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On 7 April 1972, after the Bangladesh Liberation War and the eventual independence of Bangladesh, the Government of Bangladesh passed the Bangladesh Bank Order, (P.O. No. 127 of 1972), reorganising the Dhaka branch of the State Bank of Pakistan as Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank and apex regulatory body for the country's monetary and financial system.
bKash started in 2011 as a joint venture between BRAC Bank Limited, Bangladesh, and Money in Motion LLC, United States of America. In April 2013, International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, became an equity partner, in March 2014, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation became an investor in the company, [10] and in April 2018 Ant Financial, the operators of Alipay (an ...
It was renamed Bank of Bengal in 1809, was merged into the Imperial Bank of India in 1921, and became the State Bank of India in 1955. [4] [5] The first modern bank headquartered in Dhaka was The Dacca Bank, established in 1846. It did a very limited business and did not issue banknotes. It was purchased by Bank of Bengal in 1862.
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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 ...
Bangladesh Bank provided a letter of intent to Bengal Commercial Bank Limited in February 2019 along with two other banks, Community Bank Bangladesh and Citizens Bank PLC. [3] [4] Bengal Commercial Bank Limited was established on 23 February 2020 by the Bengal Group of Industries. [5] [6] The Bank was originally called Bengal Bank. [6]
Dutch-Bangla Bank PLC was established under the Bank Companies Act 1991 and incorporated as a public limited company under the Companies Act 1994 in Bangladesh in June 1996. [4] It was a Dutch-Bangladesh joint venture and first Bangladeshi-European joint venture of bank in Bangladesh. [4] [5] DBBL commenced formal operation from June 3, 1996.
In 2015, the bank became one of two local partners of Life Insurance Corporation of India in Bangladesh. [10] The Daily Star 15th Bangladesh Business Awards described the bank as "one of the best-run banks in Bangladesh". [11] Anis A Khan was re-appointed managing director of Mutual Trust Bank Limited in 2015 for a four year term. [8]