Wansuda Thanasaranart

Established in 1944, Bangkok Bank is the largest commercial bank in Thailand, one of the largest regional banks in Southeast Asia, and has total assets of approximately US$64 billion. Bangkok Bank is Thailand's market leader in corporate and SME banking and has the country's largest retail customer base. It has 17 million accounts including business and retail customers, over 230 business centers and business desks and a nationwide network of approximately 1,000 branches. The bank's thriving self-service network, including approximately 7,600 ATMs and cash deposit machines, phone banking, and a convenient easy-to-use bilingual internet banking service, enables customers to do fast, round-the-clock banking. Bangkok Bank has the largest overseas branch network of any Thai bank and is the only Thai bank with a substantial presence in China, with branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Xiamen and Shenzhen. The bank's overseas branch network spans 13 economies, namely China, Hong Kong, the USA, the UK, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Laos and Myanmar. Altogether the bank has 24 overseas branches and one representative office, including two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Bangkok Bank Berhad (BBB) and Bangkok Bank (China) Company Limited (BBC). Bangkok Bank offers full commercial banking services, including arranging syndicated loans, debt securities underwriting, trade finance, project finance, custodial services, SME and merchant services and specialist industry advice. The bank's ongoing market leadership is due to its philosophy of developing a long-term supportive partnership with its customers. The complementary synergies between its corporate banking, investment banking, international banking, business and personal banking services enable the bank to offer personal and focused service as well as an impressive breadth and depth of services. Subsidiaries such as Bualuang Asset Management and Bualuang Securities also enable the bank to develop investment opportunities which are available exclusively to Bangkok Bank customers