Democratic Voice of Burma: Burmese banks to start SE Asia services – Francis Wade

31 January 2012, 12:33 pm

Four privately-owned Burmese banks will next month open exchange services in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore in a bid to ease problems with remittances from Burmese migrant workers abroad and increase connectivity with ASEAN economies. The move will make life easier for the millions of Burmese living outside the country whose remittances serve as a crucial [...]... Read More »

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