After U.S.-based Western Union terminated its agent contract with Myawaddy Bank, a Burmese military spokesman played down the effect that the decision would have, according to a report by Radio Free Asia.
Western Union was one of about 80 companies worldwide on Burma Campaign UK’s “Dirty List” of firms doing business with Myanmar’s military. BCUK and 32 other organisations issued a joint statement in October 2018 calling on Western Union to stop doing business with Myawaddy Bank.