The Central Bank of Myanmar said its decision last week to let foreign banks operating in the country lend and provide other services to domestic companies will help exporters limited by local lenders finance their trade with the rest of the world. “We expect that they [foreign banks] will mainly provide foreign currency to the […]
Belt and Road should not dictate infrastructure priorities: Melvyn Pun
July 3, 2017 by
Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) should not dictate Myanmar’s infrastructure priorities despite the importance of Chinese finance, according to the head of Yoma Strategic. Infrastructure should be developed for Myanmar’s national interest. During the 2nd ASEAN-Myanmar Forum hosted by the Singapore Institute of International Affairs in Sedona Hotel yesterday, Melvyn Pun, the chief executive […]
MUFG unit to be Myanmar’s first foreign leasing company
June 9, 2016 by
TOKYO — A subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group will open a representative office in Myanmar as early as July in a first for a foreign leasing business, possibly paving the way for broader use of equipment and cars from Japanese manufacturers. Legislation enacted in January allows foreign nonbank financial institutions to do business in the Southeast Asian […]
BTMU’s First Three Months Dealing Dollars in a Land of Kyat
August 4, 2015 by
Three months ago, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) won a race by hours to become the first foreign bank to have a branch in Yangon on April 22 this year. In the three months since, the financial behemoth has struggled with the kyat, but has overall found workarounds to the country’s schizophrenic economy. Like […]
