ABA Bank last Thursday contributed US$1 million to support the government’s efforts to stop the spread of Covid-19 exacerbated by the February 20 community incident.

In a letter of appreciation to ABA Bank, Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen thanked Cambodia’s leading private financial institution – a subsidiary of the National Bank of Canada – for its generous contribution.

“On behalf of the royal government and the people of Cambodia, I would like to express my deepest appreciation to ABA Bank’s management team for the donation of $1,000,000 to the royal government to support the fight against Covid-19, which is spreading at present from the February 20 community event. I would like to express my sincere admiration to the management of ABA Bank for their generosity,” the prime minister said.

ABA Bank CEO Askhat Azhikhanov said: “Being an active part of Cambodian business society, we at ABA Bank support the government’s efforts to protect the wellbeing of the Cambodian people, especially during the Covid outbreak. We are honoured to make this contribution to empower the continuing fight against the spread of the disease, and we will continue helping communities in the future.

“As well as financial assistance, the bank expresses its commitment to its customers via modern digital and self-banking solutions that support them and allow them to live full financial lives during the pandemic, and even in the current lockdown.”

Following its mission and corporate values, ABA Bank is committed to supporting initiatives aimed at combating the Covid-19 pandemic.

Since the outbreak began in the Kingdom early last year, ABA Bank has been organising fundraising events and donating funds through the initiatives of the National Bank of Cambodia and the Association of Banks in Cambodia.

In addition to monetary support, the bank’s advanced ABA Mobile banking application has been used as a fundraising tool as part of the prime minister’s initiative to purchase vaccines against Covid-19.

About ABA Bank

ABA Bank is Cambodia's leading private financial institution. As of March 31, 2021, the bank managed total assets of $6.6 billion.

With 79 branches and more than 600 self-banking machines across the Kingdom, as well as advanced online banking and mobile banking platforms, ABA Bank reaches out to a large number of customers with an array of modern financial services. For more information visit www.ababank.com.

ABA is a subsidiary of the National Bank of Canada, a financial institution with around US$273 billion as of January 31 this year.

Headquartered in Montreal, it has branches in almost every Canadian province and 2.7 million personal clients. It is the sixth largest bank in Canada and the leading bank in Quebec, where it is the partner of choice among SMEs. For more information visit www.nbc.ca.