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Home / News / Business News / Myanmar gives operating license to 4 more Asian banks
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    Myanmar gives operating license to 4 more Asian banks

    Vaneet Randhawa
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    Last updated on Mar 05, 2016, 05:32 pm
    Myanmar gives operating license to 4 more Asian banks
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  • 4 Asian banks were given operating licenses by Myanmar in the 2nd round.

    With this, the number of foreign banks permitted to conduct business in the previously isolated country comes to 13.

    The permission gives the banks a year to prove that they can achieve business designs laid out in their application to Myanmar's administration before they will be given permanent licenses.

  • In this article
    Expulsion of banks from Myanmar Why Myanmar opened to foreign banks? Opposition from local Myanmar banks Myanmar opens doors to 9 foreign banks Restrictions imposed on foreign banks by Myanmar Myanmar gives operating license to 4 more Asian banks SBI among the 4 banks given access by Myanmar
  • Introduction

    Expulsion of banks from Myanmar

    Expulsion of banks from Myanmar
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  • Myanmar's military government expelled foreign banks off Myanmar's shores in 1962, at the outset of the revolution that led up to the 'Burma road to socialism'.

    Even though 34 international banks had their representative offices in the country, but they had been prevented from opening any branches.

    The banks were restricted to offering advice to the clients in Myanmar.

  • Change

    Why Myanmar opened to foreign banks?

    Why Myanmar opened to foreign banks?
  • Post-2011, since the new quasi-civilian government took over, they had been trying to introduce landmark reforms to give the economy a boost.

    Foreign involvement of the banks was intrinsic to reforming the out-of-date banking system in Myanmar.

    Myanmar- Asia's second-poorest country hoped to invite foreign investment and the move to allow foreign banks to operate was aimed towards that end goal.

  • Information

    Opposition from local Myanmar banks

  • Various local banks in Myanmar disapproved the granting of licenses to foreign banks, reasoning that permitting foreign banks to work in the country would erode their market share.

  • 1 Oct 2014

    Myanmar opens doors to 9 foreign banks

    Myanmar opens doors to 9 foreign banks
    Credits:
  • Myanmar's central bank declared that 9 foreign lenders were being given "preliminary approval" to operate in Myanmar for the first time in decades.

    The nine overseas banks are all from the Asia-Pacific region included "Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), banking giant Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ( ICBC), and Japan's Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ."

  • Restrictions

    Restrictions imposed on foreign banks by Myanmar

    Restrictions imposed on foreign banks by Myanmar
  • While Myanmar gave preliminary approvals, the Myanmar Central bank's Vice-Governor Set Aung told the parliament that a variety of restrictions to protect the interests of local banks would be put on the foreign banks.

    The foreign banks were asked to hold a minimum $75 million, limited to opening one branch each and were not permitted into the retail banking sector.

  • 5 Mar 2016

    Myanmar gives operating license to 4 more Asian banks

    Myanmar gives operating license to 4 more Asian banks
    Credits:
  • 4 Asian banks were given operating licenses by Myanmar in the 2nd round.

    With this, the number of foreign banks permitted to conduct business in the previously isolated country comes to 13.

    The permission gives the banks a year to prove that they can achieve business designs laid out in their application to Myanmar's administration before they will be given permanent licenses.

  • Information

    SBI among the 4 banks given access by Myanmar

  • The 4 banks to be given preliminary licences were Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam, State Bank of India, Taiwan's Sun Commercial Bank and South Korea's Shinhan Bank.

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