[5] During Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979, the whole financial system ceased to exist in the era of the non-monetary economy, but the central bank was re-established in October 1979.

[9] The National Bank of Cambodia was one of the two buildings along with the Cathedral of Phnom Penh which was systematically destroyed by the Khmer Rouge indicated their two main enemies: capitalism and religion.

[10] Only ruins remained of the National Bank of Cambodia following the explosion set off by the Khmer Rouge during the fall of Phnom Penh on 17 April 1975.

In an ironic turn of events, the communist regime set up after the Vietnamese invasion in 1979, the People's Republic of Kampuchea, was to reintroduce the use of currency as well as reestablish the capitalist banking system.

Gradually the banking system was strengthened and modernized as democracy and monarchy returned to Cambodia after the 1993 general election.