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Creditors of Huione Pay and H-Pay clash with law enforcement officials as they protest outside the National Bank of Cambodia headquarters in Phnom Penh on April 27. The growth and collapse of the two payment apps has highlighted the seemingly weak regulation of the country's financial sector. © EPA/Jiji
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Cambodian payment apps' collapse leaves users fighting to recover funds
Huione Pay and H-Pay provided myriad services they were not licensed to offerDANIELLE KEETON-OLSEN and HUANG YAN
June 9, 2026 06:00 JST
PHNOM PENH -- When Ah Song heard his local payment app H-Pay had lost its license, he arrived at the National Bank of Cambodia in Phnom Penh before it opened on April 27 to claim the $8,049 he says was in his account.