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IBBL holds leading position in private sector banking
Economic Reporter
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has been able to hold the leading position in deposit, investment and handling foreign exchange business in private sector banking.
The total Deposit reached Tk.20,651 crore on March 31, 2009; showing the growth rate of 19 per cent against the same period of the last year. The total Investment reached Tk.20,200 crore showing the growth rate of 15 per cent against the same period of the last year. The Bank handles foreign exchange business amounting to Tk.10,533 crore including imported of Tk. 3,504 crore, exported of Tk.2,571 crore and collected remittance of Tk 4,458 crore. Islami Bank has kept its supremacy also in this sector.
The information was disclosed in a Performance Review Meeting of the top executives of Head office and Zonal heads of the Bank on April 4 at the Board Room of Islami Bank Tower. Prof. Abu Nasser Muhammad Abduz Zaher, Chairman, Board of Directors of the Bank was present at the meeting as the chief guest while Mominul Islam Patwary, Chairman, Executive Committee of the Bank was present as special guest. Presided over by M. Fariduddin Ahmad, Managing Director of the Bank, the meeting was addressed, among others, by Mohd Shamsul Haque, Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Md. Habibur Rahman and Md. Setaur Rahman, Deputy Managing Directors, Zonal Heads and top executives of the Head Office of the Bank, says a press release.
The meeting disclosed that IBBL has been discharging banking service through its own largest online network across the country. 111 branches out of 196 branches and 10 SME Service centres have already been brought under online service. The Bank has been providing modern banking service through ATM, Spot Cash, SMS Banking, e-IBS, SWIFT, Locker service and payment of utility bills. The Bank has taken initiative to enhance ATM service by setting up 200 more own ATM booths side by side existing 26 ATM booths.
