Economic Reporter :
The central bank has planned to expedite the ongoing financial inclusion initiatives across the country using digital technologies, Governor Dr Atiur Rahman told a international event on Wednesday.
“We’re going to introduce digital financial inclusion programmes in Bangladesh aiming to bring more people into the financial system easily,” Dr Rahman said as he was speaking at the SIBOS (Swift International Banking Operations) roundtable on Financial Inclusion: The Journey of Bangladesh held at Hotel Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, according to a BB press release.
SIBOS is the world’s premier financial services event. It’s the annual conference, exhibition and networking event, organised by SWIFT for the financial industry.
Dr Rahman said BB is now upgrading of its payment system and financial sector IT infrastructure enabling cost efficient online/mobile phone/smart card based financial service delivery vigorously to bring more unbanked people into the banking network, Dr Rahman explained.
Besides, he said expansion of rural bank branch and agent banking activities are increasing gradually in the country.
He also said the country’s entire financial sector is on board in the inclusion initiatives, inducted by BB’s sustained motivation campaign of ingraining an institutional ethos of socially responsible financing.
The central bank has planned to expedite the ongoing financial inclusion initiatives across the country using digital technologies, Governor Dr Atiur Rahman told a international event on Wednesday.
“We’re going to introduce digital financial inclusion programmes in Bangladesh aiming to bring more people into the financial system easily,” Dr Rahman said as he was speaking at the SIBOS (Swift International Banking Operations) roundtable on Financial Inclusion: The Journey of Bangladesh held at Hotel Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, according to a BB press release.
SIBOS is the world’s premier financial services event. It’s the annual conference, exhibition and networking event, organised by SWIFT for the financial industry.
Dr Rahman said BB is now upgrading of its payment system and financial sector IT infrastructure enabling cost efficient online/mobile phone/smart card based financial service delivery vigorously to bring more unbanked people into the banking network, Dr Rahman explained.
Besides, he said expansion of rural bank branch and agent banking activities are increasing gradually in the country.
He also said the country’s entire financial sector is on board in the inclusion initiatives, inducted by BB’s sustained motivation campaign of ingraining an institutional ethos of socially responsible financing.
