The root cause of high inflation rate in the third quarter of 2018-2019 fiscal year, is linked to high commodity prices and consumer price indexes, said Soe Thein, Vice-Governor of the Central Bank of Myanmar at the regular session of Lower House Parliament yesterday (August 27). The vice-governor replied to the question raised by Lower […]
Root cause of high inflation rate is linked to high commodity prices: CBM Vice-Governor
September 3, 2019 by
Tussle over Myanmar bank reform puts spotlight on debt pile
November 29, 2017 by
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – Myanmar’s central bank has backed off from a demand that the country’s private banks clear most of their loan books by January, averting a cliff-edge scenario that some bankers warned could have destabilized the financial system. Myanmar’s central bank deputy governor, Soe Thein, told Reuters that three years – instead of the […]
Myanmar Payment Union to Upgrade ATM Card System
August 8, 2016 by
RANGOON — The Myanmar Payment Union (MPU) signed with Vietnamese telecom multinational FPT and the National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) on Sunday to initiate a financial switching system, Zaw Lin Htut, chief executive officer of the MPU, told The Irrawaddy. As MPU’s partners, FPT and NAPAS will—starting this year—help facilitate a system upgrade for ATM […]
Banks Reminded to Accept Foreign Currency in ‘All’ Conditions
July 18, 2016 by
RANGOON — The Central Bank of Myanmar is encouraging patrons to lodge complaints if they have been turned away by banks for trying to exchange US dollars that are not in mint condition, according to an official from the Foreign Exchange Management Department. Until recently, currency exchange points would only accept US bank notes if […]
Central Bank Looks to Mobile Banking to Ramp Up Financial Inclusion
April 14, 2016 by
RANGOON — The Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) revealed on its website on Monday the official rules and regulations for mobile financial service providers (MFSPs), seen by observers as a way to reach more rural customers throughout Burma. The regulations detail the application requirements, such as how to acquire a registration certificate and pay relevant […]
Yangon Stock Exchange to open amidst suspicion
February 4, 2016 by
Many analysts believe the Yangon Stock Exchange, which will be fully operational by March this year, is opening with unfair advantages and possible conflicts of interests. The Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX) automatically entered the US sanctions blacklist as the Myanmar Economic Bank, an entity already sanctioned by the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets […]
Is the property bubble set to burst?
July 11, 2014 by
Economists are becoming increasing alarmed by rising speculation in real estate, saying it will disrupt or undermine the economic progress Myanmar is making. “Land prices are likely to rise in this time of economic transition. It will stop itself when the time comes. Like a balloon, it swells gradually and when it beyond the limit […]
Myanmar faces big setbacks to implement stock exchange say deputy minister
October 30, 2013 by
Myanmar is facing big problems to implement a stock exchange including the need for skilled workers, according to Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue Maung Maung Thein. The challenge is to have enough employees who have the necessary skills to organise Stock Exchange Commission (SEC), to have building for stock exchange, to have basic infrastructure […]
