Southeast Bank holds training on bank-rating

Southeast Bank PLC recently organised a training programme on "Overview of CAMELS Rating for Banks and Internal Credit Risk Rating System (ICRRS)" at the bank's training institute in Dhaka.

All divisional heads and in-charges at the head office, along with all heads of branches and managers operations, in-charges of sub-branches and in-charges of offshore banking units of the bank across the country took part in the programme.

Nuruddin Md Sadeque Hossain, managing director of Southeast Bank PLC, inaugurated the programme, according to a press release.

In his speech, Hossain emphasised the importance of CAMELS, an acronym for capital adequacy, assets, management capability, earnings, liquidity and sensitivity, and the Internal Credit Risk Rating System (ICRRS).

Mizanur Rahman Akon, director of the department of off-site supervision (DOS-1) at the Bangladesh Bank, virtually joined the programme as the guest speaker.

Akon shared his insights and expertise regarding "CAMELS rating and Internal Credit Risk Rating System (ICRRS)" which provided invaluable knowledge and helped the attendees better understand those critical rating systems for assessing the financial health of the bank and evaluating the stability and creditworthiness of clients.

Md Enamul Hoque and Md Ramzan Ali, joint directors of DOS-1 at the central bank, and Masum Uddin Khan and Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, deputy managing directors of Southeast Bank, among others, were also present.