Debt restructuring over, time to tackle rising NPL ratio
Publication date 11 August 2022 | 19:38 | ICT

The Cambodian banking system has just completed a 26-month debt restructuring exercise where scores of loan accounts were revised, classified and provisioned as the rate of non-performing loans inched up, sparking a slight credit risk

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