BTS new normal: no phone chatting or face-to-face riding
WEDNESDAY, JULY 01, 2020
The BTS Skytrain system has cancelled its seat-spacing measure in order to increase passenger capacity after schools and colleges reopened on Wednesday (July 1).
Trial begins on country’s first peer-to-peer lending platform
FRIDAY, JUNE 05, 2020
The Bank of Thailand is overseeing a trial of the country’s first peer-to-peer lending platform, before giving the green light to allow full operation of the platform.
Eighteen-and-a-half million people have used the new ThaiChana smartphone app to check in and out of 133,694 venues across the country, Polawat Witoolkollachit, inspector-general at the Digital Economy and Society Ministry, said on Monday (June 1).
ThaiChana compulsory for visits to 10 Bangkok markets
SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2020
People who visit 10 markets in Bangkok must check in and check out via the ThaiChana platform from Saturday (May 30), the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)’s Data Centre said on Friday.
Thai bird's nest beverage a hit on China's Tmall e-commerce platform
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020
Tmall Global, the largest cross-border e-commerce platform in China, reported that cosmetics and skincare products, health products, and maternal and child products were among the most in demand in 2020, China's Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) in Guangzhou said on Saturday (April 25).
Consumer product manufacturer and distributor Saha Pathanapibul is promoting “Sahapat Delivery”, an online shopping platform to reduce the risk of Covid-19 infection.
China will step up efforts to bolster the platform economy, including ride-hailing, e-commerce and industrial internet, as part of the efforts to nurture new economic drivers, top industry officials said on Thursday.