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      Sakkapop Panyanukul

      Sakkapop Panyanukul

      Assistant Governor, Payment Systems Policy & Supervision Group

      Bank of Thailand

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      Mr. Sakkapop Panyanukul currently serves as the Assistant Governor, Payment Systems Policy and Supervision Group, Bank of Thailand. He oversees payment systems policies and regulations, as well as financial market infrastructures and payment service providers. His responsibilities also include fostering innovations in payments and fintech, as well as overseeing market conduct and financial literacy initiatives.

      He has extensive experience in key areas at the Bank of Thailand, including monetary policy, macroeconomic affairs, financial markets, financial stability, financial institution supervision policy, and financial risk management for international reserves.

      In 2005, he served as a Visiting Economist at the Bank for International
      Settlements, Asian Office, Hong Kong. Prior to joining the Bank of Thailand in 2001, Sakkapop worked in the Research Department at Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited.
      Mr. Sakkapop holds a bachelor’s degree in economics (First Class Honours) from Thammasat University, a master’s degree in financial economics
      from the London School of Economics, and a Ph.D. in Finance from Warwick Business School. His doctoral dissertation received the Young Scholar Award from the Tinbergen Institute in 2008.

      Speaking at SFF 2026

      • 3:50–4:30pmFri 20 NovPolicy StageHall 3, Singapore EXPOOpen

        Policy Rewiring

        Asia's Payments Moment: Building Connectivity Across ASEAN and Beyond

        Policy StageHall 3, Singapore EXPOOpen

        About this session

        Bilateral links between Asia's national instant-payment systems already exist and are multiplying. QR code interoperability between several member states has been live for years, built one country pair at a time. The next opportunity is a genuinely connected system, one where a payment initiated in any linked market settles instantly in any other, without each pair of countries negotiating its own bridge. As Singapore prepares to take over the ASEAN chairmanship from the Philippines in 2027, regional payment connectivity is shaping up to be one of the flagship items on its agenda, and this session is where that opportunity gets mapped out, a year ahead of time.

        This panel brings together central bank representatives from across ASEAN and India to discuss what a genuinely connected instant-payment system could unlock: aligning local-currency settlement frameworks, building on the links already in place, from ASEAN's QR interoperability to the UPI-PayNow corridor, to reach true multilateral interoperability, and establishing the shared governance that lets partners trust a system built together rather than one at a time. Attendees leave with a clear view of the progress already made, what Singapore's incoming ASEAN chairmanship could prioritise, and how close the wider region actually is to instant payments that work the same way whether you're paying across the street or across a border.