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	News \| BNP Paribas Bank
		Cetelem, the European leader in consumer finance, and Thai Farmers Bank, the second Thai private banking network, announced on October 29 2001 in Bangkok, the signature of a partnership agreement in the consumer finance sector in Thailand.
		It is the first partnership to bring together a major player on the Thai banking market and a foreign specialised operator.
		It is also a partner of reference for banking establishments and insurance companies to whom it brings an acknowledged know-how in matters of credit.
	www.bnpparibas.com /en/news/print.asp?Code=NAIN-54REXYEN (549 words)

	Country Commercial Guide Thailand, Fiscal Year 2000: Chapter 8 Trade and Project Financing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Other Thai banks have been taken over by the government and are in the process of reorganization, and three are scheduled to be privatized this year.
		In the banking sector, the Bank of Thailand, with multilateral and bilateral assistance, is improving its examination and supervision functions, and banks are required to meet BIS capitalization standards.
		Thai nationals are subject to quantitative limits on the amount of foreign currency that can be remitted abroad without specific permission of the Bank of Thailand.
	bangkok.usembassy.gov /services/docs/reports/ccg00-8.htm (3270 words)

	Bangkok Post Economic Review 2000 Mid-Year Edition
		This prompted bank regulators to state in May that even with no further reductions in bad loans, current capital funds in the system were sufficient for operations to the end of 2001.
		Siam Commercial Bank and Thai Farmers Bank, both of which completed recapitalisation and provisioning in 1999, showed the strongest performance, and are expected by many analysts to show net profits for the whole year.
		Several banks also established asset management companies, a move which the central bank has encouraged as a means of dealing with bad debts while allowing the parent bank to focus on new lending.
	www.bangkokpost.com /MidYear2000/04banking.html (1603 words)

	BBC News \| The Economy \| Thai bank stocks plunge
		Thai bank stocks have been rocked by growing fears that the country's efforts to restructure the country's debt-ridden banking sector are set to fail.
		The Bank of Thailand's deputy governor, Kitti Patpongpibul, said that non-performing loans held by Thai banks had risen to nearly 2 trillion baht ($58bn) at the end of October - nearly half of the country's outstanding loans.
		Thailand's banks and financial institutions have been devastated by a mass of bad loans as south-east Asia was gripped by economic turmoil.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/the_economy/244286.stm (486 words)

	Thailand banks - Thai banks in Thailand
		Thailand bank and credit cards is one of our categories which famous search for tourists.
		Find Thailand bank directory, you can search in above box’s search and press enter you will find full listing of bank in Thailand in our database.
		Or you can find from alphabetical list above its easy also.
	www.thailandtourismdirectory.com /thailand_bank.php (61 words)

	Fitch IBCA Ratings - Press Releases - Thailand Banking Sector Comment: Bangkok Bank, Thai Farmers Bank Under Severe ...
		The agency concludes that Bangkok Bank and Thai Farmers Bank are under severe pressure, but still relatively better placed to weather the financial crisis, not least because of their success in raising new equity earlier in the year.
		State-owned Krung Thai Bank, which is in the progress of absorbing two nationalised banks as part of the Thai government's financial sector restructuring plan, will also be in a better position with a substantial equity injection planned by the State.
		Of the smaller banks, Bank of Asia and Thai Danu Bank, are better placed with the support of their foreign parents, ABN Amro and Development Bank of Singapore, respectively.
	www.bradynet.com /e509.html (751 words)

	Angry Thai Farmers Say Ban GM Rice
		Farmers from all over Thailand flocked to the day-long Rice Forum held in the Museum Hall for Culture and Agriculture in Kasetsart University near the outskirts of Bangkok on August 15.
		Farmers were told to exchange their traditional varieties for the new ones which turned out to be very susceptible to disease.
		Farmers confirmed that the use of pesticides and fertilizers resulted in many diseases, while traditional varieties never gave so many problems.
	www.biotech-info.net /thai_farmers.html (1855 words)

