SEC Deputy Secretary-General Tipsuda Thavaramara revealed that SEC has launched an automated data distribution system, or SEC API, to enable easy access to SEC’s information or third party information in possession of SEC and in a form that the computer can read and readily process (machine readable data). Data can be obtained by means of code-writing for direct data query. SEC anticipates that this information service system will act as the information infrastructure for the financial sector and capital market allowing the private sector to use it in business expansion and capital market analysis, which is in line with the government's approach of making big data freely available.

In the initial stage, SEC will provide two types of information, which are information on licensee or have been approved in the capital market and mutual fund information such as nature and characteristics of mutual funds, fees and past performance. The dissemination of information via SEC API aims to help increase service efficiency and promote new business models, for instance the development of applications which enable investors to compare information and performance of mutual funds, of which there are currently more than 9,000 funds, or check whether any juristic person or person is properly licensed or approved in the capital market.

By 2018 SEC aims to expand the scope of data services to be more comprehensive with a view to be the information infrastructure for the financial and capital markets to support rapid technological change and promote new innovations, including research in the capital market which will benefit investors by using the capital market as an investment source for long-term financial security.

Interested parties may visit http://www.sec.or.th for SEC API data service. SEC welcomes any comments and suggestions on system improvement.