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Banks' growing NPLs, excess liquidity fuel concerns
Posted by on Thu, Apr 13 2017 11:56 am
The rising non-performing loans (NPLs) and excess liquidity have become major areas of concern for the country's banking sector.
BB allows foreign cos to issue Taka bond
Posted by on Thu, Apr 13 2017 11:41 am
oreign companies operating in Bangladesh have been allowed to issue Taka bonds for mobilising funds from the local sources as the central bank relaxed further the foreign-exchange transactions regulations.
SWIFT to introduce tool to spot fraudulent inter-bank messages
Posted by on Thu, Apr 13 2017 11:15 am
Interbank messaging service SWIFT, which is used to transfer trillions of dollars between banks every day,
No bar to punish NRB Commercial Bank chairman, MD: SC
Posted by on Thu, Apr 13 2017 10:50 am
The Supreme Court yesterday cleared the way for Bangladesh Bank to take legal action against NRB Commercial Bank's
Cyber attack India bank similar to Bangladesh heist: WSJ
Posted by on Tue, Apr 11 2017 02:29 pm
A cyber attack on Union Bank of India last July began after an employee opened an email attachment releasing malware that allowed hackers to steal the state-run bank's data,
PM rejects bank modernisation plan with World Bank help
Posted by on Tue, Apr 11 2017 11:56 am
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is the chairperson of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC),
Govt house loan ceiling Tk1cr
Posted by on Tue, Apr 11 2017 11:23 am
The government has doubled its house loan ceiling to Tk1 crore from Tk50 lakh now as construction costs surged in recent years.
Prime Bank official gets 15yrs jail for misappropriating money
Posted by on Tue, Apr 11 2017 10:53 am
A special court in Pabna today handed down a fugitive banker 15 years of imprisonment in a corruption case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and imposed a fine of over Tk 66.39 lakh.
Hopes fade for US bank earnings despite rally in financial shares
Posted by on Tue, Apr 11 2017 10:44 am
ig US lenders are expected to report another round of uninspiring quarterly results next week, which analysts said could dampen a "Trump rally"
Retail banking growing fast
Posted by on Tue, Apr 11 2017 10:26 am
Banks are increasingly focusing on retail customers as more and more people are coming under the formal banking channel, a banker said.