Dhaka : Bank Asia opened three agent booths in Noakhali and Laxmipur districts on Sunday (15 June, 2014) in a move to financial inclusion of rural people, reports in a press release. Of the booths, Rumee A Hossain, Chairman of Bank Asia Board Executive Committee inaugurated two agent booths located respectively at Teuri and Panpara Bazar of Ramgonj upazila, Laxmipur while Mohammed Lakiotulla, Chairman of Bank Asia Board Audit Committee inaugurated booth Chasirhat of Sonaimuri Upazila, Noakhali.
M Irfan Syed, Director of Bank Asia, Md Arfan Ali, Deputy Managing Director (SMR), Quazi Mortuza Ali, First Vice President and Head of Alternative Delivery Channel (ADC) and other officials of Agent Banking program and local elites were present during opening of the agent booths.
Bank Asia, pioneer in agent banking in Bangladesh, has been expanding agent banking services all over Bangladesh as a part of financial inclusion of unbanked population.