East Asia & Pacific · GDP rank #27
Thailand
TH · THB @ 0.0306/USD
Tab 05
Cross-border
Inbound and outbound remittance corridors, tourism flows, FX markup on retail cross-border, and the country's posture on stablecoin adoption. Corridor figures come from the World Bank RPW feed or the publishing central bank; both are cited when they disagree.
Reported inbound corridors
2 corridors
Reported outbound corridors
2 corridors
Avg. consumer FX markup
Trend · compressing
Top inbound corridors
- United States$2.2B
2.8% cost
- Germany$800.0M
3.4% cost
Top outbound corridors
- Myanmar$1.2B
5.8% cost
- Cambodia$300.0M
4.1% cost
FX cost
What consumers pay above the interbank
Retail FX markup is the spread between the mid-market rate and the rate the consumer receives — the single largest friction point in small-ticket cross-border.
ASEAN QR corridors, Wise TH and DeeMoney push retail corridor costs below 2% on major routes.
Consumer FX markup vs 3% ceiling
Benchmark 3% is the G20 target for average remittance corridor cost; above the mark is expensive by policy standard.
Trend · compressing
Bank of Thailand (BOT)
SEC Thailand regulates stablecoins under the Digital Asset Business Decree; BOT-SEC joint sandbox opened September 2025; THB stablecoin pilot in design.