Thailand Plans ‘Pawn Shop’ Style Rescue for Hotels Hit by Covid
Bloomberg
3/11/2021
Anuchit Nguyen and Suttinee Yuvejwattana
(Bloomberg) -- Thailand is finalizing a rescue plan for tourism-related businesses near collapse from the pandemic that would improve their access to credit from banks wary of further bad loans.
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The Finance Ministry, Bank of Thailand and commercial banks are working on a plan allowing cash-poor companies to temporarily park their assets with lenders in exchange for credit, and reclaim them within a specified period. The aim is to keep small businesses such as hotel operators from having to liquidate distressed assets at firesale prices or go out of business because of their debts.