The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has launched an inter-bank mobile payment platform, known as the “Bakong System”, aiming to give a powerful impetus to rural financial sector development and …
Foreign tourists to Cambodia down 74% in 9 months due to Covid-19
Cambodia had received 1.24 million foreign visitors during the first nine months of 2020, down 74 per cent from 4.81 million over the same period of last year, said the latest report released by the …
Bitcoin Daily: Medici Ventures Invests $8M In Bitt; Cambodia Rolls Out Blockchain Payments
Overstock.com’s fully owned subsidiary, Medici Ventures, unveiled an $8 million equity investment in its Barbados-based firm Bitt, which was started in 2013.
Foreign tourists to Cambodia down 74 per cent in nine months
Cambodia had received 1.24 million foreign visitors during the first nine months of 2020, down 74 per cent from 4.81 million over the same period of last year, said the latest report released by the …
Cambodia debuts digital currency as emerging countries lead charge
in an attempt to expand access to financial services and shore up confidence in their own currencies. The National Bank of Cambodia on Wednesday launched the Bakong system following a trial period.
Bilahari Kausikan dismisses claims he is an ‘agent’, after hinting Asean should expel Cambodia, Laos over Chinese influence
The former Singapore diplomat’s remarks follow claims the countries have sided with Beijing on issues including the South China Sea and the Mekong River.
Cambodia: Hun Sen Threatens Families of Activists
The Cambodian authorities should stop arbitrarily arresting, harassing, and threatening activists who participated in and organized protests on the anniversary of the Paris Peace Agreements on October …
Cambodia Central Bank Launches Bakong Blockchain Payments System
Cambodia’s blockchain-based payments platform – the digital currency-like system Cambodian central bankers call Bakong – went live on Wednesday, according to the country’s central bank.
‘No chance Cambodia booted out of ASEAN’
A group of former and current Cambodian diplomats on Tuesday fired back at retired Singaporean diplomat Bihalari Kausikan after he proposed that ASEAN dismiss Cambodia and Laos from the bloc. In an …
Bilahari dismisses claims he is an ‘agent’, after hinting Asean should expel Cambodia, Laos over Chinese influence
The former Singapore diplomat’s remarks follow claims the countries have sided with Beijing on issues including the South China Sea and the Mekong River.