The Finance Ministry will test in a sandbox the use of utility bill data by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to support their applications for new loans from state-owned financial institutions, said Chuenchob Kongudom, vice-minister to the Prime Minister.
The test will be piloted in April, he added.
He said some SMEs have been unable to access new loans from commercial and state financial institutions as they remain on a National Credit Bureau (NCB) blacklist.
