KASIKORNBANK Economic and Subsidiaries Performance Overview
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KASIKORNTHAI
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开泰银行 KASIKORNBANK
BOT's Directional Papers on Sustainable Resolutions of Household Debts
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Existing NPLs
(esp. those related to
COVID-19)
Accelerate Troubled Debt
Restructuring or TDR (SFIs, non-
bank and banks)
Debt counselling services from
creditors
Debt mediators
Voluntary bankruptcy/
rehabilitation filing by debtors
made possible
1 Jan 2024
Responsible Lending
Issue regulations to ensure
responsible lending at all stages
of indebtedness
Encourage creditors to provide
guidelines to assist borrowers,
such as debt restructuring,
especially existing NPLs
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Hard-to-
solve/persistent
debts
Starting with persistent debts
from express/speedy cash
and elderly customers
Helping debtors to make
practical debt repayment
plans
1 Apr 2024
Persistent Debt: PD (Opt-In basis)
General PD borrowers are those
indebted consecutively for 3
years, borrowers will be urged to
make larger monthly payments.
Severe PD borrowers are
indebted consecutively for 5
years. Participant in the scheme
could be able to exit debt cycle
within 5 years with interest rates
not exceeding 15% per year
Source: BOT, as of 14 February 2023 and 21 July 2023
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Fast debt creation
with high default
risks
Being agri-related debts, credit cards and
personal loans
Responsible lending (e.g. restriction on
product PR, fair contracts, control of debt
purposes)
Upcoming additional Debt Service Ratio or
DSR and LTV ratios to ensure debtors' daily-
life survival
Risk-based pricing
Promote responsible borrowing through
literacy
Effective date
.
1 Jan 2025
Debt-service ratio (DSR), effective
timeline depending on economic situation
monthly income below Bt30,000:
monthly payment for existing and new
loans cannot exceed 60% of monthly
income
monthly income above Bt30,000:
monthly payment for existing and new
loans cannot exceed 70% of monthly
income
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Other debts not yet
being included in
household debts
Such debts include Student
Loans, other cooperatives or
Co-Op (Bt0.7trn; 4.3% of GDP)
and loan shark
Open data to promote financial
inclusion (e.g., water and
electricity bill info)
Risk-based pricing
2Q25 at the earliest
Risk-based pricing (RBP)
Submit plans in 1Q24
Be tested in sandbox in 2Q24
Regulatory sandbox (1-2 years)
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KASIKORNTHAI
BOT's Responsible Lending framework and Timeline
Responsible Lending framework
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开泰银行 KASIKORNBANK
Intended outcome: Responsible and fair credit service providers throughout the period of indebtedness (end-to-end process)
Before/About to go into debt
During debt
Becoming troubled debt
Selling debt
Responsible Lending guideline should be implemented under appropriate management
Nudge: Financial Literacy and discipline
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Product offering
Product
development
Considering
affordability
Q3
2023
Q4
Q1
Information
Commitment tools
Resolving
persistent debt
Debt restructuring and
troubled debt restructuring
Incentive
Litigation and
debt
transferring
Timeline (Tentative)
2024
Q2
Q3
Q4
2025
Q1
Q2
Responsible Lending (beginning on January 1, 2024)
Borrowers with minimum monthly income of Bt20,000
Banks
Non-banks
Consultation paper
and public hearing
Release
regulations
Borrowers with minimum monthly income of Bt10,000*
*Impact will be considered in order to further
adjust conditions within one year.
Risk-based pricing (RBP): 1Q24: RBP Plan proposed by Financial institutions; 2H24: Open the Regulatory sandbox (1-2 years)
Debt-service ratio (DSR), depending on
the economic situation
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