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BASIC Bank Limited is one of seven state owned banks in Bangladesh. [9] In 2016 the finance minister in a statement described the state of the bank as weak due to graft by top officials of the bank and would require some time for improvement. [10] Sonali Bank UK Ltd and other international banks had censured Basic bank over irregularities. [11]
Grameen Bank (Bengali: গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক) is a microfinance, specialized community development bank founded in Bangladesh. [5] [6] It provides small loans (known as microcredit or "grameencredit") [7] to the impoverished without requiring collateral. Grameen Bank is a statutory public authority.
Among them, 335 microcredit institutions have been licensed until September 2008. Applications by 438 institutions could not be considered. 2,599 small institutions are advised to fulfil minimum criteria of obtaining a licence (either minimum balance of outstanding loan at field level BD taka four million or minimum borrower 1,000) within June ...
This sector is mainly represented by Specialized Financial Institutions like House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC), Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), Samabay Bank, Grameen Bank etc., Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and discrete government programs. The informal sector includes private intermediaries which are completely unregulated.
In February 2005, the chairman of the bank, Abu Zafar Chowdhury, defended the bank from Bangladesh Bank which questioned the use of bank in the name of Dhaka Mercantile Co-Operative Bank Limited. [6] On 11 July 2007, Group Captain Abu Zafar Chowdhury was re-elected chairman of Dhaka Mercantile Co-Operative Bank Limited. [7]
In June, the Bank had 19.54 billion BDT in bad loans accounting for 9.63 per cent of all loans of the bank. [20] In November, Bangladesh Bank appointed Md Shazzad Hossoin, an official of Bangladesh Bank, to one bank as an observer. [20] One Bank reduced their CEO pay following decline in profit in 2021. [21] In September 2022, One Bank received ...
South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank Public Limited Company (SBACBPLC) is a private commercial bank headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [1] It incorporated in 2013 as a banking company under Companies Act, 1994 and is regulated under the Banking Companies Act, 1991. [2] The bank has network of 88 branches and 25 sub-branches around the ...
The Hallmark-Sonali Bank loan scam is a massive loan fraud that took place in Bangladesh between 2010 and 2012. State owned Sonali Bank's Ruposhi Bangla Hotel branch lent over 35 billion Bangladeshi taka ($454 million as of 2011) based on falsified documents. Little-known company Hallmark Group received the majority, nearly Tk 27bn ($344M ...