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According to MetrixLab, in 2014, internet users in Bangladesh had 1 billion used goods in their stocks worth BDT 14,700 crore (US$1.9 billion as of 2014). [10] According to the Bangladesh Bank, around 1 million clients accessed mobile banking, and over 100 crore transactions were made through mobile banking accounts by 2014. [11]
Bangladesh Bank is the central bank of Bangladesh and the chief regulatory authority in the banking sector. According to the Bangladesh Bank Order, 1972 the Government of Bangladesh reorganized the Dhaka Branch of the State Bank of Pakistan as the central bank of the country and named it Bangladesh Bank with retrospective effect from 16 ...
Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), a department of Bangladesh Bank, is a member FIU of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units. Bangladesh Bank is the first central bank in the world to introduce a dedicated hotline (16236) for people to complain about any banking-related problem. [4]
The bank also faced manpower shortages in 2020 harming daily operations of the bank. [8] Expatriates' Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad is March 2021 announced plans to establish branches of the bank in every Upazlia in Bangladesh. [9] In August 2021, Probashi Kallyan Bank signed an agreement with NCC Bank to cooperate in remittance disbursement. [10]
Offshore Banking Operation (OBO) was first introduced by Bangladesh Bank in 1985 through a circular for allowing active foreign financing at Export Processing Zones (EPZs). Banks operated the services with Bangladesh Bank approval without any separate law for an offshore banking system until the enactment of the Offshore Banking Act, 2024.
It was established by Vanik Incorporation Limited of Sri Lanka with Bangladesh partners. [8] Sampath Bank and Chinkara Capital (Singapore) Pte Ltd were partners in the venture as well. [8] In September 2007, Bangladesh Bank warned One Bank Limited for hiring a former managing director of the bank as a consultant violating banking rules. [9]
In 2014, Bangladesh Bank rescheduled the payment plan of ICB Islamic Bank to the depositors' of Oriental Bank. [8] By 2018, ICB Islamic Bank had failed to return 4.44 billion taka to the depositors' of Oriental Bank, a condition set by Bangladesh bank, and sought a change in the repayment plan from the central bank. [6]
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]