Cambodia's central bank, UnionPay International launch cross-border QR code payment

STORY: Cambodia's central bank, UnionPay International launch cross-border QR code payment SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 22, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and Chinese financial services provider UnionPay International STORYLINE: The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and Chinese financial services provider UnionPay International on Friday launched cross-border QR code payment. NBC's Governor Chea Serey said the introduction of cross-border QR code payments between the NBC's Bakong, a mobile payment and banking system, and UnionPay International will elevate the level of financial cooperation between both institutions, providing benefits to users in Cambodia and China, and globally. "From today onwards, visiting UnionPay cardholders will be able to use their UnionPay-enabled wallets, such as the UnionPay app and commercial bank apps that are enabled for UnionPay QR Code payment, to scan KHQR codes to co

Cambodian central bank, UnionPay sign deal on cross-border payment

STORY: Cambodian central bank, UnionPay sign deal on cross-border payment DATELINE: July 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:34 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. exterior building of the National Bank of Cambodia 2. various of the MoU signing ceremony on cross-border QR code payment cooperation 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHEA SEREY, Deputy governor of National Bank of Cambodia 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LARRY WANG, Vice president of UnionPay International STORYLINE: The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and UnionPay International (UPI), a subsidiary of China UnionPay, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Monday on cross-border QR code payment cooperation. The deal was inked in Phnom Penh between the Cambodian central bank's Director General Kimty Kormoly and UnionPay International Vice President Larry Wang, under the presence of NBC Deputy Governor Chea Serey. Serey said under the MoU, some 10 million KHQR users in Cambodia will be able to directly scan UnionPay QR Code in China this year. KHQR i