NCC Bank holds money laundering prevention conference

NCC Bank organised a daylong conference on "Prevention of Money Laundering & Combating the Financing of Terrorism" for branch anti-money laundering compliance officers (BAMLCOs) at the bank's head office in Dhaka today.

A total of 128 BAMLCOs of the bank from across the country participated in the conference.

Mohammad Anisur Rahman, director of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), inaugurated the conference as the chief guest, the commercial lender said in a press release.

Rahman highlighted the importance of the prevention of money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism in the banking sector and instructed the participants to play a proper role in the implementation of the "Anti Money Laundering Act and Anti-Terrorism Act" by utilising knowledge gained at the conference.

While presiding over the programme, M Shamsul Arefin, managing director of NCC Bank, instructed the BAMLCOs to learn all tactical issues properly to prevent money laundering and terror financing and uphold the image of the bank.

Md Mosharraf Hossain and Md Hafizur Rahman Khan, joint director of BFIU, Mohd Rafat Ullah Khan, deputy managing director and CAMLCO of NCC Bank, Md Mahbub Alam, Md Zakir Anam and Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, deputy managing directors, attended the event.

Among others, Mohammed Anisur Rahman, senior executive vice-president and chief information officer of NCC Bank, and Md Baker Hossain, senior vice-president and deputy CAMLCO, were also present.