Bangkok--26 Apr--Bangkok Bank
Bangkok Bank Chairman Mr. Chatri Sophonpanich (4th from left), Bangkok Bank Berhad Chairman Mr. Staporn Kavitanon (5th from left), welcome the Minister of Finance, Thailand Mr. Korn Chatikavanij (3rd from right), and Deputy Minister of Finance I, Malaysia YB Dato’ Wira Chor Chee Heung (4th from right) to the Official Opening Ceremony of Bangkok Bank Berhad’s Taman Molek Branch in Johor Bahru district. Also present to witness the event were Bank of Thailand Deputy Governor Mr. Bandid Nigathaworn (2nd from left), Bangkok Bank Executive Chairman Mr. Kosit Panpiemras (right), and President Mr. Chartsiri Sophonpanich (left). Bangkok Bank’s wholly-owned local bank subsidiary in Malaysia, Bangkok Bank Berhad (BBB), had received an approval from Bank Negara Malaysia to open four more branches in the country. The opening of the Taman Molek branch, in the Johor Bahru district, the second of four new branches follows the opening earlier this month of the Jalan Bakri branch in Muar district, 2 branches are in the state of Johor with further 2 branches to open in the states of Penang and Selangor. This will allow us to provide a wider range of services not only to Thai investors doing business in Malaysia and Malaysian investors doing business in Thailand, but also customers who are investors from Asian countries as they will benefit from Bangkok Bank’s strengths as the leading Thai bank with a regional presence, covering more than 22 locations in 13 countries.”