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For foreign lenders, Myanmar is no zero-sum game

The international banks must partner one another to set up club loans that enable them to share the risk of borrowers' default

    Published Sun, May 24, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    A FOREIGN bank setting up a branch in Yangon must take its first step together with eight other lenders, all eager to tap a country that has been in isolation for more than 50 years.

    But international lenders noted that cooperation, not direct competition, will serve the greater good for now.

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