Jamuna Bank Limited has received approval from the Bangladesh Bank to establish an exchange house in Spain.

Jamuna Bank Limited has received approval from the Bangladesh Bank to establish an exchange house in Spain.

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Bangladesh jointly with Bangladesh Bank and National Board of Revenue (NBR) has opened up new opportunities for its clients through enabling online statutory payments (value-added tax (VAT), VAT deduction at source, duty) and paperless trade.

Meghna Bank won the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certificate from British Standards Institution (BSI) on fulfilling standards requirements for Information Security Management Systems.

Mercantile Bank recently signed an agreement with Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority enabling the bank to collect the water and sewerage bill of Chattogram Wasa through online banking.

Bangladesh Bank today formed a Tk 5,000 crore refinance scheme to ensure food security in the country as the banking regulator thinks the world might face a food crisis in the days to come.

Bangladesh Bank today extended the deferral support for another six months to settle the import orders of industrial raw materials, agricultural equipment and chemical fertilisers.

The Bangladesh Bank today asked banks to provide freelancers with encashment certificates through mobile financial service (MFS) providers so that they can submit the document at the time of income tax payment.

Singaporean bank DBS today announced that it will be expanding its regional footprint with the establishment of a representative office in Dhaka.

Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder today urged the country’s microfinance institutions to reduce loan interest rate for the poor.

Brac Bank won the Data Champion Award from New York-based Financial Alliance for Women, which works for knowledge sharing, capacity building and research to promote women’s banking across the globe.

Bangladesh’s banks have Tk 169,586 crore excess liquidity and there is no liquidity crisis in the country’s banking sector, Bangladesh Bank said in an urgent notice today.

Bangladesh Bank today said cases of under and over-invoicing of imported and exported items came to its notice during specials audit.

Bangladesh Bank today (November 13, 2022) said there is no liquidity crisis in banks and depositors' money is absolutely safe.

Bankers in Bangladesh will have 24 government holidays in 2023 apart from the two days in the weekends, according to a circular issued by the Bangladesh Bank today.

The Bangladesh Bank today said no money changer in the country will be allowed to keep over Tk 50 lakh in their vault a day.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday relaxed its rules to facilitate lending for the establishment of coal-based power plants and buying the dirty fuel to generate electricity.

The Bangladesh Bank today raised the interest rate for loans from its export development fund (EDF) by 1 percentage point with a view to making borrowing costlier and thus saving foreign currencies.

Parliament Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has called upon the banking sector leaders to uphold values and pursue responsible financing to build a sustainable and prosperous future for all.

A three-day summit of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV) will start tomorrow in Dhaka to share ideas and find solutions for sustainable run of the financial industry.