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Shahjalal Islami Bank; Social Islami Bank; Standard Bank PLC. This page was last edited on 20 March 2022, at 23:49 (UTC). Text ... Code of Conduct; Developers;
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The Bank was founded as NRB Global Bank on 25 July 2013 targeting not resident Bangladeshis. [6] Bangladesh Bank provided licenses to nine banks including NRB Global Bank in 2013 on the condition that the bank will eventually list on the stock market. [7] On 14 August 2013, Md Abdul Quddus was appointed managing director of NRB Global Bank. [8]
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.
According to The Economist, "Islami Bank was a pioneer in financing Bangladesh's rise as the apparel industry's main production base outside China." [7] In 2012, United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations mentioned possible ties of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited to terrorism financing through HSBC Bank which the bank denied.
A security officer of Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC. was killed in May 2015 during a bank robbery attempt in Chittagong. [10] The Bank signed an agreement with Islamic Development Bank, based in Saudi Arabia, for investment. [11] In May 2016, Abdus Samad, vice-chairman of S. Alam Group, was elected chairman of Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC. [12]
[11] [12] On 13 December, Bangladesh Bank appointed observers at Islami Bank Bangladesh and First Security Islami Bank. [13] On 29 December, Social Islami Bank Limited, Global Islami Bank, First Security Islami Bank Limited, and Union Bank took loans of 67 billion BDT from Bangladesh Bank in emergency cash infusion. [14] Before them, Islamic ...
Bangladesh Bank (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক) is the central bank of Bangladesh and is a member of the Asian Clearing Union. It is fully owned by the Government of Bangladesh. The bank is active in developing green banking. [2] and financial inclusion policy and is an important member of the Alliance for Financial ...