Business Desk :
Integrated transaction service has been launched between bKash and Community Bank Bangladesh Limited.
Now the customers of Community Bank including all the members of Bangladesh Police can Add Money instantly to their bKash accounts and also Transfer Money vice versa, reads a press release.
Community Bank customers can now make transactions 24/7 from anywhere in the country through bKash app seamlessly, without going to bank counters. Besides, 55 million bKash customers will be able to Cash Out at 1.49 per cent charge from 165 ATM booths of Community Bank spread across the country, it said.
Dr Benazir Ahmed, inspector general of Bangladesh Police (IGP) and chairman of Community Bank, inaugurated the joint service of Bangladesh Police Welfare Trust’s Community Bank and the mobile financial service provider at a hotel in the capital on Saturday.
Masihul Huq Chowdhury, managing director and CEO of Community Bank, and Kamal Quadir, CEO of bKash, along with other senior officials of both the organisations were present on the occasion.
With this initiative, banking transactions have become easier, safer, time saving and cost-effective for all the customers of Community Bank. It also enables the bank to cater various creative services to a larger customer base through bKash.
“We did not want to establish a bank only for Police members. Rather we wanted to make it a bank for all. After all, police work for the whole community, for the people. Within just a couple of years, our bank has come this far and this growth will continue in future as well,” Benazir Ahmed said.
