Bangkok--12 Dec--PC & Associates Consulting
Krungsri (Bank of Ayudhya PCL) reinforces its efforts in creating an organization of innovation under its "Think Digital First" strategy by collaborating with SkillLane, Thailand's number one digital training platform, to provide more learning opportunities via an on-demand online learning platform developed especially for the personnel of Krungsri Bank and its subsidiaries. Currently, the platform offers more than 400 courses taught by over 100 highly experienced trainers and experts. This strategic move enables "learning agility", allowing employees to learn new things by themselves anywhere, anytime to keep pace with today's fast-changing business landscape.
Mr. Wittapon Jawjit, Head of Human Resources Group at Krungsri, said, "We recognize the importance of changes and innovation in order to prepare our people for today's technological revolution. Our goal is to propel the organization towards realizing the "Digital First" vision, hoping that our employees would be knowledgeable about everything and have the skillset to apply creative thinking to serving our customers. We have unlimited learning content on Krungsri x SkillLane Online Learning Platform. All courses are fun and useful for their professional growth, and they can be learned anywhere, anytime on any device. This platform, which encourages employees to spend their free time beneficially, has a strong appeal to Generation Y who accounts for over 50% of the entire today's workforce."
"We focus our attention on what our employees need. We look at what challenges our employees are facing and try to help them by providing them the skillset they need. SkillLane is therefore the best option for us because its platform contains courses that our employees need, such as banking & investment, branding & marketing, sales & service excellence, client's industry knowledge, effective communication, and productivity & operation excellence. We are confident that with this digital learning platform, we help our employees reach performance excellence," Mr. Witthaphon added.
Mr. Titipong Pisitwuttinan, CEO and co-founder of SkillLane said, "We are proud to collaborate with Krungsri in the effort to cultivate a learning culture. Our goal is to help employees at all levels realize their full potential and acquire new work skills. These skills can be utilized so that they'll be ready to capture opportunities or tackle any challenges they may face in the future.
"This year many major organizations have shown interest towards personnel development through an online learning system. The factors that have driven these organizations are not only cost efficiency and convenience, but also the advantages of data analytics, which can provide huge amount of data for planning, testing, and modifying for long-term personnel development plan," Mr.Titipong added.
About Krungsri
Krungsri (Bank of Ayudhya PCL and its group companies) is the fifth largest financial group in Thailand in terms of assets, loans, and deposits, and one of Thailand's five Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) with 73 years of history in the country. Krungsri is a strategic member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Japan's largest financial group and one of the world's largest financial organizations. Krungsri provides a comprehensive range of banking, consumer finance, investment, asset management, and other financial products and services to individual consumers, SMEs, and large corporations through 699 branches (662 Banking Branches and 37 Auto Business Branches) and over 34,000 service outlets nationwide. The Krungsri Group is the largest card issuer in Thailand with 8.9 million credit cards, sales finance, and personal loan accounts in its portfolio; a major automobile financing service provider (Krungsri Auto); one of the fastest growing asset management companies (Krungsri Asset Management); and a pioneer in microfinance (Ngern Tid Lor).
Krungsri is strongly committed to the highest level of integrity in conducting its business. All Krungsri Group companies have been awarded accreditation from the Private Sector Collective Action Coalition Against Corruption (CAC) in collaboration with industry peers and stakeholders on a zero tolerance approach to corruption.
About SkillLane
SkillLane was founded by Titipong Pisitwuttinan and Ekachat Assavarujikul. Their goal was to provide Thai people with a platform for learning and developing new skills anytime, anywhere. Over the past four years, SkillLane has achieved high growth and is now serving around 200,000 learners. The company received funding from notable investors, such as 500 Startups, CyberAgent Ventures, Piyaphan Wongyara, Itthipat Peeradechapan (Tob Taokaenoi), and Aksorn Charoen Tat.
Currently, SkillLane is offering more than 400 online courses which are contributions taught by more than 100 well-known trainers and training institutions, such as Ajarn Adam Bradshaw, Kru Ngor Rossukon Kongket, Krating Phoonphol, Pawawit Klinpratoom, 2Morrow Group, and many more. If interested, you can learn more at www.SkillLane.com/business.