Bangladesh Bank (BB) has got the prestigious “Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Policy Award” for promoting mobile-banking services in Bangladesh, a BB press release said Wednesday.

BB deputy governor Md Abul Kashem also gave a brief on the award at a press conference later in the afternoon, reports BSS.

Based in Bangkok, Thailand, AFI is an international organisation of central banks and other financial regulators working for greater financial inclusion. The organisation also works as a global network for financial policymakers from developing and emerging countries working together to increase access to appropriate financial services for the poor.

The AFI made the announcement and handed over the award at the AFI Global Policy Forum 2014 being held at Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago. A BB representative, who is attending the Forum received the award.