Tagged: cambodia

November 16, 2025 @ 9:54 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Singapore and Cambodia have launched a cross-border QR code payment link that allows Cambodian visitors to pay at merchants across the city-state using their home-grown Bakong system and other mobile banking apps, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) said. Under the first phase, Cambodian travellers… Read More

October 20, 2025 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The US this past week had announced the seizure of approximately $15 billion in Bitcoin from a so-called forced-labor pig butchering scam operation. As reported, the United States government noted that $15 billion worth of BTC was linked to a Cambodian man who allegedly carried… Read More

October 16, 2025 @ 4:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of the Treasury and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) have jointly taken action to address a pig butchering operation in Cambodia. The online affinity scams frequently utilize crypto to steal funds from their targets. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets… Read More

February 16, 2025 @ 6:27 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Cambodia’s Minister of Interior Sar Sokha has called for intensified efforts to suppress illegal online lending, urging citizens to stop repaying loans from unlicensed lenders and report such activities to authorities. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Interior Ministry’s annual review meeting, Sokha reiterated… Read More

June 19, 2024 @ 9:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) announced the start of the Financial Transparency Corridor (FTC) initiative between Singapore and Cambodia. The FTC commemoration event was “held at Istana, Singapore, and was presided over by Lawrence WONG, Prime Minister… Read More

June 16, 2024 @ 3:59 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Mbanq has announced a strategic partnership with IG Tech Cambodia, a Fintech developer in Southeast Asia, to create IG Finlink Cambodia, with Mbanq holding a majority ownership stake. The alliance signifies Mbanq’s ambitious expansion into the ASEAN banking technology and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) markets. Initially focusing… Read More

October 29, 2023 @ 11:14 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Cambodia has recently taken a significant step forward in the financial technology sector with the unveiling of the Fintech Policy directive for 2023-2028. This strategic move is poised to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), propelling the nation into the forefront of the rapidly evolving fintech… Read More

September 8, 2023 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Inpay, which claims to be one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintech companies, and Cambodia Post Bank Plc. (CPBank), one of Cambodia’s commercial banks, have “entered into a partnership to introduce international money transfer services in Cambodia.” Through the partnership, CPBank’s customers in Cambodia and abroad “will… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order “to collaborate on a Financial Transparency Corridor (FTC) initiative.” The initiative aims “to establish supporting digital infrastructures to facilitate trade and cross-border related… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Accel-backed finbots.ai, a Singapore headquartered B2B SaaS FinTech announced signing Sathapana Bank—Cambodia’s commercial bank—as their latest client. With this, finbots.ai’s client case “has extended to 9 countries across APAC and MEA markets.” Sathapana Bank claims it is “one of the leading commercial banks in Cambodia… Read More

March 15, 2023 @ 6:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ria Money Transfer, a firm focused on the cross-border money transfer industry and business segment of Euronet (NASDAQ: EEFT), and ACLEDA Bank Plc., Cambodia’s leading retail bank, announced a partnership that “broadens cross-border money transfer services available to and from Cambodia.” This expansion of Ria’s… Read More

November 28, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ABA Bank, which claims to be Cambodia’s leading financial institution, has become the first bank in the country “to launch instant card issuance kiosks using Compass Plus Technologies solutions.” This new service “enables the issuance of international debit cards (Visa, Mastercard, and UnionPay) and local… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 9:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s “leading” blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement with Royal Group of Companies, Cambodia’s strategic investment holding company, “to solidify the relationship between the two parties and to expand blockchain ecosystem in… Read More

August 28, 2022 @ 7:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On August 17, 2022, Binance and the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) held a workshop designed “to deepen SERC officials’ understanding of the digital asset space.” Binance has once again “reaffirmed its commitment to establishing productive collaborations with SERC and sharing its vast… Read More

July 8, 2022 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FSS Technologies Singapore Pte Ltd., a provider of banking and payment tech solutions, announced a partnership with ACLEDA Bank, Cambodia’s largest commercial bank, in a multi-product deal “to consolidate and digitally transform its nation-wide merchant operations and automate its terminal monitoring, reconciliation and settlement processes.”… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 10:21 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Cambodia’s Vattanac Bank this week announced a partnership with global payments network EMQ, to facilitate real-time cross-border payments across Asia. By integrating with EMQ’s API-enabled payments platform, Vattanac Bank said it can further expand to new geographies and provide their customers with multi-currency payout to… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

London-based BPC banking technology is reporting that PPCBank in Cambodia has is now using its SmartVista platform. SmartVista is being utilized to centralize their payment switching activity, manage and monitor their ATM and POS networks. The bank says that it is responding to the country’s… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 2:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Thunes, a global payments network, has teamed up with ABA Bank so that they can enable Cambodians overseas to send funds back home “quicker and cheaper from around the world.” As noted in a release shared with CI: “Previously, customers making international money transfers to… Read More

August 6, 2020 @ 11:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clik, a Cambodia-based Fintech firm, has reportedly acquired $3.7 million in seed funding. The company has also hired new staff members. Clik’s management noted that the funds raised would be used to expand its business operations, including its product engineering and customer service teams, in… Read More

June 13, 2020 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based GBCI Ventures, a venture capital and private equity firm, has made a strategic $11 million investment in Fintech startup Fincy. The company is also in the process of finalizing external funding. The Fincy team describes their platform as a multi-purpose solution providing digital and… Read More