The Bank of Thailand and Thailand’s Ministry of Finance said Thailand is ready to host the 2026 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in Bangkok on 12-18 October 2026. The authorities presented the event as both a major global policy forum and a platform for Thailand to advance a policy agenda under the theme “Thailand’s New Horizons: Empowering People, Building Resilience,” with the Bank of Thailand planning to introduce a “Bangkok Blueprint” on safe and inclusive digital finance as a key summit deliverable. Thailand linked its hosting agenda to four policy pillars: digital and artificial intelligence transformation for inclusive and resilient growth, resilience in a fragmented world, a new financial architecture for climate adaptation, and demographic change and the longevity economy. In that context, the Bank of Thailand said its Safe & Inclusive Digital Finance concept would focus on three mechanisms: tackling digital fraud and scams, strengthening resilience to cybercrime and concentrated technology infrastructure risks, and building an enabling ecosystem that avoids financial exclusion. The proposed Bangkok Blueprint, being developed with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group, is intended to provide countries with a policy framework covering legal foundations, fraud prevention and detection, stronger domestic and cross-border cooperation, and greater public financial literacy and digital resilience. As part of final preparations, delegations from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group are in Bangkok for the “July Mission,” described as the final evaluation ahead of the meetings.

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