SEA Digest: LINE ties up with KASIKORNBANK; VIISA launches 8th cohort

SEA Digest: LINE ties up with KASIKORNBANK; VIISA launches 8th cohort

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Kasikornbank is pictured next to a national flag at a Kasikornbank in Bangkok, Thailand, May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

Japan-based chat app LINE has partnered with KASIKORNBANK in Thailand to launch LINE BK, the first social banking app in the country. Meanwhile, Vietnam Innovative Startups Accelerator (VIISA) has welcomed two new startups to its acceleration programme.