EDTA joins hand with National Innovation Agency for the first time to bring local tech startups to serve local e-commerce operators. The Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) plans to invest 1 billion baht through strategic partners to build a local e-commerce platform to compete with global giants like Alibaba and JD.com. The ETDA has partnered with the National Innovation Agency (NIA) for the first time to help local tech startups serve local e-commerce operators. Under the new ETDA initiative, the agency will regulate e-commerce providers, digital ID operators and Certificate Authority Public Key Infrastructure providers. The ETDA will be secretary of the National Digital ID committee to regulate digital ID providers and oversee e-commerce operators.

Source: Bangkok Post April 23, 2019 23:37 UTC