What are the key Tech Trends in a Post-COVID-19 World?

by Faisal Mahmud - August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

COVID-19 has demonstrated the importance of digital readiness, which allows business and people’s life to continue as usual during pandemics. Building the necessary infrastructure to support a digitized world and stay current in the latest technology will be essential for any business or country to remain competitive in a post-COVID-19

What is stopping Interoperability among the MFS?

by Faisal Mahmud - July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

When it comes to interoperability, MFSs still have a long way to go. Currently, they cannot ‘talk’ to one another and customers on one network cannot pay people using another network. Being a relatively nascent market hasn’t prevented the mobile financial service (MFS) industry from making great advancements in recent years.

What Bangladeshi startup should do to cope up with COVID-19 pandemic?

by Faisal Mahmud - July 21, 2020July 22, 2020

As we all begin to readjust our lives for the long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, founders of start-ups and scale-ups redraft their growth plans and face a big unknown: what does the future of start-up funding look like? Of course, we can’t predict the future, but we can make educated

Can software solve remote working?

by Fintech Desk - May 22, 2020May 22, 2020

Video conferencing in the age of Covid-19 If striking while the iron is hot is a good strategy for businesses, then there are few products that are more in need right now than software solutions for remote working. While that takes no genius to figure that out, it certainly requires quite a

Lifestyle Banking

by Faisal Mahmud - April 25, 2020May 16, 2020

What are the things you do in your everyday life? Think of the activities that work as a routine for determining your everyday lifestyle. It can be shopping, going to work or studying. How about banking? Can this be a part integrated in your lifestyle? If you go back to the

Digital payment and fintech companies at BASIS SoftExpo showcase the expanding landscape of fintech in Bangladesh

by Saqib Sarker - March 24, 2020March 24, 2020

Once only a dream, in 2020 you can trade stocks, manage insurance and have your food delivered using fintech, among a number of other things and often from a handheld device. Bangladesh has a huge market for fintech, as leading market studies repeatedly found. This led to the emergence of

Coronavirus outbreak impacts business in Bangladesh

by Faisal Mahmud - February 20, 2020May 4, 2020

The economy of Bangladesh is likely to experience a shock in the coming days as its biggest trading partner China suffers from a deadly coronavirus outbreak. The disease, which has spread to 27 countries, has killed more than 300 people so far. Experts said if the situation lingers any longer, it

IT outsourcing touches billion dollar mark for the first time

by Faisal Mahmud - January 13, 2020March 3, 2020

The earning from outsourcing Information Technology enabled services (ITES) jobs has touched the $1 billion mark in the last 12 months for the first time in the country’s history, sources in the Bangladesh Association for Software and Information Services (BASIS) said. In last year, the earning was 800 million US dollar

Key takeaways from SFF-the world’s largest Fintech festival

by Faisal Mahmud - December 10, 2019February 10, 2020

How can the power of finance and technology be harnessed to create a greener world and, in particular, a greener financial system, Ravi Menon, the managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), asked a packed house during the Singapore Fintech Festival’s opening ceremony. “Fintech must have a larger purpose,

The Enigma of Bangladesh’s Economic Success

by Faisal Mahmud - November 23, 2019November 24, 2019

Bangladesh has been marred by tragedy including: the 1971 Liberation War, poverty, natural disasters—and now—one of the world's largest refugee crises after receiving an influx of 750,000 Rohingya Muslims who fled persecution in neighboring Myanmar. However, with remarkably little international attention, Bangladesh has also become one of the world's economic success