	Fitch IBCA Ratings - Press Releases -
		According to Fitch IBCA's analysis, Bangkok Bank and Thai Farmers Bank remain the strongest banks in Thailand.
		Fitch IBCA's Individual ratings are an evaluation of banks' financial strength determined on the premise that they are entirely independent and therefore unable to rely on the support of state authorities or owners.
		The bank has the capability of recovering using its own resources, but this is likely to take some time.
	www.bradynet.com /e296.html (572 words)

	IBM News - United States 2002-12-02 IBM to manage Thai Farmers Bank IT infrastructure
		Thai Farmers Bank and IBM announced an IT agreement in which IBM will manage the bank's IT services and infrastructure for 10 years.
		Thai Farmers Bank was established in 1945 and is now the third largest commercial bank in Thailand as measured by assets, loans and deposits.
		Apichai Bunyakiat, the bank's executive vice president, said, "Thai Farmers Bank is committed to using innovative technologies and best practices in systems management tools and disciplines to transform ourselves into a premier banking institution.
	www.ibm.com /news/us/2002/12/022.html (172 words)

	BW Online \| June 18, 2001 \| Thai Farmers: "A Good Bank in a Bad Environment"
		Last year, as a result of the restructuring, Thai Farmers reported a $29 million profit, a major reversal from its $970 million loss in 1998.
		Between 1998 and 2001, the bank spent $42 million on buyouts, reducing the head count by a fifth, to 11,500.
		Thai Farmers doesn't stand to benefit because it spun off its bad assets 20 months ago.
	www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/01_25/b3737144.htm (836 words)

	RFA: Activists, Farmers Urge World Bank To Drop Lao Dam
		Thai farmers burn an effigy of World Bank chief James Wolfensohn during a demonstration outside the World Bank headquarters in Bangkok on March 14, 2005.
		Thai conservationist groups have blasted the bank for failing to complete a wildlife assessment of the Nakai plateau watershed, site of the proposed dam, and for tying conservation funds to the project.
		Thai NGO representative Virawat Thiraprasat added, "As somebody who monitors natural and environmental resources I can assure you that the Nam Theun 2 project would destroy wild animals in great numbers, just as we have witnessed [in the case of] the Thiewlaan Dam destroy enormous numbers of wild animals.
	www.rfa.org /english/news/business/2005/03/14/thailand_laos_dam (696 words)

	Thai farmer Bank Headquarters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Design with the total floor area of 140,000 square meters, the new headquarters of Thai Farmers Bank consists of three building in the same compound : a 42-storey office building, a 5-storey computer center and a 7-storey parking building for 1,000 cars.
		Since the owner is one of the leading commercial bank of the country, a distinguishable and elegant building design would appropiately reflect the Bank's image.
		Correspondingly, the architect chose to apply the ancient Thai architectural elements of the Chao Phraya River basin particularly the soaring spires of "Phra Prang" and "Chedi" of Thai temples to create uniqueness to the premises.
	www.d103group.com /bank/tfb.htm (135 words)

	Citrix Systems » Citrix News
		&#147;TFB has been growing successfully but to cope with the increase in size and complexity of the organization, it was critical that we migrated to a server-based model,” commented Dr. Pipatpong Poshyanonda, senior vice president of Thai Farmers Bank.
		Thai Farmers Bank Public Company Limited was established in 1945 with registered capital of Baht 5 Million and has been listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) since 1976.
		As of December 31, 2000, the Bank is the third largest commercial bank in Thailand as measured by total assets, loans, and deposits.
	www.citrix.com /site/NE/news/news.asp?newsID=1735 (1167 words)

	Financial Express: Thai central bank to inject funds for Phatra Thanakit's loan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Thai Farmers, the country's third-largest bank, said last week that it wanted to discontinue funding Phatra, which it took over through a tender offer in 1998 by request of the Bank of Thailand.
		The bank said it has already spent 7 billion baht to prop up the financecompany, causing Thai Farmers' own shareholders to be concerned about the bank's financial soundness should it continue to support Phatra.
		Thai Farmers' president, Banthoon Lamsam, has said his bank wouldn't be able to raise additional funds while its books are clouded by potential losses at Phatra.
	www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19990907/fco07083p.html (459 words)

