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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 ...
The microcredit program in Bangladesh is implemented by NGOs, Grameen Bank, different types of government-owned banks, private commercial banks, and specialized programs of some ministries of the Bangladesh Government, etc. Despite the fact that more than a thousand institutions are operating microcredit programs, only 10 large Microcredit ...
The sectors have been categorized in accordance with their degree of regulation. The formal sector includes all regulated institutions like banks, non-bank financial institutions (FIs), insurance companies, capital market Intermediaries like brokerage houses, merchant banks etc.; micro finance institutions (MFIs).
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.
Prudential Supervision of banks including the levels of capital requirements and buffers. Proactive incentives for banks to offer forbearance to distressed consumers and other debt relief mechanisms [14] [15] Setting up Asset Management Companies (AMCs) or bad banks [16]. These companies use public or bank funds to remove NPAs from the bank ...
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.
Credit Rating Information and Services Limited. Credit Rating Information and Services Limited (CRISL) [1] is the first credit rating company in Bangladesh.This company was incorporated with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies in 1992 and Credit Rating Company rules 1996 as a recognized ECAI, [2] and has been operating as the first rating company in the country since 1995.
This allows the company's ratings to be used by banks and financial institutions for capital adequacy reporting under Basel 2 and 3. It is also accredited with Insurance Development & Regulatory Authority of Bangladesh for rating of insurance companies. CRAB has by 2014 rated more than 4,000 entities and instruments.