Posts Tagged ‘banking sector’

ADB grants soft loan for financial system reform

According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s announcement, it would be granting a US$10 million soft loan to develop and reform the Cambodian government’s financial system such as the establishment of a financial intelligence unit at the National Bank of Cambodia to combat money laundering, strengthening of supervision of the banking sector, installation of an [...]

Microfinance loan up 5.46 percent in 3th quarter

Cambodian Microfinance Association (CMA) released its figures that during the third quarter of this year, Cambodia’s microfinance institutions (MFIs), which included 21 MFIs and small loans from ACLEDA Bank, increased 5.46 percent to 448.1 million, following a 2.7 percent drop in outstanding loans in the second quarter. According to CMA’s data, non-performing loans (NPLs) declined [...]

Foreign Exchange reserves climbed 21 percent

Giving speech at the 30th anniversary ceremony for the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), which was reestablished after the topple of Khmer Rouge regime, the Prime Minister Hun said that despite Cambodia suffered from the global financial crisis, Cambodia’s foreign exchange reserves is up to US$2.522 billion by the end of August of this year. [...]