Visa International Service Association

SBC Bank obtained the membership to the Visa International Service Association in late 2001. Since then, SBC Bank has provided the Visa Cash Disbursement service to its customers. In July 2003, SBC Bank received certification from Visa International for EMV chip card issuance and acquiring and it is the first Visa member bank in Southeast Asia to achieve both full EMV chip card issuance and acquiring status on our host system.

Deployment of EMV ATMs *

SBC Bank is the first financial institution in Asia Pacific to certify and implement EMV security standards using Diebold Opteva ATMs to protect its ATM users from potential ATM compromise. With this step, SBC Bank, Cambodia’s foremost card industry player, has been supporting the issuing and acquiring of EMV Visa cards since as early as 2003, and is once again underscoring its innovative leading role in the local card-supported payment industry.