Project XBY

East Asia & Pacific · GDP rank #27

Thailand

TH · THB @ 0.0306/USD

Tab 08

Pulse

The preceding ~90 days of macro, regulation, product, funding and milestone events. Each item is primary-sourced; no trade-press echo.

  1. 13 days agoregulation

    BOT minutes warn against broad consumption stimulus as Mid-East war shifts inflation outlook

    April-meeting minutes published 13 May show the Monetary Policy Committee viewing demand-side support as temporary at best and urging fiscal space to be preserved. Inflation forecast lifted to 2.9% for 2026 on higher imported energy prices.

    • #bot
    • #macro
    • #rates

    Source: Bloomberg

  2. 4 weeks agoregulation

    BOT holds policy rate at 1.00% — lowest since 2022

    The Monetary Policy Committee held the benchmark rate at 1.00% at its April meeting, leaving borrowing costs at a near four-year low. The Committee framed the current setting as appropriate to support recovery while inflation pressure is primarily supply-side.

    • #bot
    • #macro
    • #rates

    Source: Bank of Thailand (BOT)

  3. 7 weeks agolaunch

    Thailand-Taiwan cross-border QR corridor opens

    BOT and Taiwan's NCCC opened a TWQR-Thai QR bilateral corridor in April, extending Thailand's ASEAN-plus QR mesh to its tenth jurisdiction. Inbound Taiwanese tourists can scan domestic Thai QRs in their bank apps at interbank FX.

    • #bot
    • #cross-border
    • #qr

    Source: Bank of Thailand (BOT)

  4. 2 months agodata

    PromptPay processed more than 2.2bn transactions in February 2026 alone

    BOT statistics show PromptPay clearing 2.2-2.3bn transactions a month through Q1 2026, on annualised volumes of around 27 billion. Combined digital-banking transaction value reached THB 11.5 trillion in January (+17.5% YoY).

    • #promptpay
    • #milestone
    • #data

    Source: Bank of Thailand (BOT)

  5. 3 months agomilestone

    BOT publishes PromptPay-Korea Zero Pay corridor blueprint

    BOT and the Korea Financial Telecommunications and Clearings Institute published a memorandum of intent for a PromptPay-to-Zero-Pay bilateral QR corridor for tourist payments, with operational launch targeted for late 2026.

    • #bot
    • #cross-border
    • #korea

    Source: Bank of Thailand (BOT)

  6. 3 months agoregulation

    BOT publishes operational guidance for the three virtual-bank licence winners

    BOT issued framework guidance on capital, governance and IT-resilience requirements ahead of the 2026-27 launch window for the three virtual banks (SCB-Tencent-Kakao; Krungthai-Gulf-AIS; Ascend Money). All three are expected to apply for limited go-live in 2H 2026.

    • #bot
    • #virtual-banks
    • #regulation

    Source: Bank of Thailand (BOT)