Monzo in Myanmar šŸ‡²šŸ‡²

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Thereā€™s a countdown on magstripe activation so you need to know when it enabled to calculate the duration. In any case something doesnā€™t look right.

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Worked great in a KBZ ATM which made a 5,0000 Kyats (pronounced jets) charge, less than Ā£3 regardless of amount withdrawn.

Tried two ATMā€™s from CB bank which didnā€™t like the card, one just returned the card without telling me the transaction had failed which can be disconcerting, except with a Monzo card I knew it hadnā€™t removed any money. They also charge 6,500 Kyats so best to avoid them. Someone else was able to use a regular uk debit card so suspect it doesnā€™t like prepaid cards.

More ATMā€™s than I was expecting in the main cities and at higher grade hotels and all the ones Iā€™ve found have an option of English language prompts.

All ask the account type and selecting ā€œCreditā€ as recommended by Monzo works, I also enabled magstripe just before withdrawal but not sure if that was needed.

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Still here in Myanmar. Iā€™ve tried a number of different banks ATMā€™, all I e tried so far reject the Monzo card with various errors except the KBZ bank which has worked reluably for me and relatively easy to find in the major towns.

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Hi

Iā€™m heading to Myanmar in January and this information is now 2 years old. Anyone know if any bank apart from KBZ now works with Monzo.

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Hi Peter,

Did you manage to find the answer to your question?
Iā€™m travelling there in October.

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Went to Myanmar in 2012, as the oppressed opposition encouraged visitors to come from overseas. But that was before the government had begun committing genocide against the Rohinja minority - a genocide that continues to this day.

Is it really moral to go?

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In the end I didnā€™t try any other bankā€™s ATM. However I did use Monzo once to withdraw cash from a KBZ ATM. I took out the maximum of 300,000 kyat and was charged 6,500 commission.

There is always a moral argument with regard a countries human rights record which I think is important to consider as an individual. However ensuring as much as possible of your holiday spending goes to local people rather than the government is the best way of doing things in my opinion. This wiil be especially true in the post Covid environment where so many people across the world have lost signficant sources of income due to the lack of people travelling.

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