KGI says three big banks KTB, KBANK and BBL to benefit as loans recover alongside private investment

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KGI Securities (Thailand) says large corporate loans grew strongly in August 2026, with short-term money market loans and interbank lending rising sharply at every bank except Siam Commercial Bank, which shifted its excess liquidity into bond investments instead. Overall money market loans grew 14% month on month, with BBL and KBANK posting the strongest growth among the large banks at about 18% month on month each, followed by TTB at 14% month on month and KTB at 13% month on month, while KKP recorded growth of as much as 36% month on month. Retail loans declined broadly, with only KTB lending aggressively, as most banks applied cautious lending criteria, including for housing loans and hire purchase loans, with SCB and TTB seeing their hire purchase loan portfolios contract because of stricter standards on electric vehicles. KTB, however, appears to have a more aggressive policy on housing and retail lending, which should be positive for its net interest margin, while total loans and money market lending grew 1.4% month on month compared with deposits at 0.5% month on month. KGI says growth in private investment accelerated in August, in line with the recovery in lending, and large banks should be the main beneficiaries, with KTB, KBANK and BBL standing out the most, while the momentum in private investment could drive full-year loan growth about 2% above the banks' financial targets.

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Financials▲
Kasikornbank Public Company Limited
KBANK
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

KBANK posted strongest money-market loan growth (~18% MoM) and is named among large banks benefiting from recovering private investment and lending.

Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited
KTB
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

KTB is named among top beneficiaries, grew money-market loans 13% MoM, and its aggressive housing/retail lending should lift net interest margin.

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Bangkok Bank PCL
BBL
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

BBL posted strongest money-market loan growth (~18% MoM) and is named among large banks benefiting from recovering private investment and lending.

SCB X Public Company Limited
SCB
± MixedDemandrelevance

SCB shifted excess liquidity into bonds instead of money-market lending and saw hire-purchase loans contract on stricter EV standards, offsetting the sector recovery.