PromptPay with the Government Savings Bank
The Government Savings Bank, ธนาคารออมสิน, known as GSB, is the pink one, and its app is MyMo. It is a savings institution with a branch in places the commercial banks never reached, which is why so many people outside the big cities hold their main account here.
Registering the identifier
A mobile number or a Thai national ID number is tied to one GSB account, in MyMo, at an ATM or in a branch. Branch registration is common here, because the branch network is the reason many people chose GSB in the first place.
The app's menus change between updates, so look for the PromptPay entry under its services or settings. Confirmation goes to the number being registered, so it needs to be one you hold.
Why the account is often the family one
GSB reaches small towns and villages where the commercial banks have no branch, and it is where a lot of savings, pensions and state payments land. In practice that means money sent home often goes to a GSB account.
If you are the person sending it, having the receiver's identifier rather than their account number is the difference between a transfer in ten seconds and a phone call reading out digits.
Reading a GSB slip
Pink branding, then the four lines that matter: amount, receiver with part of the name hidden, date and time, and a reference number.
The rule is the same as for every bank: an instant transfer means that a slip with no matching money is already answered, and the receiver line deserves as much attention as the amount.
Sending money home
Monthly support to family is a recurring payment, and recurring payments are the ones worth writing down. The transfer itself is free and instant; what gets lost is the record of which months were paid.
A recurring bill, or simply filed slips, turns that into a list. SlipDee keeps the recurring ones and files the slips, so the question of whether this month was sent has an answer that does not require scrolling a chat.
Using it with SlipDee
SlipDee builds your code from the registered identifier with a photo in the middle, so a family group chat with four codes in it stops being a guessing game.
It reads the slips MyMo leaves in the gallery and files each against what it settled, which is what makes a month of transfers legible.
Checklist
- Register to the GSB account the money should land in.
- Use a number you will keep; a branch can register it if the app is awkward.
- Keep your code as an image as well as in MyMo.
- Put a photo on the code so family can tell whose it is.
- For money sent home, keep it as a recurring record rather than a memory.
- File slips against the month or bill they paid.
Make your own PromptPay QR
Your code with your photo on it, so friends can see who they are paying. Free, in the browser, and it works with every Thai bank.
Open SlipDeeFrequently asked questions
Can GSB receive transfers from other banks?
- Yes. PromptPay is national, and a GSB code is payable from every Thai banking app.
Where is PromptPay in MyMo?
- Under the app's services or settings, with wording that changes between versions. A branch or an ATM can register it as well.
Is GSB only for savings?
- It is a savings institution by origin, and for many customers it is the everyday account. For PromptPay it behaves like any other bank.
Does a GSB slip prove the money arrived?
- No slip does. Check the account, which updates instantly.
Can I register the same number at GSB and a commercial bank?
- No. One identifier points at one account. Use a second identifier if you want two banks reachable.
