Type State enterprise Predecessor Savings office Founded 1913 | Industry Banking Founder Vajiravudh | |
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Headquarters 470 Phaholyothin Road, Samsennai, Phayathai, Bangkok 10400, Thailand Number of locations 1,141 branches
5,894 ATMs
152 service units
972 school banks Key people Mr Somchai Sujjapongse, Chairman
Mr Chatchai Payuhanaveechai, President/CEO | ||
Government Savings Bank (GSB) (Thai: ธนาคารออมสิน; rtgs: thanakhan om sin) is a state-owned Thai bank headquartered in Bangkok. It celebrated its 102nd anniversary on 1 April 2015. GSB's Swift code is GSBATHBK.
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History
King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) introduced a means to save money to Thailand in 1913. His purpose was to introduce Thai people to banking services and to promote a habit of thrift and saving. King Vajiravudh issued an act, effective 1 April 1913, to formally set up a "Savings Office" which began its operations under the Royal Treasury.
In 1929, in a period of economic depression, King Rama VII permitted the transfer of the bank to the Post and Telegraph Department of the Ministry of Commerce and Transportation to make it more convenient for citizens. The bank established new businesses such as travel savings, capital accumulation savings, and house deposit savings. By the end of 1936, a total of 104 branches of the Government Savings Bank around the country. After World War II, the government, recognizing the benefits of savings as well as the role that the Savings Office played in financial development, transformed it into a juristic person, to be operated independently under the supervision of a board of directors appointed by the finance minister as mandated by the Government Savings Bank Act B.E. 2489 (1946). The office was renamed the Government Savings Bank (GSB), effective 1 April 1947.
GSB is now a juristic person and state enterprise operating as a financial institution guaranteed by the government under the supervision of the Ministry of Finance. GSB operates 1,141 branches throughout the country.
Performance
The bank showed total assets of 2,259,016 million baht as of 31 December 2014, ranked number four in the Thai banking sector. Net profit was 22,231 million baht, increasing 322 million baht or 1.5 percent over the previous year.