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“Debt is not the enemy, it can be an opportunity to rebuild lives, if managed with the right perspective.” In FUTUREADY Leader EP.16, Dr.Rak Vorrakitpokatorn, CEO of Bangkok Commercial Asset Management Public Company Limited (BAM), invites us to rethink Thailand’s debt landscape—where financial distress is no longer concentrated among large corporations, but spread across households and SMEs nationwide. Drawing on lessons from major economic crises—from the Tom Yum Kung crisis to COVID-19—he...

“Payments don’t just move money—they move trust, access, and the economy forward.” In FUTUREADY Leader EP. 15, K. Worachat Luxkanalode, CEO of 2C2P (Thailand) Co., Ltd. shares how payment infrastructure works as the unseen backbone of a modern economy, from enabling cashless growth and financial inclusion to managing risk, trust, and scale in real time. From PromptPay to cross-border payments, from fraud prevention to digital identity, this episode explores what it really takes to build a...

As climate risks intensify across South Asia, adaptation has turned into an economic and social imperative. According to the World Bank’s report, From Risk to Resilience: Helping People and Firms Adapt in South Asia, households and businesses across the region are already grappling with more frequent extreme heat, flooding, and weather-related disruptions. These shocks are eroding livelihoods, damaging assets, and constraining productivity, particularly for low-income communities and small...