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Feb

Cambodia offers new opportunities to fintechs

Within Asean, Cambodia is a relative latecomer to fintech. Its neighbors Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore are all well ahead in terms of digital finance adoption. But with the Cambodian government now supporting fintech through the National Bank of Cambodia, the country could be poised for a transformation.

Feb

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Japan aims to become crypto island nation

Despite its embrace of advanced technology, Japan is a country that likes cash, settling 80% of transactions with paper bills and metal coins. It is not uncommon to find restaurants and bars in the capital city of Tokyo – the world’s largest metropolitan area – that do not accept any…

Jan

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South Korea poised for blockchain boom

The cryptocurrency winter is getting frostier, but a blockchain spring may be around the corner in South Korea. Seoul’s prudent approach to distributed ledger technology – less draconian than Beijing’s but stricter than Tokyo’s – just may represent the happy middle ground. A year ago, Seoul moved to ban anonymous…

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