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Episode: Bank of Thailand plans to tighten regulations on online gold trading as its price soars
Description: The Bank of Thailand has tightened regulations on online gold trading to curb the impact of fluctuating prices on the local currency. The new measures will not have a big impact on gold trading, which has become increasingly popular, but will improve the transparency of online platforms, the central bank's assistant governor, Pimpan Charoenkwan, said.
The regulations, which took effect this month, cap online gold transactions conducted in Thai baht at 50 million baht ($1.6 million) per user per day. Any transaction exceeding that limit requires approval from the authorities.
However, the rules do not apply to users who were already holding...