Checking money laundering stressed for strengthening economy

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BSS, Rangpur :
Bankers at a refreshers’ training course here have stressed on strictly preventing foreign trade-based money laundering and terrorism financing to further strengthening of the national economy.
They viewed this at a Refreshers’ Training and Training Course on ‘Prevention of money laundering and combating financing of terrorism with the particular focus on trade based money laundering’ held at BRAC Learning Centre here on Saturday.
The IFIC Bank organised the day-long event participated by 38 executives and officers of four branches of the bank under its Rangpur zone.
Executive Director of Rangpur Branch of Bangladesh Bank Md. Golam Haider attended the event as the chief guest with Manager of Rangpur Branch of IFIC Bank Md. Kamal Hossain in the chair.
The speakers discussed the strategies for money laundering and terrorism financing prevention, internal control and compliance, foreign remittance, ethical banking, credit risk management and other related issues.
The chief guest asked bankers to adopt different measures, techniques and existing rules to resist menaces like foreign trade-based money laundering and financing of terrorism for further strengthening of the national economy to speed up development.
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