Dear readers, A lot has been happening in the IT and finance sector. Fintech as a distinct sector is perhaps not visible yet, but it can certainly be felt. Regardless of public perception, fintech as a separate field continues to emerge steadily with its own separate identity. Everything from the introduction
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From The Editor October 2018
Dear readers, If the tech-startups are given the appropriate opportunities, these small companies will change the country. The positive impact on the economy is a given and that is certainly important, but how this change will manifest in the people’s lives is very significant. The impact will be enormous. And look
Read MoreFrom The Editor September 2018
Dear readers, Tech startups have literally changed economies across the world and have come to define how people conduct their day-to-day work. Companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon have become torchbearers of what it means to disrupt economic and financial ecosystem and create a paradigm shift. Following in their footsteps, there
Read MoreFrom The Editor August 2018
Dear readers, ‘Startup’ has been a buzzword since little tech companies started to rise like a non-toxic mushroom cloud and completely change the landscape of entrepreneurship. Technology is the great enabler and tech-based companies are now part and parcel of people’s lives. Bangladesh has jumped on the bandwagon and the high
Read MoreFrom The Editor July 2018
Dear readers, In the outgoing fiscal of 2017-18, we had a budget that was bigger than any other budget in Bangladesh’s history. Now we are pushing for a bigger one with higher targets in FY 2018-19 Many would agree that an 18.3 percent increase of the proposed budget is neither huge nor
Read MoreFrom the Editor June 2018
Dear readers, Bangladesh’s IT sector is different from other sectors. There are dreams and visions associated with it which show greater potential of realising than most other sectors at the moment. That’s why the government’s daredevil leap into the domain of satellite doesn’t feel such a leap. Concerns however exist, and
Read MoreFrom The Editor May 2018
Dear readers, Globalization never felt closer than it does now with incessant advancement of technology. The economic and political realities of the world prevent it from becoming a vehicle for free exchange of trade and ideas as it should be , but some good effects do reach the general public, and
Read MoreFrom The Editor April 2018
Dear readers, We are ready with another new issue, as another month in the Gregorian calendar has rolled into the next. Even though this is the dominant calendar, we still celebrate the start of the Bengali new year in our own calendar, which is at the middle of this month. New year
Read MoreFrom The Editor March 2018
Dear readers, With the International Women's Day in mind, we have designed an issue that takes a look at the prominent women innovators and entrepreneurs in the ICT, fintech and banking sector. That is not to say their work and influence do not surpass the confines of these fields, neither to suggest
Read MoreFrom The Editor February, 2018
Dear readers, As the editor of a magazine that goes by the masthead: Fintech, penning an anniversary editorial gives birth to a mixed set of feelings for me. But first and foremost, our readers—a big thanks to you. Without you, we are just pasted ink on dried papers; you give meanings
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