Thai bank Kasikornbank is reportedly in talks to purchase consumer finance company Home Credit Vietnam. That’s according to a report by Reuters, citing two sources who say the potentially $1 billion deal could help Kasikornbank (also known as KBank) with its ambition of becoming one of Vietnam’s top...
FinTech payments platform Nium, based in Singapore, is expanding its global reach to service Kasikornbank’s Asia-Pacific customers in Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. In a joint statement, the two companies said the move is part of an effort by Kasikornbank (KBank) to ramp up its “digital...
Thailand’s Kasikornbank (KBank) will provide loans of up to 600,000 baht ($19,570) to eCommerce merchants selling on the Shopee platform, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Oct. 2). The second-largest lender in Thailand said aside from no-doc loans, it will also offer guidance and education. “We will...
Remittances had a record year in 2018 despite the frictions that still exist when senders move money cross-border to receivers in need. In the latest Smarter Payments Tracker, Khun Sarintorn, vice president of international remittance and business solution head for Thailand-based Kasikornbank, explains how FinTechs...
July 31, 2025
Google Play launched a partnership with Thailand-based Kasikornbank and Ant International’s Antom. The collaboration resulted in the launch of K Plus as a new local payment method on Google Play, according to a Thursday (July 31) press release. It’s the first time a Southeast Asian mobile banking app has been offered as a payment option […]
August 22, 2023
Thai bank Kasikornbank is reportedly in talks to purchase consumer finance company Home Credit Vietnam. That’s according to a report by Reuters, citing two sources who say the potentially $1 billion deal could...
May 19, 2020
FinTech payments platform Nium, based in Singapore, is expanding its global reach to service Kasikornbank’s Asia-Pacific customers in Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. In a joint statement, the two companies...
October 02, 2019
Thailand’s Kasikornbank (KBank) will provide loans of up to 600,000 baht ($19,570) to eCommerce merchants selling on the Shopee platform, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Oct. 2). The second-largest lender in...