Business Desk :
Standard Chartered Bangladesh has recently been recognised as the ‘Best Bank in Bangladesh’ at Asset Triple A Sustainable Capital Markets Country Awards 2021.
This is the second consecutive occasion the bank has received this prestigious award and 31st major award the bank has achieved in 2021. The Asset’s annual Triple A recognition represents the industry’s most prestigious awards for banking, finance, treasury and the capital markets.
As the financial multi-media group with the widest reach among Asian issuers and global institutional investors, The Asset has unparalleled insight, which forms the foundation of its annual awards.
More than twenty years old, The Asset Triple A Country Awards focus on the activity in the domestic markets.
Commenting on the win, Naser Ezaz Bijoy, CEO of Standard Chartered Bangladesh, said, “This award attests to how despite the challenges we have been able to come together as a team to push the boundaries for our clients, and marshaled our strength and resilience to support our communities.”
“I would like to thank our clients, regulators and the wider ecosystem for the trust they continue to place on us, making this achievement possible,” he said.
With over 117 years of uninterrupted presence in Bangladesh, Standard Chartered is the only multinational universal bank in the country with a unique blend of deep-rooted local presence and capacity to capitalise on its global network and product coverage.
The bank has been a committed partner in progress to Bangladesh, facilitating major investments in power, energy, transportation and urban development. The bank accounted for a major share of all export and import financing, respectively, last year, as well as power generation financing and SME lending by foreign banks. At the same time, the bank commands a leading position in the retail finance space, with strong share of card spend, consistently growing internet banking users and the launch of a number of innovative products.
