New working group will work to boost the role of alternative lenders in providing trade finance, at a time when traditional lenders are retrenching.
February 9, 2023Bangladesh Bank directed five banks to submit daily reports on loan disbursements. Two of the banks have observers appointed to monitor operations.
December 22, 2022The ESG Integrated Disclosure Project template provides private companies and credit investors a standard format for ESG-related disclosures.
November 17, 2022The government pledged to support Kiwibank, New Zealand's fifth-largest retail bank, to become a "genuine competitor in the banking industry".
August 29, 2022PK Halder has been on the run since 2019 after allegedly defrauding multiple NBFIs in Bangladesh of more than $280,000.
May 23, 2022A committee has been formed to investigate the money laundering allegations against Bangladeshi nationals named in the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers.
March 8, 2022The Anti-Corruption Commission says some NBFIs and cooperative societies are not collecting detailed customer information through their KYC processes.
October 15, 2020The chairman of Bangladesh’s securities regulator is alleged to have approved IPOs for companies that falsified their financial statements to show higher profitability.
August 24, 2019