Poor returns from an underperforming banking sector
A recent report has found that the majority of Cambodia’s nearly 40 commercial banks lack the scale and efficiency required to generate a healthy return on investment for their shareholders, with many not even able to cover their own
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Fast-growing Cambodia attracts insurance player AIA
Wed, 21 Jun 2017 | 10:53With a history that dates back to nearly a century in the Asia-Pacific region, the AIA Group aims to become the world’s pre-eminent life insurance provider.
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ABA Bank boosted on back of Dagong credit rating
Wed, 21 Jun 2017 | 10:34Last month, ABA Bank became the first bank in Cambodia to be rated by the Hong Kong arm of China’s Dagong Global Credit Rating Agency.
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Should riskier banks pay more for deposit insurance?
Wed, 21 Jun 2017 | 10:29As the government pushes forward on plans to introduce a deposit insurance scheme that would protect bank depositors from financial institution insolvency and bank runs, one of the central questions is whether or not the premium sho
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Cambodia’s business landscape remains healthy
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | 10:58The sixth ANZ Royal Business Confidence Index (BCI) research findings conducted by Kantar TNS recently released reflects the story of two markets, with the confidence of larger corporates holding steady and SMEs expressing lower con
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Q1 banking and finance news snapshot
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | 10:47It was a fairly slow start to the year for Cambodia’s finance industry, with news that credit growth was slowing. However, the Kingdom’s banking sector was still recording strong growth.
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KDIC steps up recovery efforts on failed Cambodian deals
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | 10:30The Korean Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC), a state-run body that is tasked with collecting assets on failed property and financial services investments, opened its first overseas branch in Phnom Penh earlier this month.
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Continuing Cambodia’s robust banking and finance growth
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | 10:19Cambodia should be proud of the proliferation of the financial services landscape.
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Factoring cuts down payment waiting time
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | 10:06Factoring is a clever alternative to bank loans that combines working capital financing, credit protection and outsourced collection services. And it could soon be available to businesses in Cambodia.
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Morakot muscles in on Cambodia’s financial sector with attractive fintech offering
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | 09:56Cambodian software firm Morakot Technology is looking to become a major financial technology (fintech) player in the Kingdom with the development of an operating system for banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs) that hopes to pr
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Building an expanding and compliant tax base for a fiscally secure national future
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 | 09:53The Financial Management Law (2017) ushered in the new fiscal year with tax breaks and reductions.
