Phnom Penh Post - Supplements

E-banking is picking up traction with financial institutions and consumers in Cambodia, but along with the speed and efficiency associated with internet banking come the inevitable downside risks of online security and identity vuln

When private equity firms first started to creep into the Cambodian market in 2008, hungry for options outside of an overheating Vietnamese economy that was on the brink of a crisis, there was hope that the Kingdom would be the next

The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and the General Department of Taxation (GDT) were certainly actively engaged in 2016, issuing a series of new prakas and notifications, amending, clarifying and enhancing the Law of Taxation

Cambodian financial institutions have until the end of the day to submit their plan to the central bank on how they intend to meet its revised capital requirements, and experts predict that some may decide it is better to downsize o

As the year draws to an end and the US dollar continues to fluctuate, Cambodia has been experiencing a lot of volatility. Banks have factored in further movement given the recent turn of events with the US elections.

The bubble formed by consecutive years of rapid credit growth and increasing concentration in the property sector is approaching its zenith, and Cambodia must act now to soften the blow when the current cycle comes to an end, intern

When new Korean shareholders boosted Phnom Penh Commercial Bank (PPCBank) with a $20 million capital increase this year, they had placed the commercial bank, then already among Cambodia’s largest, on a path primed for further growth

As a region, ASEAN is the seventh largest economy in the world.

It was generally a quiet quarter for the banking and finance sectors in Cambodia, with few major initiatives promoted; however, smaller acquisitions and bancassurance tie-ups were the flavour of the day.

The Cambodian Securities Exchange (CSX) only has four listed companies, but it is slowly devising ways to increase growth and shift the trading focus away from small individual investors towards large institutional players.