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License from the Authority is mandatory to operate microfinance operation in Bangladesh as an NGO. On September 28, 2012 at the Alliance for Financial Inclusion 's Global Policy Forum 2012, the bank made a commitment under the Maya Declaration to promote agent and mobile banking, implement consumer protection initiatives, and establish a credit ...
This sector is mainly represented by Specialized Financial Institutions like House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC), Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), Samabay Bank, Grameen Bank etc., Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and discrete government programs. The informal sector includes private intermediaries which are completely unregulated.
Other responsibilities include administration of matters related to taxes, duties and other revenue related fees/charges and prevention of smuggling. Under the overall control of IRD, NBR administers the excise, VAT, customs and income-tax services consisting of 3434 officers of various grades and 10195 supporting staff positions.
Grameen Bank is Bengali for "Rural" or "Village" Bank. [12] He began a research project, together with a national commercial bank and the University of Chittagong, extending microcredit to test his method for providing credit and banking services to the rural poor. In 1976, the village of Jobra became the first to be served by the project.
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NGO Affairs Bureau was founded in 1990. [2] All NGOs that receive fund from outside Bangladesh are required by law to register with the bureau which falls under the Chief Advisor's office. [ 3 ] Mohammad Asadul Islam is the present director general of the bureau. [ 4 ]
In 2011, ASA, together with Grameen Bank and BRAC, accounted for 62 per cent of Bangladesh's 18.5 million micro-borrowers and 69 per cent of the sector's gross loan portfolio. [17] At the industry level, overall average borrower numbers and portfolios have been rising steadily, ASA's active borrower accounts in 2008 and 2009 fell by 32 percent.
Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ক্ষুদ্র ও কুটির শিল্প করপোরেশন) (বিসিক) provides comprehensive support services to small, rural, and cottage industry of Bangladesh, particularly in the small and cottage industries sector.