Bangladesh’s banking sector faces some pressures: BB The central bank of Bangladesh sees the banking sector faced some pressures from asset quality, particularly in the state owned banks, and tighter liquidity in some of the fourth generation private banks. The gap between credit and deposit growths in a low interest

Mobile banking reaches one-third Bangladeshis Almost one third of Bangladeshis now have access to mobile banking as the number of users has climbed 150% in the last three years, says a new survey. Some 22% of the relevant agents have faced fraud in the last one year as over-the-counter transactions

Private sector credit growth rises notably, crosses target Private sector credit growth increased significantly in August mainly due to higher trade financing by banks for settling import payment obligations, officials and bankers said. The growth in credit flow to private sector rose to 17.84% in August 2017 on a year-on-year

Investment in NSCs soar to Tk 17,315cr in Jul-Oct Investment in national savings tools posted Tk 17,315 crore in July-October, growing from Tk 15,916 crore during the same period of the last year, as people continued to invest heavily in the tools because of low bank rates. According to the

Money Market Parameters Current Period Earlier Period Change Average Call Money Rate 5.01% (Oct 03’19) 5.06% (Sep 25’19) 0.05% Call Money Lending (Crore BDT) 7,673.31 (Oct 03’19) 5,255.79 (Sep 18’19) 45.99% Prices Weighted Average Deposit Rate 5.60% (Aug ’19) 5.56% (July ’19) 0.04% Weighted Average Lending Rate 9.60% (Aug ’19)