	Thailand farmers' bank sees turnaround in current year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		The bank's NPLs peaked at about 47 per cent of lending in mid-1999 but they have dropped gradually, and TFB hopes to bring NPLs down to around 25 per cent of lending by the end of 2000.
		He said bad loans were still trickling into banks' books, although the rate was about a third of that seen in mid-1999.Banthoon said his bank had enough capital and would not require any new sums in the near future.
		TFB has raised about 100 billion baht through various debt and stock issues to bolster its books since the Thai crisis.``Unless things really turn bad for Thailand, the capital base that we have should be adequate,'' Banthoon said.
	www.financialexpress.com /fe/daily/20000204/fco04026.html (491 words)

	Money ATM credit card Banking Taxes Baht in Thailand, Bangkok, Thai
		They will put the bank book into their machine, and your transactions will be printed on the pages of the bank book in order.
		You can use any branch of your bank to deposit cheques, but you will find that a few services are available only at the branch in which you opened your bank account, because that's where your signature is on record.
		I do not believe this is true, because the banks serve many tourists who wish to put their money into a local bank and use a local ATM account for their stay here, especially if they're staying for one to three months.
	www.thailandguru.com /infra-money.html (2689 words)

	BREAKING NEWS
		Thai Farmers Bank moved to top position from last year's No.2 spot, swapping places with the perennial No.1, the agribusiness-focused Charoen Pokphand.
		The bank has long been praised by financial analysts for what they say is its efficient far-sighted management.
		In financial terms, Thai Farmers Bank is the third-largest commercial bank in the country, after Bangkok Bank and state-owned Krung Thai Bank (Bangkok Bank is unchanged at No.3 in the Review list).
	www.feer.com /breaking_news/rthailand.html (606 words)

	Asiaweek.com
		Bangkok Bank is also the most profitable, earning $788.8 million on revenues of $4.2 billion last year.
		Up to five new banking licenses may be granted to locals this year and seven foreign banks may be permitted to set up branches in 1997.
		Besides, the emphasis in Bangkok Bank has always been teamwork: "You may be a very bright person, but you cannot have four hands and 48 hours." And Chartsiri will inherit not only a bank, but also a 52-year-old regional institution.
	www.asiaweek.com /asiaweek/96/0607/biz1.html (1458 words)

	Banks in Thailand (Thai Local Bank)
		The Thai Farmers Bank Public Company Limited is the third largest commercial bank in Thailand in terms of total assets, loans and deposits and operates one of the largest branch networks in the country.
		The Bank also currently operates nine branches and six representative offices overseas and 37 foreign exchange offices in Thailand.The Bank's new headquarters building, completed in 1995, incorporates the latest in fiber-optic communications equipment to facilitate the increasing computerization of the Bank's operations.
		Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited has been operating as a commercial bank with the supports and trusts of the people of Thailand for more than half a century since its opening on April 1, 1945.
	www.geocities.com /konnai/bank.html (2076 words)

	08/17/98 THAILAND: BANKING CHAOS (int'l edition)
		It had seemed Thai Farmers Bank was on the mend.
		But since then, Thai Farmers has reported a $100 million second-quarter loss, its stock price has plunged 65%, and analysts expect it will have to return to the market to raise yet more money.
		And Thai Farmers is among the country's strongest banks.
	www.businessweek.com /@@2iwUWWUQUFw1HgYA/1998/33/b3591017.htm (845 words)

	Thailand : : Financial Institutions, Finance, Banks and Banking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		With our extensive alliance network of institutional investors, commercial banks, securities firms, and professional services firms, we can independently select the most appropriate partners to achieve the objectives of our client in each case with minimum conflicts of interest.
		Website of the Bank of Thailand.The Bank of Thailand Act was promulgated in 1942 decreeing the Bank of Thailand a juristic person responsible for all central banking activities.
		We are determined to make BankThai a bank operated by Thais and for Thais with professional team of management to steer the operation to success under code of good governance; and become the largest government-run banking network in Thailand.
	www.thaiwebsites.com /finance.asp (605 words)

