Thaksin proposes buying citizens' debt and clearing credit history
MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2025
Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra discussed this topic during a lecture on "The Masses' Experience of Fighting for Democracy" at Phitsanulok University on March 17, 2025.
Thai Credit Bureau to access debtors’ records as part of rehab plan
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 04, 2024
This central bank initiative will help small borrowers consolidate loans for easier repayment, but additional borrowings will be blocked until debts are cleared
Gen Y make up more than 60% of housing loan bad debts: credit bureau
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2024
In a worrying trend, people from Generation Y (born 1981-1997) account for more than 62 per cent of bad debts in Thailand’s housing loan market, the National Credit Bureau (NCB) reported on Friday.
Pichai budgets THB10 bn to remove 1 million debtors from credit blacklist
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2024
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira said on Wednesday that he would speed up disbursement of 10 billion baht from the fiscal budget to clear non-performing loans (NPLs) of around 1 million debtors of government banks.
NPLs cross 1.09 trillion baht as household debts hit 16.3 trillion
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2024
Thailand’s household debts at the end of first quarter of 2024 amounted to 16.3 trillion baht, with 1.09 trillion baht classified as non-performing loans (NPLs) from having defaulted for more than 90 days, the National Credit Bureau (NCB) reported on Monday.
Non-performing loans (NPL) from credit cards in the first quarter of 2024 amounted to 64 billion baht, an increase of 14.6% year on year, following the raising of minimum monthly payments from 5% to 8% of the amount on January 1, the National Credit Bureau (NCB) reported on Tuesday.