Britain expects its flagship banking reforms to remain on track after European Union talks next week, a government source said on Friday, despite opposition to its demand for more freedom from Brussels to choose the level of banks’ capital defences. Chancellor George Osborne has said he will see ...

China said on Saturday it would cut reserves for banks, as the country seeks to engineer a soft landing for the world’s second largest economy following disappointing data released Friday. The People’s Bank of China, the central bank, said it would cut banks’ reserve requirements by 0.50 per cent...

One of the pillars of Wall Street—bank JPMorgan Chase—faced new scrutiny Saturday after it reported a shocking $2 billion derivatives loss that even its pugnacious chief executive called “egregious.” “It ought to be a concern to the SEC. They are the ones who ought to have a concern about that,” ...

Bank loans to women entrepreneurs under SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) category increased by 1 percent in the first quarter of the year 2012 compared to the previous year. From January to March, all banks have disbursed Tk 646.59 crore in loans among 4,481 women entrepreneurs across the count...

Bangladesh Bank (BB) is going to launch online library and e-news clipping software today.BB Governor Dr Atiur Rahman will formally inaugurate the modernisation work at the BB conference room at about 11:00 am.

Wasim Akhtar Saifi, global head of Islamic banking of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), arrives in Dhaka today for a two-day official visit, the bank said in a statement yesterday.

The International Monetary Fund's loan is a bitter pill, which not every patient can swallow, Akbar Ali Khan, a former caretaker government adviser, said yesterday.

Mohammad Nesar Uddin, Chief Financial Officer of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL), has recently been promoted to Executive Vice President (EVP), said a press release.

Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) and Xpress Money Services Limited jointly launched the remittance channeling through DBBL Mobile Banking Services.

National Bank Training Institute (NBTI) organised a day-long training programme on ‘Envir- onm- ental Risk Management: Concept, Policy and Case Study” in the city recently for executives of the bank.