GSB launching 4 activities to promote saving by youngsters

The bank’s president Chatchai Payahanaveechai said the time for Thais to learn about saving was when they are young. To that end, the bank introduced GSBGEN.com last year, and it is launching four activities on the website to teach them how to get started.
The first activity is “GSB GEN Campus Star”, which will select young representatives to be presenters to promote saving. Applications will be accepted from four provinces in four regions: Chiang Mai in the North, Khon Kaen in the Northeast, Nonthaburi in the Central region, and Hat Yai in the South.
The second activity is a “GSB GEN Art Contest”, under which participants can send in paintings portraying Thailand’s culture. Submissions are being accepted now, and a jury will choose the winner in June. The winning painting will be displayed at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre from mid-June until the end of July.
The third activity is “GSB GEN Family Bikes”, and the fourth is “GSB Shocking Pink”, which involves photo sharing on social media. that will introduces its new look of branch under concept ‘GSB Youth Branch’ as the photo function at its ATM under ‘GSB Youth ATM’, that did not only for deposit and withdraw cash from ATM but they can took photo and share their photo to social media.
Chatchai said children and youth were keen on social media and the bank wanted to encourage them to use this tool to promote long-term saving habits.
“Our social responsibility is to encourage all people to be concerned about the saving, because of when you have savings, you will be able to do everything you need to do in the future,” he said.