M. Kabir Hassan
M. Kabir Hassan is professor of finance and Moffett chair at the University of New Orleans, the 2016 IDB Prize Laureate in Islamic Banking and Finance, and a member of the AAOIFI Ethics and Governance Board.
The Bank Resolution Act threatens to undo Bangladesh's hard-earned reforms
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On April 10 this year, the parliament approved a legislative amendment to the Bank Resolution Act, 2026, which may undo months of banking reform and painful adjustments. Under the revised act, former owners of troubled banks, including those who mishandled their respective institutions to the point of insolvency, may acquire the same institutions again by paying less than 7.5 percent of the amounts previously provided by the government and central bank.
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