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Myanmar exiles use shadow banking to send funds home, bypassing junta

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Myanmar's exiled population in Thailand is utilizing informal shadow banking systems to send remittances back home. These systems allow individuals like Aung, a 31-year-old former bank employee, to bypass official channels that take significant fees. The money sent, estimated between $90-$150 per month, helps support families in Myanmar while also aiming to starve the military regime that seized power in a 2021 coup. AI

RANK_REASON Article discusses the socio-economic impact of informal financial systems on a population affected by political instability, rather than a core AI development.

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Myanmar exiles use shadow banking to send funds home, bypassing junta

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Aidan Jones,Vincent Tan ·

    How shadow banking feeds Myanmar while starving its military

    On a recent Friday night in a Bangkok dive bar, a group of young Myanmar exiles sang softly along to a mournful ballad played on an acoustic guitar. None among the crowd had any plans to leave, either for their homeland or home for bed. They fled war, a broken economy and forced …

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