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Crypto-backed loans allowed on novel Thai platform
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 30/01/2026
» Liberix, a Thailand-based financial services platform, has launched the country's first platform allowing users to borrow baht using Bitcoin and other digital assets as collateral, expanding the use of cryptocurrencies beyond trading and speculation.
Regulator eases investment rules for insurance firms
Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 18/12/2025
» The Office of the Insurance Commission (OIC) has eased investment restrictions on insurance companies, lowering equity risk charges to allow insurers to invest more in the Thai stock market.
Prescription scheme wins insurers' nod
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 13/12/2025
» The Office of Insurance Commission (OIC) and the insurance industry have officially endorsed the government's "Sukkai Sabai Krabao" (Healthy Body, Comfortable Wallet) initiative, which allows patients treated at private hospitals to use their prescriptions at participating outside pharmacies.
Dumping cash for cards
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 08/12/2025
» International travel has been transformed more in the past decade than in the previous 50 years. Flights are booked instantly, hotels auto-recommend themselves, and in many major cities, cash has vanished almost entirely.
SEC steps up laundering probe of listed firms
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 05/12/2025
» The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ramped up its investigations into suspected money laundering links among listed firms in Thailand, seeking to tighten its regulatory powers.
Court to declare former Stark executive bankrupt
Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 30/10/2025
» The Central Bankruptcy Court is set to issue a ruling declaring Vonnarat Tangkaravakoon, former executive and major shareholder of scandal-plagued Stark Corporation (STARK), bankrupt, with orders to distribute assets to 3,417 creditors whose combined claims total 131.4 billion baht.
Charges dropped against ex-KTBST chair
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 16/07/2025
» Win Udomrachtavanich, the former executive chairman of KTB Securities (Thailand) (KTBST), has been officially cleared of all stock manipulation charges in a case filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) nearly two years ago, after the Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) issued a final non-prosecution order.
JKN founder, sister resign after SEC files charges
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 07/06/2025
» Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip, chief executive of JKN Global Group, and her sister, Pimuma Jakrajutatip, have resigned from all executive and other positions at the SET-listed content and media buying company after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed criminal complaints against the pair.
Crypto trading surges last month after Trump victory
Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 16/12/2024
» Cryptocurrency trading via local digital asset exchanges skyrocketed in November to 97 billion baht, rising 54.7% from the previous month, benefiting from increased crypto investments globally after Donald Trump won the US presidential election earlier in the month.
SEC to accelerate legal action against market offenders
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 12/11/2024
» The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to take legal action against offenders under the Securities and Exchange Act this week, in a move to restore confidence in the Thai stock market.