The bank is 99.79 percent owned by the Thai Ministry of Finance.

[3] BAAC's fiscal year runs from 1 April to 31 March.

[1] BAAC was established on 1 November 1966 as a government-owned bank to provide affordable credit to agricultural producers, either directly or through agricultural cooperatives and farmers' associations.

BAAC assumed the functions of the Bank for Cooperatives (which had been established in 1947).

[1]: 2  The bank had 1,327 branches, 1,074 service bureaus, 2,001 ATMs, and 18,372 employees.