On January 31, 2025, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) announced a new Notification re: Responsible Lending, replacing a similar notification from 2023. This new notification provides updated measures to assist debtors in different circumstances and clear implementation guidelines for lenders, with the aim ...
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An appointed actuary of a life insurer or health insurer, an appointed actuary regarding reserves and solvency of a non-life insurer, of a reinsurer or of a foreign branch has the duty of organizing implementation of work to ensure the financial safety of the insurance enterprise or foreign br...
What types of lending / financing transactions require specific shareholder approvals? Under the Companies Act, there are certain transactions in which the board of directors cannot act without shareholders' consent in a general meeting. (a) Section 76 financial assistance Under section 76 of the Co...
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direct lending, acquisition of distressed listed companies, and other investments including turnaround investments, investment in bailout funds, investment in property at court auctions, investment in bankruptcy reorganization, alternative investment, other high-yield investments and the financing of debt and...
For lending-based crowdfunding platforms, section 5 of the Moneylenders Act (“MLA”) provides that a person who carries on the business of moneylending must hold a licence issued by the Registrar of Moneylenders. Given that a lending-based crowdfunding platform contemplates that the borrowers wil...
4 Refer to Appendix 1 for what constitutes data intermediaries and the relevant obligations 5 Refer to Appendix 1 for what constitutes data intermediaries and the relevant obligations 6 According to the Public Consultation Paper on the Proposed Regulations on Personal Data Protection in Singapore, page...
“PIP”) or third-party service providers engaged by them. However, the following are expressly excluded from the definition of lending and financing companies: banks, investment houses, savings and loan associations, pawnshops, insurance companies, cooperatives, credit institutions regulated by law, ...
causation in data breach cases; the Australian position in respect of damage, including in respect of various forms of emotional harm and the “cost and time associated with addressing the consequences of” the relevant data breach; and