TOKYO -- Central banks across the world are rushing to develop their own digital currencies in a bid to provide safe and convenient payment systems as digitalization rapidly expands to many segments of the economy.
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Chea Serey, director general of the National Bank of Cambodia, speaks at the launch event of the central bank's "Bakong" digital currency, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in October, 2020. © Kyodo
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