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Government banks will merge

Four government-owned banks will eventually merge into one entity in order to streamline their operations, especially for small-scale lending. Union Minister of Planning, Finance and Industry U Soe Win made the announcement at a workshop for micro,

Thailand expands Myanmar finance ties in major bank investment

A major Thai bank may soon be a 35 percent stakeholder in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwaddy Farmers Development Bank in the deepening financial relationship between the two countries. The Kasikorn Bank, or KBank, Thailand’s fourth largest financial i

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Terminals, ports, logistics, liner operations disrupted
February 26, 2021
German containerline Hapag Lloyd has announced a decision to temporarily suspend cargo bookings into Myanmar …
Facebook, Instagram ban military and related pages with immediate effect
February 26, 2021
In a February 24th update to its February 11th statement, Facebook through its Director of …
Luxury Japanese real-estate complex called out for funding military
February 26, 2021
Despite distancing itself from other major Western states imposing sanctions on military-linked individuals and entities, …

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Terminals, ports, logistics, liner operations disrupted

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Luxury Japanese real-estate complex called out for funding military

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