Nyi Nyi Lwin, owner of newly opened luxury car workshop Optima Werkz Yangon, first developed a love for fast cars during his university years in Australia about a decade ago. That passion has grown in the years since he began dealing in luxury cars since returning to Yangon. Today, he and his family, who run […]
Myanmar’s AGD Bank Seeks Foreign Partners, Has Talked With Uber
March 16, 2017 by
Myanmar’s Asia Green Development Bank Ltd. is seeking foreign partners and has held talks with Uber Technologies Inc. as it seeks to harness digital platforms to service the most under-banked country in Asia. The lender’s search for ride-sharing partners included “very preliminary” discussions with Uber’s Myanmar head, AGD Bank’s Managing Director Htoo Htet Tay Za […]
US eases Myanmar sanction to aid business
May 17, 2016 by
Photo Credit: File Photo from Nov. 14, 2014 meeting between Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon (Nyein Chan Naing / European Press Photo Agency) The US government has removed 3 government banks and 7 government agencies responsible for promoting investment and export in various sectors of this resource rich country off the sanction […]
In Burma, a Fine Line Between CSR and Karmic Cash
March 23, 2016 by
RANGOON — It was perhaps inevitable that Burma’s business sector would struggle with the idea of corporate social responsibility (CSR), operating in a country of high charitable giving and stark contrasts between its wealthiest and poorest citizens. At least in part, this stems from the reality that CSR, as a concept, has only caught on […]
YSX provisional licences awarded
October 12, 2015 by
Eight companies have been offered conditional underwriting licences for the Yangon Stock Exchange, subject to paid-up capital. The exchange, which is owned by state-owned Myanma Economic Bank, Daiwa Institute of Research and Japan Exchange Group, is due to open in December. Companies including AYA Bank, Daiwa Securities Group and United Amara Bank were offered provisional […]
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