The SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand) is moving forward with regulations for managing risks under the Travel Rules for digital assets, enhancing the prevention of money laundering and tech crime, in line with international standards.

Ms. Pornanong Busaratrakul, Secretary-General of the SEC, revealed that the SEC prioritizes regulating digital asset businesses to prevent them from being used as conduits for money laundering and tech crime. This is achieved through continuous collaboration with partner agencies in both the public and private sectors. The SEC believes that these Travel Rules for digital assets will significantly improve the effectiveness of combating tech crime and reduce the risk of digital asset businesses being used as channels for money laundering and terrorist financing.

The regulations will ensure that customer transactions comply with established guidelines and practices, and will also elevate anti-money laundering measures to align with international standards (FATF), increasing credibility in long-term connections with international markets.

This is in line with the SEC's ongoing collaboration with partner agencies in both the public and private sectors to prevent and deter tech crime. The Sub-committee on Financial Data Linkage to Enhance the Monitoring of Suspicious Financial Transactions has resolved that the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand) and the AMLO (Anti-Money Laundering Office) should jointly issue guidelines for digital asset businesses while AMLO prepares to issue regulations under the Anti-Money Laundering Act.

The SEC has coordinated with AMLO to establish guidelines for a risk management system for digital asset businesses, requiring information for every digital asset transfer transaction to support monitoring and preventing the use of digital assets in cybercrime. The SEC solicited comments on the principles in March-April 2026 and on the draft announcement in June-July 2026. Most stakeholders agreed with the principles and draft announcement, leading to the issuance of guidelines defining the duties of digital asset businesses*, with the following key points:

(1) Digital asset businesses must establish policies and procedures for managing risks related to the transfer and receipt of digital assets.

(2) Digital asset businesses must collect customer and counterparty information for digital asset transfers, verify counterparties, and check the qualifications of the digital asset business or digital asset service provider of the counterparty. (counterparty VASP) and intermediaries of digital asset operators (Intermediary Digital Asset Operator) in cases where the digital asset operator arranges for an intermediary in the digital asset transfer process, including verifying ownership or control of self-hosted digital asset wallets in cases of transferring/receiving digital assets with a self-hosted wallet.

(3) The digital asset operator sending the transfer order (Ordering Digital Asset Operator) must provide information of the transferor and transferee, along with the digital asset transfer order, to the counterparty VASP receiving the transfer order (Beneficiary Digital Asset Operator).

(4) The digital asset operator must retain information accompanying digital asset transfers for every transaction for at least 5 years. This information must be stored in a manner that allows the regulatory authority to immediately access or inspect it. These regulations will be effective from February 27, 2027 onwards, to allow digital asset business operators time to prepare and develop their systems for data transmission and transaction verification according to the new regulations.

Note: *One related announcement is the Securities and Exchange Commission Announcement No. ST. 9/2569 on the Management of Risks Related to the Transfer and Receipt of Digital Assets to Prevent the Use of Digital Asset Businesses as a Channel for Money Laundering and Technological Crimes, dated August 25, 2026.

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Mr. Rungruang Sukkirdkijpiboon, President of KASIKORNBANK, said that the third consecutive year of collaboration with SCGP reflects KBank’s commitment to integrating sustainability into every aspect of its operations. EARTH JUMP 2026 was not only a platform for sharing knowledge on sustainability, but also placed emphasis on minimizing the environmental impact of the event – from promoting travel by public transportation and reducing single-use waste to selecting materials that could be repurposed after the event. In addition, the Bank offset all greenhouse gas emissions from the event using carbon credits from a forest project under the Doi Tung Development Project by the Mae Fah Luang Foundation, as part of the Carbon Credit Tokenization Pilot Program. This initiative is the first of its kind in Thailand under the Bank of Thailand’s regulatory sandbox, with the aim of having the event certified as a Net Zero Event in accordance with the criteria of the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization).

Mr. Danaidej Ketsuwan, Chief Financial Officer of SCG Packaging Public Company Limited (SCGP), stated that SCGP is delighted to partner with KBank in applying paper-based solutions to exhibition design by integrating creativity, functionality, and sustainability. This collaboration demonstrates that thoughtful design from the outset can simultaneously reduce environmental impacts and generate social benefits. After the event, booth structures and equipment that remained in good condition were donated by SCGP to schools participating in the SCGP Low Carbon School project – namely Wat Pho Rattanaram School, Wat Hub Krathing School, and Wat Ban Khong Noi (Tokulabthip Prachasan) School in Ratchaburi Province – to be repurposed as furniture and educational materials. Meanwhile, non-reusable materials will be sent through SCGP’s recycling process and transformed into new raw materials within the company’s system. This approach aligns with the Zero Waste concept and helps maximize resource utilization throughout the value chain.

The collaboration between KBank and SCGP at EARTH JUMP 2026 showcases how sustainability principles can be translated into tangible actions, from material selection and resource management to the redistribution and circular use of resources after the event. By creating value for both the environment and society, this partnership also helps drive the transition towards a low-carbon economy in a concrete and meaningful way.

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