Digital wallet to start in May, says Thai PM Srettha Thavisin

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin. Photo: เศรษฐา ทวีสิน - Srettha Thavisin / Facebook.

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Friday put an end to weeks of speculation about the government’s digital wallet programme, saying it will begin in May [Read More…]

Thai Government Mulls Over 10,000-Baht Digital Wallet Stipend

The back of a 1000 Baht banknote, with the image of King Rama IX, H.M. Bhumibol Adulyadej
The back of a 1000 Baht banknote, with the image of King Rama IX, H.M. Bhumibol Adulyadej. Photo: Paul Sullivan / flickr.

BANGKOK (NNT) – The government’s policy for a 10,000-baht stipend through digital wallets is under active discussion, with three proposed eligibility criteria. Thailand’s ‘digital wallet’ [Read More…]

Thailand’s ‘digital wallet’ scheme not copy of 1999 Japanese model

Government Complex at Chaeng Wattana Road, Bangkok.
Government Complex at Chaeng Wattana Road, Bangkok. Photo: Abhisit Vejjajiva / Peerapat Wimolrungkarat (พีรพัฒน์ วิมลรังครัตน์).

Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat has dismissed a suggestion that the Pheu Thai party’s digital wallet scheme is a copy of the Japanese model, introduced [Read More…]

Google Ordered to Remove Deceptive Wallet App Amid Scam Concerns

Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum and Ripple cryptocurrency coins
Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum and Ripple cryptocurrency coins. Image: WorldSpectrum / Pixabay.

Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn has directed Google to take immediate action in removing or blocking access to a misleading “digital wallet” application [Read More…]