MORE BUSINESSES SET TO ALLOW ‘SMART’ SHOPPING WITH QR CODE

A TECHNICAL glitch knocked out the popular PromptPay money transfer service for seven hours yesterday morning, causing frenzies on social media, especially among people waiting for money transfers on the last day of 2017.

A three-day workshop on international trade finance for more than 50 Bangladeshi bankers begins in Thailand today.

For organisations of any size, recruitment and retention is critical to remaining profitable and successful. But what makes a workplace attractive, and how can employers think outside the box when it comes to employee satisfaction?

The price of gold could rise to Bt22,000 per baht weight or US$1,350 (Bt44,140) an ounce next year, driven mainly by uncertainties over US President Trump’s economic policy and the US Federal Reserve’s policy on benchmark-rate rises, the Gold Traders Association said on Tuesday.

Police raided 227 companies from January to November 2017, finding unlicensed software worth over Bt430 million installed and used on more than 3,000 PCs. Crackdowns on companies using unlicensed software are planned to continue in 2018, together with public education campaigns to communicate the risks of unlicensed software.

With the festive season coming, longtime computer and accessories manufacturer HP has launched the HP Sprocket, a new portable photo printer that can make it easy for you to personalise photos that you can also keep forever.

“True Shopping,” a leader in the Thai home shopping industry, has launched a “trueshopping” online store on “11street,” the top online marketplace from South Korea.

Dusit Thani College in Bangkok is hosting the Gracious Hospitality & Tourism International Conference 2017, which focuses on the sharing of academic insights and research, as well as practical experiences, from world-renowned speakers.

KBank and Ananda Development have jointly launched their “K-Home Loan: Easy Payment of Bt999 per Bt1 million” campaign.

Imports of Nestle products to Myanmar would be reduced to 50 per cent next year when the firm’s recently opened factory in Dagon Seikkan Township of Yangon reaches full production.

The SET is still unable to break the 1,720 points resistance level despite Thailand’s strong economic momentum and the recovery in oil prices to a two-year high.

Frost & Sullivan has named iflix, which bills itself as the world’s leading entertainment service for emerging markets, the 2017 AsiaPacific Video on Demand (VOD) Company of the Year.

CHINA’S “ONE BELT, One Road” railway link with Asean has started to materialise as construction in Laos has progressed to more than 10 per cent of the project linking China’s border to Vientiane.

Sakdidet Poolsawad, CEO and co-founder of the application “HandiGo” said that tourism has been playing an important role in spreading income to different regions of Thailand and creating jobs for locals.

The Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) has launched a cybersecurity personnel-development project, aiming to train 12,000 people by 2021.

The Huawei Mate 10 Pro, the first smartphone with an artificial intelligence (AI) chipset and dual-Leica camera, has proved popular since it opened for pre-booking in Thailand last week.

Hong Kong and Singapore top the Asian rankings at spots 12 and 13 respectively in World Talent Ranking of 63 countries in capacity to attract and retain highly skilled workers.

Grab plans to provide GrabPay e-wallet in Thailand next year. The firm has gain revenue growth of 150 per cent year-on-year.