Bank of Thailand

Central bank · TH · 3 documents

Key number

95 sandboxes

Regulatory Sandboxes Worldwide. IMF Fintech p.30

Key number

more than 95 percent

Global GDP share of countries exploring CBDCs. IMF Fintech p.7

Capital Flow Management Measures in the Digital Age (2): Design Choices for Central Bank Digital Currency

Research paperIMF FintechSeptember 202337 pages

Central banks are exploring retail and wholesale CBDCs to complement traditional cross-border payment rails and lower transfer costs.

Institutional Arrangements for Fintech Regulation: Supervisory Monitoring

Research paperIMF FintechJune 202358 pages

In Ghana, the growth of mobile money increased access to financial services for unbanked demographics, with 35 percent of adults in rural areas reporting having used the service between 2014 and 2017.

Towards Central Bank Digital Currencies in Asia and the Pacific: Results of a Regional Survey

SurveyIMF FintechSeptember 202244 pages

By August 2021, total crypto asset volume had grown by 230 percent year over year in Asian emerging market economies.