Bank of Thailand, under approval of the PSC, together with related agencies push for establishment of a local switching (LSW) network to process transaction of domestic spending by local debit card . The LSW would reduce dependence on international switching operators. It would also help maintain stability of Thailand’s payment systems by ensuring that transactions via debit cardsare continuously processed, even whenproblems to the international service provider’s system or communication network arose and resulted in interruption of service, which could lead to problems for the financial institutions sector.