to alleviate the risk of frauds.Moreover, it is advisable to be cautious when being solicited to invest in ICOs or to buy any digital token for the time being since there are neither approved ICO
regard, the SEC urges investors to be cautious in making use of news coverage on securities offering or fund establishment and listed companies? profit forecast, if it has not approved by the SEC or not
Bangkok, October 2, 2015 The SEC has rolled out an initiative to enhance sustainability of the financial reporting ecosystem, which is paramount to the integrity and soundness of the Thai capital
Bangkok, February 9, 2016 ? The SEC is seeking public comments on draft amendments to several regulations governing provident fund (PVD) management to promote PVD as an effective savings chanel for employees. The revision aims at encouraging employees to save more, save longer, and save smart, to enjoy better quality of life after retirement.The proposed amendments would require that asset management companies comply with the following key regulations: 1) To provide several investment plans f...
Under the existing regulations, each business operator allows to prepare the customer complaints’ handling report in its own style and classify the type of complaints as it deems appropriate. Such variations have caused SEC extra time on processing the data for regulatory use. In addition, the current regulation which requires the operator to submit the report in paper form to SEC has incurred an undue burden to the business. SEC, therefore, proposes to amend the regulations by requiring...
The warning came after the SEC had received information from the concerned public and stakeholders who noticed that unlicensed business operators in the securities and digital asset sectors, including foreign digital asset business operators, were soliciting the public to make investments with, or use services of, such unlicensed entities at a financial technology exhibition held at a shopping center on September 27, 2023.The SEC conducted an onsite inspection and gathered evidence in this regar...
SEC Secretary-General Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol said: “Digital asset businesses are regulated under the Emergency Decree on Digital Asset Businesses. Only providers who have obtained relevant licenses under the law are allowed to provide services related to digital asset trading, exchange, depository, transfer, withdrawal or any transactions related to digital assets in Thailand. Violators or those failing to comply with the law may be imposed with legal action.” On 2 July 2021, the SEC fil...
Bangkok, April 18, 2014 ? The SEC urged shareholders of GOLD and UV to carefully study information on valuation of GOLD?s assets in a proposed related party transaction at the upcoming shareholders? meeting on Monday 21 April, 2014.Referring to a proposal to sell 35 parcels of land with 11 buildings of Golden Land Property Development Plc. ("GOLD"), a subsidiary of Univentures Plc. ("UV"), to Sirisap Pattana Company Limited, a related person to GOLD and UV at 980 million baht, boards of director...
Increasingly, the public and listed companies begin to take interest in performing transactions related to digital assets in various forms such as investment in digital assets, accepting cryptocurrency payment for goods and services, and initial coin offering of utility tokens for exchange of goods and services of listed companies. This includes dissemination of news related to such investment or payment for goods or services of listed companies.In addition, on 8 July 2021 the Bank of Thailand (...
With reference to the recent occurrence, a foreign private digital wallet service provider has solicited investors in Thailand via social media to trade digital assets by linking investor trading activities with another foreign digital asset trading platform and allowing payment for the transactions made in Thai baht through Prompt Pay and Thai QR. Such provision of services may be deemed the undertaking of digital asset business without license, subject to the offenses under the Emergenc...