Thailand’s central bank, Bank of Thailand (BoT), is cracking down on suspicious financial activity after unusual cash withdrawals totalling 250 million baht were flagged across commercial banks. BoT Governor, Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput, revealed on January 28 that commercial banks have been ordered to urgently investigate irregular cash withdrawal patterns. In one case, a customer withdrew 250 million baht in a single transaction, while another split a 200 million baht withdrawal across two banks, each dispensing 100 million baht. In addition to cash controls, BoT also announced tighter oversight of online gold trading. The gold trading rules will be rolled out in two phases:First, gold shops must retroactively report transactions exceeding 20 million baht from January 26 onwards.