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Refinancing applications drop sharply

Publication date 13 August 2020 | 21:26 | ICT

The number of loan restructuring applications has seen a steep drop over the last three months in an encouraging sign of Covid-19’s loosening grip on the Kingdom, the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) said.

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