Ahmed Kamal Khan Chowdhury, managing director of Prime Bank, and Syed Mohammad Kamal, country manager for MasterCard, pose at the launch of Business World MasterCard, by the bank and MasterCard, in Dhaka yesterday.

Prime Bank has launched the first Business World MasterCard in Bangladesh, a new corporate credit card on the World MasterCard platform.

The new card will offer best-in-class customer value for enterprise cardholders in Bangladesh, Prime Bank officials said at a press meet in Dhaka yesterday.

This becomes part of the bank's consumer card offerings that have been available to customers in the market, they said.

“After tireless work it feels great to be the first bank in Bangladesh to launch the very first Business World MasterCard,” said Ahmed Kamal Khan Chowdhury, managing director of the bank.

“The card offers our clients a life of privilege and luxury globally as well as within the country, and the best deals that they could want.”

Prime Bank introduced the new “high-facility” card in partnership with MasterCard, a technology company in the global payment industry.

MasterCard has an ever growing portfolio in Bangladesh and seeks to promote the use of plastic money and usher in wide-spread e-commerce, said MasterCard Country Manager Syed Mohammad Kamal.

Prime Bank World MasterCard comes with unlimited free access to Balaka VIP Lounge at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport along with Priority Passenger Handling Service, the bank said in a statement.

The card will also bring free membership to Priority Pass Programme offering access to more than 850 airport lounges worldwide along with unlimited free access, annual fee waiver with 20 transactions in a year, and free supplementary card, it said.

Prime Bank's Deputy Managing Director Md Tabarak Hossain Bhuiyan also spoke.