Bank Asia PLC celebrated the 11th founding anniversary of its agent banking wing on Saturday.

Romo Rouf Chowdhury, chairman of the bank, attended the anniversary programme at the bank's corporate office in the capital's Purana Paltan, Bank Asia said in a press release.

The bank awarded 10 of its best-performing agents for their outstanding performance.

The bank also launched two new services, titled "Wet Market Collection" and "Data Analytics," at the event.

Bank Asia is the pioneer of agent banking in Bangladesh, and the service was rolled out on January 17, 2014.

Through this pioneering initiative, the bank has financially included more than 7.0 million customers, 92 percent of whom are from rural areas, and 64 percent are women.

Members of the board of directors and senior management team of the bank were also present.