	Commercial And Farmer Bank
		Bank Central Bank of Thailand Bangkok Bank Thai Farmer Bank Siam Commercial Bank Bank of Ayudhya Thai...
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		farmer and mechanics bank - mechanics farmers bank farmerandmechanicsba amp mortgage philadelphia switchboard...
	www.ebank.name /bank/commercial-and-farmer-bank.html (853 words)

	Thailand Stock Exchange - SET - World Indices
		Thai Bond Dealing Centre - providing secondary market facilities and infrastructure, and a forum to discuss issues concerning bond market development in Thailand.
		Bond Vision is a research service by the Thai Farmers Bank.
		Thai Farmers Research Center including the weekly reports on the stock and money markets.
	www.nextstock.com /world/thailand.shtml (236 words)

	- The Thai Farmers Bank and Siam Ci (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Thai Farmers Bank's first executive vice-president Siripongs Kalayanarooj said Monday that the bank has canceled a memorandum of understanding to set up a bank in Myanmar, as there is so far no transparency in exchange rate of Myanmar's local currency.
		He told reporters that currently the Myanmar currency is traded at four Myanmar kyat against one Thai baht on the fl market, while the official rate is at one kyat against four baht.
		Meanwhile, a Siam City Bank executive said the bank has also canceled a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture with May Flower Bank of Burma, citing the same reason as the Thai Farmers Bank.
	www.ibiblio.org /obl/reg.burma/archives/199810/msg00382.html (261 words)

	Shenanigans Golf Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		However, the objective on the course was to ensure ‘Sanuk’ for the round and, armed with the Scramble Rules in Thai and English, the newcomers to the format quickly found their feet.
		The banking sector, through Thai Farmers Bank, topped the field to be the Khun Anand-UNICEF Cup Champions, returning a net 55.1 off a team handicap of 5.9.
		The highlight of the ceremony was the presentation by Khun Anand to the Champion Team from Thai Farmers Bank and, in addition to the Team and Individual Trophies presented, there was the KHUN ANAND-UNICEF CUP which features the Anand Family Coat of Arms and will be the perpetual Trophy for the event.
	www.shenanigans-pattaya.com /golf/010208AnandGolf.htm (834 words)

	Planet Ark : Aid can kill with kindness, say Thai mussel farmers
		Finance ministers from the developed world and Thai villagers on Saturday spoke with one voice in slamming the ADB-funded water treatment plant, saying it dumps toxins on mussel farms, making the seafood dangerous to eat and near impossible to sell.
		Residents of Klong Dan, the most affected village, complained that the project had been originally meant to be for two treatment plants and the environmental impact had only been studied with the two plants in mind.
		The bank has suggested setting up an ombudsman-type office, allowing outsiders a chance to complain or ask for a review of lending practices.
	www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/15909/story.htm (879 words)

	Newsbytes News Network : Electronic Banking Comes To Thai Farmers Bank @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12)
		Thai Farmers Bank (TFB) plans to provide a home banking service through the Internet early next year, according to Pipatpong Posayanon, the bank's deputy director of research and development working processes.
		At the same time, the bank will also be able to reduce operating costs.
		Since customers can carry out banking services themselves, the bank can allocate staff, who used to provide direct services to customers, to other tasks.
	static.elibrary.com /n/newsbytesnewsnetwork/october061998/electronicbankingcomestothaifarmersbank/index.html (206 words)

	The Thai Bankers' Association
		Dates back to the late 1958, when a group of leading bankers representing domestically incorporated banks held a series of meetings to discuss the formation of an association.
		Since its establishment, TBA has played an active role in representing the banking community in discussions with the Bank of Thailand, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce, and other government agencies in formulating and implementing key economic and financial policies.
		TBA also promotes member banks to exchange information and experiences in their conduct of business with a view to enhancing their productivity and efficiency.
	www.tba.or.th /AboutAssociation.htm (252 words)

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