Thailand's "digital wallet" cash handout
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•Thailand's $13 billion digital handout scheme to include cash payments, PM says
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Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra says part of government's vaunted 450 billion baht ( $13.1 billion ) "digital wallet" handout will be distributed in cash.
Details are still being finalised and will be announced in a policy statement to parliament.
The digital wallet handout had previously entailed transferring 10,000 in credit to 50 million Thais via a smartphone application to spend in their localities.
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