Nonperforming-loan (NPL) ratios in Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam are especially high but pale in comparison with the crisis in India (concentrated in wholesale lending by public-sector banks), where NPLs accounted for 11.7 percent of loans in 2018.2World Bank Open ...
Debtors can combine their unsecured debt with home loans at different banks, rather than at the same lenders as previously, Suwannee Jatsadasak, a senior director at the Bank of Thailand (BOT), told a news conference. Banks are allowed to charge interest rates on such consolid...
According to the field surveys, few small and medium-sized farm households require loans. They can buy fertilizers and pesticides on credit. The larger-sized farm households can enjoy more favorable loan policies. However, households considered as "having taken advantage of new farming technologies ...