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**🏦 Banking and Finance Weekly News Roundup:** **1. Environment Minister urges businesses to embrace ESG to meet climate goals** Cambodia aims for carbon neutrality by 2050, a target requiring private firms to embed sustainability into core operations. Phnom Penh’s strategy includes tougher regulatory enforcement, anti-plastic campaigns and massive reforestation initiatives. **🔎**[**Source: Khmertimes**](https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501933658/environment-minister-urges-businesses-to-embrace-esg-to-meet-climate-goals/)**📌** **2. ABC, CMA hold banking governance workshop in Battambang** The Association of Banks in Cambodia (ABC) and the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) co-organised a workshop in Battambang province to strengthen governance, customer protection and operational excellence in the banking and financial sector. **🔎**[**Source: Khmertimes**](https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501934469/abc-cma-hold-banking-governance-workshop-in-battambang/)**📌** **3. Cambodia’s microfinance loan portfolio tops $6 billion in 2025** Even as the economy continues to recover and diversify, the microfinance sector is expected to remain a vital source of financing for households and small businesses, contributing to inclusive and sustainable economic development. **🔎**[**Source: Khmertimes**](https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501934588/cambodias-microfinance-loan-portfolio-tops-6-billion-in-2025/)**📌** **4. Cambodia’s women entrepreneurs welcome green finance but urge easier access to loans** The Cambodia Women Entrepreneurs Association represents more than 1,000 active women entrepreneurs across Cambodia, and has repeatedly identified financing as one of the greatest constraints preventing businesses from expanding or investing in new technologies. **🔎**[**Source: Asianews.network**](https://asianews.network/cambodias-women-entrepreneurs-welcome-green-finance-but-urge-easier-access-to-loans/)**📌** **5. NBC reports strong external position as NFAs reach $25.5B** The Central Bank Survey highlights robust growth in net foreign assets, a stable monetary base, and prudent coordination between fiscal and monetary authorities amid a complex global environment. **🔎**[**Source: Khmertimes**](https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501935471/nbc-reports-strong-external-position-as-nfas-reach-25-5b/)**📌** **6. Cambodia’s broad money nears $62 billion in May, NBC reports** The figures show the majority of funds remain within the formal banking system rather than being held as physical cash, highlighting the continued development of the Kingdom’s financial infrastructure. **🔎**[**Source: Khmertimes**](https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501936948/cambodias-broad-money-nears-62-billion-in-may-nbc-reports/)**📌** **7. Police issue warning over fake loans and bank officers** Officials call for greater public awareness after a rise in scams involving loan fees and fraudsters posing as bank employees. **🔎**[**Source: Khmertimes**](https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501936986/police-issue-warning-over-fake-loans-and-bank-officers/)**📌** **8. Cambodia banks on green diplomacy to raise global standing, drive growth** The Environmental Diplomacy Strategy 2026–2030 marks a policy shift in the Kingdom’s foreign affairs and sustainable development agenda. **🔎**[**Source: Khmertimes**](https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501939372/cambodia-banks-on-green-diplomacy-to-raise-global-standing-drive-growth/)**📌** [asianews.network] | Cambodia’s women entrepreneurs welcome green finance but urge easier access to loans | The Cambodia Women Entrepreneurs Association represents more than 1,000 active women entrepreneurs across Cambodia, and has repeatedly identified financing as one of the greatest constraints preventing businesses from expanding or investing in new technologies. | https://asianews.network/cambodias-women-entrepreneurs-welcome-green-finance-but-urge-easier-access-to-loans/