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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 ...
On 3 January 2021, NRB Global Bank rebranded itself as Global Islami Bank and became a sharia compliant bank. [17] In June, the banks proposal to raise 42.5 billion taka from an IPO was approved by Bangladesh Bank. [7] In September 2021, Bangladesh Bank fined the bank for going beyond the investment ceiling for banks in the stock market. [18]
It has 133 branches. [1] The bank is a licensee to issue Visa and MasterCard Debit and Credit Cards and it is the sole licensee of American Express Cards in Bangladesh. [4] The bank is a real-time online bank, having its branches, SME/Agri branches spread across Bangladesh along with a full-fledged Islami Banking branch.
As of 2017, Islami Bank Bangladesh commands 90% of Islamic-banking assets and deposits in Bangladesh, is the country's biggest private lender overall, has 12 million depositors and a balance-sheet of $10 billion. [7]
ICB Islamic Bank was established in 1987 and started operations on 20 May 1987 as Al-Baraka Bank. [5] [6] The bank listed on Dhaka Stock Exchange in 1990. [7] By 1994, the bank ran into financial troubles. [6] In 2004, the bank was reorganized and renamed to Oriental Bank. [6]
The Bank sponsored the National School Hockey Tournament. [7] The Bank saw profits decline in 2018 along with other listed banks on the Dhaka Stock Exchange. [8] In September 2021, First Security Islami Bank Limited issued shares to raise its paid up capital. [9] It declared a 10 per cent dividend that year. [10]
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Social Islami Bank Limited is a Sharia compliant bank in Bangladesh which started operations on 22 November 1995. [5] SIBL was founded by M. A. Mannan, Dr. Hamid Al Gabid, Former Secretary General of O.I.C., Dr. Abdullah Omar Nasseef, and Ahmed M. Salah Jamjoom, Former Commerce Minister, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.