All Myanmar banks closed nationwide: Myanmar Banks Association

By AFP
01 February 2021
All Myanmar banks closed nationwide: Myanmar Banks Association
(File) People queue outside a bank in Yangon, Myanmar, 24 March 2020. Photo: EPA

All Myanmar banks nationwide were closed Monday following a military coup, declaration of a state of emergency and the detention of de facto civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. 

"All member banks of Myanmar Banks Association are to close their bank unanimously starting from February 1," according to an announcement by the association, which said it was due to a poor internet connection.