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Between Aoun and Hariri, Card al-Rahi says that dialogue is a duty, not an option The Maronite patriarch is pushing the president and the prime minister-designate towards reaching an agreement. [1]

DALIAN, China -- A 26-year-old office worker recently visited a Skoda dealership here and decided to buy a Fabia from the Czech automaker. He flipped out two cards, one blue and the other white. [2]

TOKYO -- Japan's Mizuho Financial Group is on track to earn record net profit this fiscal year, and President and CEO Masahiro Kihara says the credit card business formed with Rakuten Group will serve as the engine for further growth in the consumer ... [3]

THAE CHAUNG, Arakan State — Burma’s decision to revoke temporary identification cards for minorities is raising tensions among its 1.1 million Rohingya Muslims, who have effectively been disenfranchised just days after parliament approved a law affir... [4]

RANGOON — Burma’s Central Bank has given private lender Cooperative Bank the green light to issue internationally accepted prepaid debit cards, a senior Central Bank official said this week, in a first for the country’s antiquated financial system. [5]

YANGON — The Arakan National Party has urged the Union government to investigate claims that more than 3,000 National Registration Cards (NRCs) identifying the holders as ethnic Kaman were actually issued to Muslim Rohingya in southern Rakhine State ... [7]

By SIMON ROUGHNEEN Saturday, November 14, 2009 By SIMON ROUGHNEEN Saturday, November 14, 2009 By SIMON ROUGHNEEN Saturday, November 14, 2009 [8]

Burmese high street banks are preparing to offer credit card transactions to facilitate smooth money transfers in time for the 2013 Southeast Asian Games, claim financial experts. “Foreigners will not need to bring money in a bag. [9]

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[1] MM asianews.it · 85% match

Between Aoun and Hariri, Card al-Rahi says that dialogue is a duty, not an option

Between Aoun and Hariri, Card al-Rahi says that dialogue is a duty, not an option The Maronite patriarch is pushing the president and the prime minister-designate towards reaching an agreement.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-01-29 · 40% match

The credit card kids

DALIAN, China -- A 26-year-old office worker recently visited a Skoda dealership here and decided to buy a Fabia from the Czech automaker. He flipped out two cards, one blue and the other white.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-12-31 · 38% match

Rakuten credit card one of Mizuho's 'biggest weapons,' CEO says

TOKYO -- Japan's Mizuho Financial Group is on track to earn record net profit this fiscal year, and President and CEO Masahiro Kihara says the credit card business formed with Rakuten Group will serve as the engine for further growth in the consumer

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-02-17 · 38% match

In Rohingya Camp, Tensions Mount over Plan to Revoke ID Cards

THAE CHAUNG, Arakan State — Burma’s decision to revoke temporary identification cards for minorities is raising tensions among its 1.1 million Rohingya Muslims, who have effectively been disenfranchised just days after parliament approved a law affir

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-09-26 · 37% match

CB Bank to Issue Prepaid Debit Cards for Domestic, International Use

RANGOON — Burma’s Central Bank has given private lender Cooperative Bank the green light to issue internationally accepted prepaid debit cards, a senior Central Bank official said this week, in a first for the country’s antiquated financial system.

[6] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 41% match

Junta to Issue ID Cards

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-12-06 · 35% match

Arakan Party Urges Govt to Investigate Suspect Citizenship Cards in Rakhine State

YANGON — The Arakan National Party has urged the Union government to investigate claims that more than 3,000 National Registration Cards (NRCs) identifying the holders as ethnic Kaman were actually issued to Muslim Rohingya in southern Rakhine State

[8] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 40% match

What’s on the Cards When Obama Meets Thein Sein?

By SIMON ROUGHNEEN Saturday, November 14, 2009 By SIMON ROUGHNEEN Saturday, November 14, 2009 By SIMON ROUGHNEEN Saturday, November 14, 2009

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2012-07-21 · 35% match

Visa, MasterCard for 2013 SEA Games

Burmese high street banks are preparing to offer credit card transactions to facilitate smooth money transfers in time for the 2013 Southeast Asian Games, claim financial experts. “Foreigners will not need to bring money in a bag.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-02-13 · 34% match

Revoking White Card Holder Voting Rights ‘Counter Reconciliation’: US Official

RANGOON — A top US State Department official has criticized the government’s decision to invalidate temporary identity cards and revoke the voting rights of hundreds of thousands of stateless Rohingya Muslims in western Burma’s Arakan State during an

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