The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is planning to allow corporations to file certain amendment applications without submitting physical documents, as part of efforts to streamline regulatory processes and support digitalization.
The regulators cited reports of OLPs (online lending platforms) engaging in harassment, intimidation, public shaming, and unlawful use of personal data in debt collection.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is planning to lift the moratorium on the registration of new online lending platforms (OLPs), while introducing stricter regulatory requirements aimed at protecting borrowers and improving oversight of the digital lending industry.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered digital lending firm Digido Finance Corp. to permanently cease its financing operations, after finding that the company continued extending loans despite the revocation of its corporate registration and financing license last year.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined Global Dominion Financing P50,000 for abusive debt collection practices, including the use of aggressive digital communications, as regulators tighten oversight of how financing firms deploy technology in dealing with borrowers.
Starting Jan. 30, corporations required to submit beneficial ownership information will do so through the Hierarchical and Applicable Relations and Beneficial Ownership Registry (Harbor), a digital system integrated with the SEC’s Electronic Filing and Submission Tool (eFAST).
TikTok has partnered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise public awareness on financial and investment scams, amid data showing that a majority of Filipino adults have encountered scams in the past year.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fully launched its upgraded iMessage online ticketing platform, which will serve as the mandatory channel for all public inquiries and transactions starting Jan. 2, 2026.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has introduced a free online platform that allows entrepreneurs to practice and simulate the company registration process before submitting actual applications, in a move aimed at easing the experience of starting a business in the Philippines.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the application of Blockshoals Technologies to test its financial products and services under the agency’s regulatory sandbox program.
