The Bank of Thailand will launch a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot project in a regulatory sandbox this month. Three payment providers will take part, according to local media. The project will involve up to 10,000 users and run through August.
Bank of Ayudhya (Krungsri), Siam Commercial Bank and Singapore-based payments service provider 2C2P will partner with the Thai central bank on the project. Each of those organizations has made an app available to selected users that includes a wallet and a QR code scanner.
Krungsri will enlist up to 2,000 staff members to participate in the project, along with about 100 merchants located around the bank’s headquarters. It will expand the project to its Ploenchit branch as well. Krungsri Innovate managing director Sam Tanskul said:
“The bank needs to determine a strategy to differentiate retail CBDC from [its] PromptPay service.”
Siam Commercial Bank’s pilot will operate similarly to Krungsri’s, with staff and neighboring merchants participating.
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The pilot was announced in August and was originally scheduled to launch in 2022. The Bank of Thailand has called the project a “pilot to lear
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