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Ms. Chayawadee Chai-Anant, Assistant Governor of the Corporate Relations Group at the Bank of Thailand (BOT), clarified the legal status regarding the operation of Foreign Exchange (FOREX) businesses for investment or speculative purposes. Prohibition and Legal Penalties The BOT maintains a firm stance of not issuing licenses for FOREX trading businesses. Consequently, the operation of […]

The Ministry of Finance of Thailand, in collaboration with the Bank of Thailand and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, has announced Thailand’s readiness to host the 2026 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG). The announcement underscores global confidence in Thailand’s role and potential as an international hub for international conferences

The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) today announced investment promotion results for 2025, signaling a strong surge in investor confidence and a strategic shift toward high-value sectors. Total investment applications received soared to approximately 60.23 billion USD (1,876,653 million baht) across 3,370 projects, marking a substantial 67% increase in value and an 11% increase in

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Thailand on Monday approved four data centre projects worth $3.1 billion in investment as well as new measures to kickstart projects that have already been approved, the Board of Investment said. The investments included an 84-megawatt (MW) data centre valued at 26.7 billion baht from Dubai’s DAMAC Digital and another hyperscale data centre project with

The government has pledged to utilise the Fast Pass system to expedite permit approvals — including those for water and electricity connections — in order to increase investments. Speaking at the “Thailand Future Signal 2026” seminar, organised by iBusiness and held on Monday, Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas said Thailand and other Asean member states are

Analysts expect the Thai equity market to stage a meaningful rebound in the fourth quarter, supported by stronger earnings from listed companies, an improving global risk appetite, and easing geopolitical tensions between the US and China. Clearer signals that the US Federal Reserve may begin cutting interest rates again in early December are also stimulating

Thailand’s total investment applications rose by 94% year-on-year to a value of 1.37 trillion baht (US$41.8 billion) in the first nine months of 2025, led by projects in the digital and electronics sectors, the Board of Investment (BOI) said on Wednesday. Of the total, projects worth 985 billion baht ($30 billion) were from foreign companies,

Applications for investment promotion from January to September soared by 94% in value year-on-year to a combined 1.37 trillion baht, the highest level on record, says the Board of Investment (BoI). The increase was mostly driven by large foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in target sectors, including digital and manufacturing of smart electronics components and

Renewed US-China trade tensions sparked a massive sell-off in the crypto market last month, with Bitcoin plunging from UScopy22,000 to copy07,000 at one point, but analysts are referring to it as a “deep but temporary” reset, adding the bull cycle is not over yet. Global crypto markets were rocked in October as renewed US-China trade