Bank of Thailand BOT
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Who they are
Thailand's central bank, constituted under Section 5 of the Bank of Thailand Act.
What they do
Section 7 of the Act sets its objectives as monetary stability, financial institution system stability and payment systems stability. It licenses and examines commercial banks under the Financial Institution Business Act and licenses or registers payment systems and services under the Payment System Act. Its website also hosts the regulatory sandbox and sustainable finance guidance.
Key laws & regulations issued
- Guideline แนวปฏิบัติธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย เรื่อง แนวทางการทดสอบการประยุกต์ใช้เทคโนโลยีเพื่อพัฒนาต่อยอดให้เกิดนวัตกรรมทางการเงิน (Bank of Thailand Regulatory Sandbox Guidelines: Guidelines on Testing Technology Applications for Financial Innovation) 2024
- Guideline Guideline for Biometric Technology Adoption in Financial Services 2023
- Guideline Policy Statement of Bank of Thailand: Internalizing Environmental and Climate Change Aspects into Financial Institution Business 2023
- Notification BOT Notification FPG. 6/2565: Regulations on commercial banks' financial business groups undertaking digital asset related businesses and transactions 2022
- Act Payment System Act, B.E. 2560 (2017) 2017
- Act Financial Institution Business Act, B.E. 2551 (2008) 2008
- Act Bank of Thailand Act, B.E. 2485 (1942) 1942
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Others in Thailand supervising overlapping sectors.