Bank · Thailand
KASIKORNBANK
KASIKORNBANK Public Company Limited · kasikornbank.com (opens source in new tab)
Crypto readiness score
2/3 status dimensions verified · 2 initiatives · last verified 2026-11-12
Score breakdown
How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.
| Component | Weight | Points | Basis (verified input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial availability | 35 | 10.5 | Pilot / proof of concept · initiative |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Technical delivery | 20 | 8 | Pilot / proof of concept · initiative |
| Product breadth | 15 | 10 | 2 product categories with a verified status: Tokenization, Custody & trading |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 0 | No verified change in the last 365 days |
Score = sum of points, rounded. Only verified tracker statuses count; “Unknown” earns nothing and is never estimated. Methodology
Initiatives (2)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Tokenization · Thailand
KASIKORNBANK: Purpose Bound Money test in the BOT Programmable Payment sandbox
- regulatory
- Unknown
- technical
- Pilot / proof of concept2025-08
- commercial
- Pilot / proof of concept2025-08
The Bank of Thailand lists Kasikornbank in the first, completed round of its Programmable Payment sandbox with a "Purpose Bound Money" project tested from August 2025 to March 2026 (data as of April 2026).
Scope: Thailand; BOT Enhanced Regulatory Sandbox (Programmable Payment), first round.
In tracker · last verified 2026-11-12
Custody & trading · Thailand
KASIKORNBANK group: orbix CUSTODIAN licensed digital asset custodian
- regulatory
- Unknown
- technical
- Developing / partnership established2024-09-26
- commercial
- Announced / exploring2024-09-26
KASIKORNBANK says its group company orbix CUSTODIAN obtained a Digital Asset Custodian licence from Thailand’s Ministry of Finance, under SEC supervision, on 13 September 2024 and planned to launch custody services for domestic digital asset businesses in early 2025.
Scope: Thailand; institutional (digital asset businesses).
In tracker · last verified 2026-11-09
Licences & registrations
Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).
No licence or registration record in our verified data. This means “not reviewed”, not “unlicensed”.
Partners & providers
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No partner or provider named in our verified sources yet.
Regulator records & actions
Register entries and regulator publications that name this institution.
- Primary record · Bank of ThailandProgrammable Payment, Enhanced Regulatory Sandbox (row: Kasikornbank Public Company Limited) (opens source in new tab)
Markets (from stated target markets): Thailand
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2025-08 · Status
BOT sandbox lists Kasikornbank Purpose Bound Money testing Aug 2025 - Mar 2026 (first round, completed).
2024-09-26 · Status
Launch planned for early 2025.
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