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We compared current rates for 1, 2 and 3 year maturities with monthly payouts in USD with the rates one year ago, which makes for an interesting table.

In just a few months, Wing Bank has cut its rates for 1 and 2 year deposits by 3.25 percentage points, and for 3 years by no less than 3.75…

Half of the Cambodian institutions we track have cut their rates by 0.25 percentage points. Meanwhile, Wing offers 8.75% for 10 (!) years.

Wing has made the biggest cuts, but it’s certainly not the only Cambodian financial institution that lowered rates, others are Amk, Canadia Bank and LOLC.

All banks and microfinance institutions have lowered their rates, except for ACLEDA and Canadia. However, ACLEDA already made large cuts last month.

Interest rates on fixed deposits cut by up to 1.5 points for a 2-year term in Khmer riel and 1.3 points for a 4-year term in US dollars.

After lowering its interest rates last January, KB Prasac is now lowering its payouts on fixed-term deposits again. All rates were cut by 0.5 percentage points.

Fixed-term deposits with monthly payout at ABA will now give you between 3.50 and 4.25 percentage points less interest than the banks with the highest rates.

While rates for (very) short-term deposits remained unchanged, rates for longer-term deposits in US dollars were cut by 0.25 to 0.50 percentage points.

Where LOLC used to offer the highest overall rates in Cambodia, they have now clearly lost their number one position to other financial institutions.

ABA now offers the worst interest rates on the market for any fixed-term deposit. The difference with the highest rates available goes up to 3.75%.

Four weeks after LOLC made modest cuts (0.15 percentage points) to its fixed deposit rates, the MFI has now followed up with cuts of 0.35 percentage points.

Extremely misleading "promotion" from Cambodia Asia Bank (CAB), the actual total interest amount over 9 months is only 4.5%!

Cambodia's Wing Bank has new (higher) interest rates for fixed-term deposits, but it was not very easy to find them on their website.

ACLEDA Bank has lowered its fixed deposit rates again. Will other Cambodian financial institutions follow suit and are further rate cuts in the pipeline?

Cambodia's two largest banks, ABA and ACLEDA, have reduced interest rates on fixed deposits. Amret has also slashed rates, again!

We wonder what prompted Amret to cut deposit rates so drastically. No other Cambodian microfinance institution or bank has made such dramatic changes.

Just two weeks after Amret reduced most of its fixed deposit rates, it has cut rates again. On some deposits the rate is now 1.40 percentage points lower.

The biggest cut is on deposits with a 2-year term and monthly payout: no less than 0.8 percentage points! Also, KHR and USD deposit rates now are different.

USD deposit rates were cut by as much as 0.7 percentage points, while some KHR deposits got an interest rate hike of up to 1 full percentage point.

LOLC Cambodia reduced interest rates on fixed deposits with terms of 1, 2 and 3 years, although it still offers the highest rates for monthly payouts in USD.

ABA Bank cuts interest rates for fixed deposits in KHR: rates for a term of 5 years by 1.5 percentage point!

Microfinance Institution Amk decided to cut interest rates with terms of 1, 2 and 3 years, for both monthly payout and payout at maturity.

A new banner on the website of Woori Bank claims a top rate of 7.85% for USD accounts. However, the highest rate we could find was only 7.75%.

Canadia Bank has raised interest rates by 0.25 percentage point for terms of 1 year and more for deposits in KHR and USD, but is still in the lower ranks.

This means Woori Bank has taken over from LOLC when finding the highest percentage for deposits in Khmer Riels for terms of 3, 6, and 9 months, and 3 years.

ACLEDA has cut interest rates on deposits in Khmer Riel. Fixed deposits in USD got higher rates for terms of 1 and 2 years.

Amret has made an interesting change. The Micro Finance Institution raised interest rates for USD term deposits, but rates for KHR accounts remained unchanged.

Two Micro Finance Institutions have made changes to the rates they pay for fixed deposits with a monthly payout. The most significant change was at Amk.

Fixed deposits are considered a safe investment option with a guaranteed return. How do they compare with other investment options in Cambodia?

Fixed deposits have two main options: monthly payout and payout at maturity. It is important to understand the pros and cons before making a decision.

Fixed deposits are a popular option for people who are risk-averse and want a guaranteed return on their investment. Let's look at the pros and cons.