Customers line up to withdraw cash from CB Bank ATMs in Yangon on May 5. (Frontier)
Customers line up to withdraw cash from CB Bank ATMs in Yangon on May 5. (Frontier)

As striking staff return to work, Myanmar’s banks face a cash crunch

Customers are flooding branches and ATMs in an effort to withdraw funds, but with cash in short supply, the steady reopening of branches is only putting more pressure on struggling private banks.

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