Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC)

August 14, 2023 Dear Randy Liwanag, Dear Sir/Madam: This acknowledges receipt of your e-mail. 1. To File a Formal Complaint Against a Lending or Financing Company Kindly follow this link: http://www.sec.gov.ph/lending-companies-and-financing-companies/complaints/. Please read and follow the instructions carefully to avoid the outright dismissal of your complaint. In sending the complaint form to [email protected] via e-mail, kindly use the following format in the subject head of the e-mail: COMPLETE NAME _RESPONDENT COMPANY _ SUBJECT OF COMPLAINT (ex: JUAN DELA CRUZ_ABC LENDING_DISCLOSURE STATEMENT VIOLATION). 2. To verify Lending Companies, Financing Companies and Online Lending Platforms For a list of registered lending and financing companies, follow these links: a. Registered Lending Companies https://www.sec.gov.ph/lending-companies-and-financing-companies-2/list-of-lending-companies-2/ b. Registered Financing Companies http://www.sec.gov.ph/lending-companies-and-financing-companies/list-of-financing-companies/ For a list of recorded online lending platforms of lending and financing companies, please refer to this link: https://www.sec.gov.ph/lending-companies-and-financing-companies-2/list-of-recorded-online-lending-platforms/ 3. For more information on Lending and Financing Companies For more information on lending and financing companies, kindly follow this link: https://www.sec.gov.ph/lending-companies-and-financing-companies-2/lending-companies-and-financing-companies/. Thank you. Respectfully, SEC-FOI Team

Oct 13, 2023 Dear Randy, I refer to my letter of Aug 14, 2023 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Fraud and misleading informations on lending app PAUTANG PESO. In particular, I had requested specific information for you to clarify upon in order for us to proceed with the request. As we have not received a reply within the 60-day working period since the letter requesting for clarification was sent out, we regret to inform you that this request will be closed as of Nov 06, 2023. You may wish to submit a new request describing the specific information you are looking for, and we will be able to consider it under the guidelines as stated in Executive Order No. 2. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to or visiting our central office. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Atty. Armando FOI Officer