The National Bank of Cambodia Will Launch a Digital Payments Network This Quarter

Cointelegraph

Published Jan 30, 2020 06:54PM ET

Updated Jan 30, 2020 08:42PM ET

The National Bank of Cambodia Will Launch a Digital Payments Network This Quarter

The National Bank of Cambodia’s new digital currency is called Bakong.

It’s effectively a central bank digital currency (CBDC) that was launched on a trial basis throughout Cambodia in July. Chea Serey, director-general of the National Bank of Cambodia, said the system will be operational within the present fiscal quarter. Serey described Bakong as “the national payment gateway for Cambodia.”

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