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Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 12, 2018 • 5 min read

Cambodia Economy under fire from possible EBA loss

By Tassilo Brinzer • Oct 12, 2018
Marco Kalinna, managing director of Cosmos Services, a garment trade supplier in Phnom Penh, and board member of the German Business Group in Cambodia, talks about the European Union’s possible retraction of its Everything But Arms preferential trade agreement with Cambodia

Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 11, 2018 • 12 min read

Sustainable development Vietnam’s good life

By Michael Tatarski • Oct 11, 2018
Vietnam performed the best of 151 countries in a study that assessed quality of life versus environmental sustainability

Money • STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 02, 2018 • 16 min read

Cambodia’s building blocks Cementing the future

By Janelle Retka and Leng Len • Oct 02, 2018
As the Kingdom's construction boom continues, the local production of cement has evolved alongside it. But potential environmental issues may prove costly

Money • Sep 13, 2018 • 7 min read
Whatever happened to

Cambodia’s homemade electric car?

The homegrown Angkor Car has hinted at a future free from the gas-guzzling SUVs on Cambodia’s crowded streets. But despite a glamorous launch in 2013, the Kingdom’s first electric car seems to have stalled at the starting line
By Paul Millar • Sep 13, 2018

Money • Sep 10, 2018 • 18 min read
Cambodia's building blocks

How sand dredging bled a fishing community dry

After a decade of heavy sand dredging in the waterways of Cambodia's Koh Kong province, a fishing community once recognised for its rich ecosystem is struggling to fill its nets.
By Janelle Retka and Leng Len • Sep 10, 2018

Money • Sep 06, 2018 • 7 min read
Lunch Actually

Dating on schedule

During a stint in the financial sector, Violet Lim spotted a trend in the industry: successful singles with no avenue for meeting potential partners. So she set off to make a dent in the love industry
By Janelle Retka • Sep 06, 2018

Money • Sep 05, 2018 • 15 min read
Renewable energy

The price of power

The deadly dam collapse in Laos in 2018 brings Cambodia’s own grand plans for hydropower into question – and thrusts solar power to the forefront of the Kingdom’s quest for energy independence
By Amanda Kaufmann • Sep 05, 2018

Money • Aug 28, 2018 • 3 min read
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Credit Bureau Cambodia: The power of data

For more than six years, Credit Bureau Cambodia (CBC) has worked hard to ensure that the Kingdom’s financial sector has access to the data it needs to practice low-risk, responsible lending. But even in the age of information, knowing who to trust is not always so simple. CBC CEO Oeur Sothearoath said that information asymmetry was one of the main challenges preventing financial institutions from properly mitigating risk.
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Aug 28, 2018

Money • Aug 27, 2018 • 6 min read
Philippines

Dollars without borders

As the Philippines continues to hold rank as the Southeast Asian country with the largest number of migrant workers heading overseas, the amount of money being sent home to family members in the island nation is rising – and cryptocurrency could help keep more earnings in Filipinos’ pockets
By Janelle Retka • Aug 27, 2018

Money • Aug 24, 2018 • 4 min read
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Partnerships pushing Pi Pay to next level

A year ago, in this publication, Tomas Pokorny, CEO of Pi Pay, wrote an opinion piece underlining how important partnerships would be to the growing success of Cambodia’s leading cashless payment app
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Aug 24, 2018

Money • Aug 22, 2018 • 3 min read
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PPCBank: Ten years of innovation

For almost a decade, PPCBank has witnessed enormous changes in Cambodia’s banking sector. President Shin Chang Moo shares some of the ways that putting people first can keep customers coming back for more
By Southeast Asia Globe Editorial • Aug 22, 2018