BB asks banks to ensure smooth digital services during Eid holidays

by Fintech Desk - July 30, 2020July 30, 2020

Country's central bank yesterday asked the commercials banks to ensure smooth and uninterrupted transactions through the Automated Teller Machine (ATM), Point of Sale (POS), e-Payment Gateway or internet banking and Mobile Financial Services (MFS) during the vacation of Eid-ul-Adha. Bangladesh Bank (BB) in a circular instructed the banks to ensure adequate security at

Banks of RMG industrial areas remain open on Friday

by Fintech Desk - July 29, 2020July 28, 2020

Branches of the scheduled banks in the ready made garments (RMG) industrial areas will remain open on July 31 (Friday) for the convenience of paying the workers’ salaries, reports BSS. “Branches of the scheduled banks located near garments industrial areas in Dhaka city, Ashulia, Tongi, Gazipur, Savar, Bhaluka, Narayanganj and Chattogram

BB wants banks to form special fund to invest in capital market: BSEC Chairman

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by Fintech Desk - July 19, 2020July 18, 2020

"A total of 13 banks have formed low-interest special fund to invest in the capital market to further revive it," said Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Chairman Professor Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam. The BSEC Chairman said this while addressing a resurgent dialogue on the impact of Coronavirus and to overcome it

BB asks banks to spend 60% CSR fund for health sector

by Fintech Desk - June 19, 2020June 18, 2020

Banks were instructed to ensure the full and proper spending for the health sector under their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives amid the current context of pandemic. The instructions came up from a circular issued on Wednesday. According to the existing rules, the health sector accounts for 60 per cent of the allocation

Brett Banking

by Saqib Sarker - June 17, 2020June 17, 2020

If you want someone to tell you that the banking that you are doing now is not the ‘banking’ that you should do now- Brett King is your man. This bald headed Aussie banker-who is often regarded as the messiah of modern banking-would casually swagger in his business flannel suit and

It’s the FinTech Era

by Shafinaz Sikder - June 1, 2020July 21, 2020

FinTech is becoming increasingly important. People in the developed world are already familiar with its ever growing existence. But in Bangladesh it is still quite obscure as a concept, even though we, too, benefit from it. This is a good time to get more familiar with the term FinTech and

‘THERE ARE TREMENDOUS POSSIBILITIES FOR NRBs HERE AND WE WANT TO ENABLE THOSE POSSIBILITIES’

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by Tanveer Ahmed - August 7, 2019February 10, 2020

The current chairman of NRB Global Bank, Nizam Chowdhury says non-resident Bangladeshis (NRB) were neglected in the banking sector despite the huge contribution they make to the economy. This is what prompted him to launch the specialized NRB banking in Bangladesh. Following his footsteps, soon other NRB banks began. With more

‘I DREAM OF DEMOCRATISING TECHNOLOGY IN BANGLADESH – WHERE EVERY CITIZEN HAS ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY’

by Saqib Sarker - December 10, 2017September 19, 2018

Sonia Bashir Kabir needs no introduction. Although often reduced to just a ‘woman’ role model, which she is, her illustrious career can certainly be an example to follow for both men and women in the tech business or any other business in any profession. With her past experiences of heading Microsoft’s

FACTORS AFFECTING “JOB SATISFACTION” IN COMMERCIAL BANKS

by Guest Writer - July 5, 2017October 28, 2017

During the last decade of the twentieth century, we have been experiencing a tremendous growth in banking sector of Bangladesh. Private commercial banks play a vital role in the overall development of our economy and to be specific in employment sector of our country. Though it is a challenging profession,