BSS, Dhaka :
Bangladesh Bank has been nominated as member of the Steering Committee of Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI). The nomination was given in its Global Policy Forum (GPF) meeting on September 8 2014 held in Trinidad and Tobago.
Bangladesh was recommended by the central bank of Philippines and was fully supported by the Steering Committee. The central bank of Bangladesh will represent the Asian Region in the Steering Committee.
Bangladesh Bank was recently given AFI Policy Award for providing enabling policy guidelines for fast expanding mobile financial services in Bangladesh.