Just one year ago, Burma was a purely cash economy: there were no ATMs and international credit cards were not generally accepted. Now VISA and MasterCard are leading the way in; but infrastructure in Burma is still a setback.
Burmese tycoon Zaw Zaw's attempt to take over a listed Singaporean company has been blocked by stock market regulators citing concerns about his continued presence on the US government's Burma sanctions list
Investors are flocking to Burma's in hordes to inspect the resource-rich country, but few are prepared to put money on the table as cronies and poor infrastructure plague the country
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