Products and Performance

The chapter starts with the investment ACLEDA Bank made in the financial system to enhance transparency with an innovative pilot project, promoted by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MoEF) to “digitize corruption out of the market”. Other lessons abou

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Beyond Borders, Beyond Banking The ACLEDA Bank Story, 2005–2019

Beyond Borders, Beyond Banking

Heather A. Clark

Beyond Borders, Beyond Banking The ACLEDA Bank Story, 2005–2019

Heather A. Clark Albuquerque, NM, USA

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“Socially responsible business models in the financial services sector are instrumental to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, by ensuring financial agency and inclusion for populations typically left behind by less inclusive financial service pathways….  The ACLEDA story is notable in the ACLEDA Group’s steadfast determination to unlock barriers to both financial and human capital, at scale, in Cambodia, the Lao PDR, and Myanmar. In its quest to serve millions of low-income customers with financial services, ACLEDA showed its peers why value-driven, customer-centered policies, products, and practices are critical for the growth of an inclusive banking sector. ACLEDA’s commitment to building human capital goes beyond banking to higher education, instilling these values in the next generation of bankers.” Judith Karl, Executive Secretary, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) “As an innovative microfinance institution founded almost at the same time as those in China, ACLEDA’s development experience and successful story have great reference value to the microfinance industry and financial inclusion in China. The ACLEDA Institute of Business has and will continue to play the role of an exchange platform between China and Cambodia i