• Three main characteristics of financial service providers that were important
to corporate financial users were stability, quality of service, and fair pricing
for interest rates/fees.
• From the survey of service users’ satisfaction with current services, stability
and quality of service were considered as strengths of service providers while
pricing was seen as a weakness that needs to be remedied.
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• For middle and large-sized businesses in the rural area, quality of service was
also seen as a weakness.
• Corporate respondents felt that Thai commercial banks provided the best
service in every aspect, except in terms of risk management where insurance
companies were seen as the best service providers.
• Small-sized Businesses:
o Small-sized urban and rural businesses were most satisfied with the
services provided by Thai commercial banks, except in terms of risk
management where insurance companies were seen as the best service
providers.
o Small-sized urban businesses felt that Thai commercial banks come in
second to insurance companies in terms of risk management services,
while small-sized rural businesses felt that SFIs ranked second to
insurance companies in this category.
o For deposits/investment, credit/fund raising, funds transfer/payment,
and other financial services: Some small-sized urban businesses
ranked hybrid commercial banks second behind Thai commercial
banks, while others ranked them third. Small-sized rural businesses
were also most satisfied with Thai commercial banks followed by
SFIs, except for other financial services where they ranked IBFs in
second place.
• Medium-sized Businesses
o Medium-sized urban and rural businesses were most satisfied with
services provided by Thai commercial banks, except in terms of risk
management where insurance companies were seen as the best service
providers.
o Medium-sized urban businesses ranked foreign bank branches and
hybrid commercial banks second or third for deposits/investment,
credit/fund raising and funds transfer/payment.
o On the contrary, medium-sized rural businesses ranked hybrid
commercial banks second for deposits/investment and SFIs second for
other financial services.
o In terms of funds transfer/payment, middle-sized businesses were only
satisfied with Thai commercial banks.
o For other financial services, medium-sized urban businesses ranked
mutual fund companies second after Thai commercial banks, while
medium-sized rural businesses ranked SFIs and mutual fund
companies second and third respectively.
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• Large-sized Businesses
o Large-sized urban and rural businesses were most satisfied with the
services provided by Thai commercial banks, except in terms of risk
management where insurance companies were seen as the best service
providers.
o Large-sized urban businesses ranked foreign bank branches and
hybrid commercial banks second and third respectively for
deposits/investment, credit/fund raising, and funds transfer/payment.
o Large-sized rural businesses ranked SFIs second for
deposits/investment, third for credit/fund raising (same ranking as
hybrid commercial banks), and third for funds transfer/payment (same
ranking as foreign bank branches).
o For other financial services, large-sized urban businesses ranked
finance/credit foncier companies and mutual funds/insurance
companies second and third after Thai commercial banks, while largesized
rural businesses ranked foreign bank branches and insurance
companies second and third respectively.