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Pi Pay handles more than 100,000 transactions over past month

Just one month into operation, the mobile payment platform Pi Pay has already handled more than 100,000 transactions at 150 merchant locations across Phnom Penh, processing over $1mn, according to the company CEO...

Just one month into operation,...

August 8, 2017

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Thai manufacturer to bring vending machines to Cambodia

Thai firm Pudcha will partner with local firm Khmer Klean to bring the latest self-service vending machines to Cambodia as part of a franchise deal...

Thai firm Pudcha will partner ...

August 7, 2017

Economy & Industry

Business information center set up for SMEs

The Young Entrepreneurs Association of Cambodia (YEAC) in partnership with the Cambodia Women Entrepreneurs Association, Cambodia Chamber of Commerce and Mekong Business Initiative (MBI) yesterday launched a groundbreaking Business Information Center (BIC) to facilitate and expedite the start-up process for new businesses...

The Young Entrepreneurs Associ...

August 4, 2017

Economy & Industry

Government approves draft directive on corporate bond issuance

The government has approved three draft directives on corporate bonds that will pave the way for the issuance of the debt security, a new capital market tool allowing companies to raise funds for expansion, debt refinancing, or acquisitions, according to government officials...

The government has approved th...

August 3, 2017

Economy & Industry

FDI inflows into banking sector rises on new banks and higher caps

The inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Kingdom’s banking sector nearly doubled in 1H17 as two heavyweight players entered the local market and lending institutions responded to revised minimum capital requirements, a central bank official said yesterday...

The inflows of foreign direct ...

August 2, 2017

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Globalcam partners with Malaysia’s Mahdi for expressways

Cambodia’s Globalcam Project Development Ltd entered into an agreement yesterday with Malaysia’s Mahdi Holdings Investment to jointly build expressways across the Kingdom...

Cambodia’s Globalcam Project...

August 1, 2017

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Royal Group signs MoU with S. Korea’s E-Mart

Local conglomerate Royal Group and South Korea’s largest retailer, E-Mart, signed a memorandum of understanding last Friday to form a new joint venture to invests in a hypermarket—a massive retail outlet that combines a supermarket with a department store—in Cambodia...

Local conglomerate Royal Group...

July 31, 2017

Economy & Industry

Cambodia signs DTA with Brunei

Cambodia signed a double taxation agreement (DTA) with Brunei, aiming to prevent dual taxation and fiscal evasion, the Ministry of Economy and Finance said yesterday in a press release...

Cambodia signed a double taxat...

July 28, 2017

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Makro offers opportunity for local veggie and fruit farmers

Makro, a joint venture cash and carry supermarket involving Siam Makro and local LYP Group, has called for supplies of vegetables and fruit from local farmers for its official opening in Phnom Penh by the end of the year...

Makro, a joint venture cash an...

July 27, 2017

Economy & Industry

Govt offers $27mn emergency loans to struggling corn farmers

The government has made $27mn in emergency funds, initially intended for rice sector, available for struggling corn farmers at a 5% annual interest rate to help prop up low market prices and free up liquidity after farmers protested earlier this month, a state official said yesterday...

The government has made $27mn ...

July 26, 2017