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Agrani Bank recruitment test to be cancelled
Posted by on Wed, May 24 2017 09:47 am
Agrani Bank will cancel the preliminary examination which was held in the morning on Friday for the appointment of senior officers at the state-owned bank over the allegation of leakage of question papers.
Jeddah-based IDB to sell off two-thirds of its Islami Bank shares
Posted by on Wed, May 24 2017 08:47 am
The Islamic Development Bank is selling off two-thirds of its shares in Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) as part of its tenure strategy to drive maturing institutions
M Nazeem A Choudhury, Head of Consumer Banking of Eastern Bank Ltd and Mohd. Ali Ahsan, Director of Marketing and Sales, Biman Bangladesh Airlines exchanging an signing documents at a city hotel recently. Under the deal, cardholders of the bank will be en
Posted by on Wed, May 24 2017 08:00 am
M Nazeem A Choudhury, Head of Consumer Banking of Eastern Bank Ltd and Mohd
Md Mehmood Husain, Managing Director of NRB Bank Limited and Ashraful Alam, Chief Operating Officer of Aarong, exchanging agreement documents at the bank's head office in the city on Tuesday. Under the deal, Credit Cardholders of the bank will enjoy 15pc
Posted by on Wed, May 24 2017 07:51 am
Md Mehmood Husain, Managing Director of NRB Bank Limited and Ashraful Alam,
Arastoo Khan, Chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, presiding over the 34th AGM at Kurmitola Golf Club in the city on Tuesday. AGM approved 10pc cash dividend for its shareholders for the year 2016. Yousif Abdullah Al-Rajhi of KSA, Vice Chairman, Sh
Posted by on Wed, May 24 2017 07:41 am
Arastoo Khan, Chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, presiding over the 34th AGM at Kurmitola Golf Club in the city on Tuesday.
EBL launches Mastercard credit card for BASIS firms
Posted by on Tue, May 23 2017 10:52 am
Eastern Bank Ltd launched a co-branded USD Mastercard for member companies of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) on Monday.
All banks must make e-payment by yearend
Posted by on Tue, May 23 2017 10:38 am
The central bank asked commercial banks to provide EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) and Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) services from all branches by December 31.
Thai banking regulator seen keeping rates unchanged
Posted by on Tue, May 23 2017 10:25 am
The Bank of Thailand's policy review on Wednesday will keep its benchmark interest rate at 1.5 percent,
Hackers hit Russian bank customers, planned international cyber raids
Posted by on Tue, May 23 2017 08:50 am
Russian cyber criminals used malware planted on Android mobile devices to steal from domestic bank customers and were planning to target European lenders before their arrest, investigators and sources with knowledge of the case told Reuters.
Commodity traders, banks face hard realities with game-changing blockchain
Posted by on Tue, May 23 2017 08:37 am
Alistair Cross was flying high after showing in a pilot project how blockchain - the technology first developed for the crypto-currency bitcoin - could transform the old-fashioned and secretive world of commodity trading.