces. Currently, KBank has a total of 900 branches nationwide. A total of Bt34.0 billion is reserved for over 8,200 K-ATMs across the country, Bt15.0 billion of which for K-ATMs in Bangkok and the remaining Bt19.0 billion for K-ATMs in other provinces.
Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) has earmarked a cash reserve of Bt63 billion of which Bt42 billion is for ATMs and Bt21 billion for branches. As of November this year SCB had 698 branches and 9,373 ATMs nationwide.
