Friday, October 15, 2010

Cambodian Network Warned Over Mobile Money Service

14th October 2010
The Phnom Penh Post

­The National Bank of Cambodia has warned that it will take action after local mobile network, Mobitel launched a mobile banking service without applying for permission from the Central Bank. The Central Bank issued a ruling in August that it must oversee credit remittances - which it says includes the money transfer services provided by mobile networks.

Mobitel's Cellcard Cash service was launched on September 20 without the filing of an application, reports the Phnom Penh Post. The money transfer service is backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Central Bank director general Tal Nay Im declined to comment on what action the central bank was considering, she did not rule out legal action against the mobile network operator.



"I cannot tell you yet [what action we will take], but we have to do something," she said.

Mobitel Chief Executive Officer David Spriggs declined to comment on the issue, but operations manager Kay Lot has said that the company did not consider mobile-money transfers to be banking.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

OOoooP

Anonymous said...

my ass...
the bank just wants a cut of the business that's all. the gov't just want to find ways to extract money out of business into their own pockets. those gov't idiots dont do shit and all the fees and other money collected are all going into their pockets. they nothing but a bunch of thieves.