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SEC files charges against Stark Corp for misconduct
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 07/07/2023
» The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges with the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), accusing Stark Corporation and nine others, including the company's largest shareholder, of financial misconduct.
SET suspends trading in MORE shares
Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 14/11/2022
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) on Monday suspended trading in More Return Plc (MORE) shares after the energy, water and property-related company was reportedly involved in irregular trading of its stock on Thursday and Friday last week.
Little progress in war on graft
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 11/03/2019
» Corruption is rarely out of the news in Southeast Asia, but the last three weeks have been busier than usual. In Vietnam, two former information ministers were arrested on suspicion of mismanaging public investment. The prosecution order issued on Feb 23 for Nguyen Bac Son and Truong Minh Tuan accuses them of "violations of regulations on management and use of public investment capital that cause serious consequences". The news cast a shadow over Hanoi's preparations fo the Trump-Kim nuclear summit.
Transformed by tech
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 28/05/2018
» Financial technology (fintech) and innovation have the potential to transform and accelerate sustainable development, which requires huge sums of money, and businesses can make a significant contribution, policymakers and business leaders agree.
Securing our digital future
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 29/08/2016
» Cybercrime is everywhere these days, it seems. Or maybe we are just hearing about it more regularly. In Thailand this month, a gang stole 12 million baht from 21 ATMs in six provinces by using malware to infect the system. It was two weeks before the news leaked out, and by that time the perpetrators, said to have been eastern Europeans, were long gone. The thefts, the first of their kind locally, may have been linked to similar heists in Taiwan in July.
Firms fear blacklist
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 29/03/2012
» Thailand risks being downgraded to a blacklist by the anti-money laundering Financial Action Task Force (FATF) within a year, say business leaders repeating their call for the government to immediately address the issue.Thailand's current "high-risk" status already threatens long-term impacts including reduced foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, international trade, financial transactions, and tourism, noted business chiefs at a roundtable hosted by the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).