# TISCO Bank

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/tisco-bank
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [TISCO — official](https://www.tisco.co.th/)

## Key details

- **Launch:** 1969

## Overview

**TISCO Bank** is **Thai commercial bank** + **SET: TISCO** + **CDIB & Partners Investment Holding Taiwanese parent + Thai retail + institutional + foreign investors free float** + **one of Thailand's mid-sized commercial banks specialising in auto lending + wealth management** + **founded 1969 in Bangkok Thailand as Thailand's first investment banking firm then 2005 TISCO Bank full commercial banking license** <sup>[1][1], [Thailand report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/TH)</sup>.

## History

**1969 — TISCO founded in Bangkok Thailand as Thailand's first investment banking firm Thai Investment and Securities Company**.

**2005 — TISCO Bank full Bank of Thailand BOT commercial banking license consolidating TISCO investment banking into commercial bank** distinctive Thai banking heritage as Thailand's pioneer investment-bank-to-commercial-bank conversion.

**2014 — TISCO Mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **TISCO Financial Group Public Company Limited dba TISCO Bank** (Thai commercial bank; SET: TISCO).

**Major shareholders**: **CDIB & Partners Investment Holding (Taiwanese parent; China Development Financial) + Thai retail + institutional + foreign investors free float**.

**Regulators**: **Bank of Thailand BOT**.

## Technical integration

TISCO Mobile app (iOS + Android) + tisco.co.th online + TISCO Bank branch network across Thailand (auto lending + wealth management specialty) + TISCO Visa + Mastercard cards; PromptPay (Thai national instant payments) + Thai QR Payment (Thai national QR payment scheme) + Thai Baht THB domestic transfers.

## Implementations & partners

**Major Thai banking + payments competitors**: [Bangkok Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bangkok-bank) (Bangkok Bank; SET: BBL) + [Kasikornbank K PLUS](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/kasikorn-bank) (Kasikornbank KBank; SET: KBANK) + [Siam Commercial Bank (SCB)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/siam-commercial-bank) (Siam Commercial Bank SCB; SET: SCB) + [Krungthai NEXT](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/krungthai-bank) (Krung Thai Bank KTB; SET: KTB) + [Krungsri Bank of Ayudhya (krungsri app)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/krungsri) (Bank of Ayudhya Krungsri; SET: BAY) + [TMBThanachart Bank (ttb)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/ttb-bank) (TMBThanachart Bank ttb; SET: TTB) + [Kiatnakin Phatra Bank (KKP)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/kiatnakin-phatra) (Kiatnakin Phatra Bank; SET: KKP) + [PromptPay QR](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/promptpay-qr) (PromptPay; Thai national instant payments).

**Regulators**: Bank of Thailand BOT.

## Status

**Active, Thai commercial bank + SET:TISCO + CDIB & Partners Investment Holding Taiwanese parent + Thai retail + institutional + foreign investors free float + one of Thailand's mid-sized commercial banks specialising in auto lending + wealth management + founded 1969 in Bangkok Thailand as Thailand's first investment banking firm then 2005 TISCO Bank full commercial banking license** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.tisco.co.th/ "TISCO — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TISCO_Bank "TISCO — Wikipedia"
[th-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/TH

- [1] [TISCO — official][1]
- [2] [TISCO — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Thailand report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/TH)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/TH-thailand.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [tisco-bank.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/tisco-bank). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.