Companies in Myanmar struggle to pay salaries as banks stay closed

Long lines form at ATMs still open as bankers join widespread civil disobedience

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People line at ATMs in Yangon on March 13. Lists of those that still have cash are circulating on social media.

Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- The business sector in Myanmar is struggling to make payments. Commercial transactions and wage payments are being disrupted because many bankers are refusing to show up at the office in a bid to protest the coup.

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