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Acleda sees 61% net profit growth in Q1’25 on high credit demand
The public-listed commercial bank has shown continued growth since the fourth quarter of last year after a few dismal quarters. It registered a net profit of $43 million in the first quarter ended March 31, 2025, on the back of rising credit demand. ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://kiripost.com/stories/acleda-sees-61-net-profit-growth-in-q125-on-high-credit-demand
Debt growth vigilance crucial: Expert
The Cambodian banking industry is facing increasing systemic risks due to the looming economic uncertainty and rising non-performing loans (NPLs). ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/debt-growth-vigilance-crucial-expert
Microfinance ‘bad loans’ fall to 2.27% in October
The microfinance sector’s nonperforming loan (NPL) ratio decreased from 2.56 percent in September to 2.27 percent in October after rising from 1.33 percent in January and peaking in May at 2.61 percent. ...
Harrison White
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50788275/microfinance-bad-loans-fall-to-2-27-in-october/
MFI lending continues on course
Cambodia’s microfinance sector continued to expand rapidly during the first half of the year, despite concerns over rising default rates as the industry’s main borrowers – provincial farmers – struggle to repay their loans after successive seasons of drought and poor harvests. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mfi-lending-continues-course
