New baits to lure bank customers

BANGKOK: Black-suited hipsters, hair spiked at rakish angles, await customers. People rea- ding magazines lounge on chairs resembling bent pipe cleaners. A disc jockey spins tunes. 

Customers could be forgiven for thinking they have wandered astray on their way to paying their bills or applying for credit. But the cavernous white room is indeed a branch office of a Thai credit card company.