Bakong: A Real Time Gross Payment System
We are pleased to announce Bakong, the collaboration between Soramitsu and the National Bank of Cambodia. Bakong is Cambodia's only integrated payment system that allows you to do everything - e-wallets, mobile payments, online banking and financial applications - all in one place. Bakong is a next-generation Real-Time Gross Payments system already in production, that promotes financial inclusion through a friendly yet powerful iOS and Android app.

Learn more about Bakong here.
Download the Bakong App, Cambodia's only integrated payment system that allows you to do everything - e-wallets, mobile payments, online banking and financial applications - all in one place.


Our Solution in Action
The revolutionary and unique DLT core solution allows for real-time gross domestic and cross-border payments between any and all account holders on a single platform.

The optional digital currency is a secure alternative to paper bank notes designed to function within the parameters required by the banking system. Using a secure and standardized digital currency as a means of payment can increase trust and confidence in the payment system.

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Core Product Features
End Consumer Features:
  • Deposits and withdrawals to and from a traditional bank account or a digital account
  • EMVCo-compatible QR codes for near instantaneous money transfers between users and merchant banks or digital accounts
  • Support for sovereign digital currencies, foreign currencies, and additional digital assets
  • User-friendly KYC using physical ID document scan and ID photo check with biometric liveness detection
Admin Features (Banks & Payment Providers):
  • Out-of-the box automated reporting, and back-office monitoring application
  • A single universal mobile application that can be customized by any commercial bank or payment provider, or embedded into existing applications to be used by all account holders on iOS and Android
  • Multi-language support
  • Manage users' limits
Users and banks can seamlessly transfer and exchange
multiple currencies using Bakong.
Our DLT Core Solution is based on Hyperledger Iroha, a fast and effective permissioned blockchain and distributed ledger. Iroha can handle millions of account holders making tens of millions of transactions every day, as fast or faster than any modern bank transfer.
Iroha's crash-fault tolerant consensus protocol keeps information about every account and transaction securely and reliably.

There are different possible configurations of the system with respect to the number of nodes and location of the payment gateways.

The Technology
Relevant code base for existing Soramitsu projects have been audited by Nettitude
Contact Us
To receive a case study on the first deployment of our payment
solution in the Kingdom of Cambodia please fill out this form.
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Tokyo 150-0001

Email: info@soramitsu.co.jp
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