Bangkok, 30 March 2025 – As a large number of business operators in the capital and digital asset markets (“business operators”), listed companies and securities issuing companies have been affected
bonds) of foreign entities (issuers) in Thailand with the amendments to the baht bond offering regulations. The notifications of the amended regulations*** have been published in the Government Gazette
SEC has prepared a questionnaire surveying preparedness toward the Personal Data Protection Act, B.E. 2562 in April 2020 for self-assessment of 276 organizations under its supervision. Based on the results, 192 firms responded, scoring 70% total preparedness in personal data protection.Business operators, who need to accelerate their preparedness for the Personal Data Protection Act, have been advised by SEC to accelerate the following, four main issues.(1) Considering appropriate legal b...
SEC Secretary-General Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol said, "Under the current global situation that technology and user behavior has changed dramatically, which may come with cybersecurity risks, SEC has realized the importance of business preparation in this matter. For this reason, SEC is set to launch an online training under the topic of “Incident Response from the Pentester’s Eyes View” and “Cybersecurity Incident Playbook: Priorities & Best Practices”, which will be graced by the presences...
Facebook accounts are not licensed securities or derivatives business operators in Thailand. Investors are therefore advised to be careful with any investment solicitation of such entities because the
Currently, the existing regulations require that the foreign issuer of baht bonds comply with the approval and disclosure rules in the same manner as other types of bonds. Additionally, to issue and offer for sale of baht bonds, the foreign entity issuer must obtain an approval and adhere to the obligations specified by the Ministry of Finance. However, given the changing contexts and landscape of the bond market, the relevant ministerial regulations would be repealed and instead the foreign iss...
According to the SEC’s findings, CoinEx platform provided services as a digital asset exchange to facilitate trading and exchange of digital assets for a fee. It also solicited and advertised CoinEx services in Thailand using Thai language via social media such as Facebook and Twitter (currently named X), Medium and Telegram. In this regard, Puttipong presented himself as partner of CoinEx Thailand and the person in charge of CoinEx booth at Thailand Crypto Expo 2022 held at the Bangkok In...
Earlier, by virtue of Section 267 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1992, the SEC, with the approval of the SEC Board, ordered an attachment of assets of 10 entities who were imposed with the
Bangkok, 11 April 2024 – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would like to inform the public that the public prosecutor has brought action to the Criminal Court* against seven entities who
SEC has opened for public comments to revise the regulations on supervision of fintech as there are some business operators applying fintech to improve their service efficiency for investors. For example, algorithm or computer coding has been used in the process of investment analysis, advice, and investment decision-making. Therefore, it could lead to new services offering and help investors to have alternatives by using the capital market to accumulate wealth in the long run.SEC studied...