central bank
Money laundering and its effect on Bangladesh’s inflation
Inflation, which erodes the purchasing power for consumers as well as businesses, happens in two ways.
Roadmap for banking reforms: Old wine in a new bottle?
In February 2019, the central bank lowered the timeframe to three years from five years. And what has that achieved?
New monetary policy is appropriate in direction, but inadequate in dosage
Why this behind-the-curve approach to fighting inflation?
‘BB governor worse performer than 70 countries’ central bank chiefs’
New York-based Global Finance magazine finds, reviews performance of central bank chiefs of 102 countries.
Govt keeps borrowing big amounts from BB
The government has kept borrowing a hefty amount of funds from the Bangladesh Bank as commercial banks are unable to meet the financing requirement of the state because of the liquidity crunch.
Central banks and innovation
Fintech innovation, especially innovation in payments -a critical financial service most people use every day—is generating new challenges and often competing priorities for central banks.
Lanka gets 6 more months to repay BB’s $200m
Bangladesh Bank yesterday granted Sri Lanka’s request to be given six more months to repay a $200 million loan due to the prolonging of its economic crisis.
Nagad Finance inches closer to running MFS operation
The Bangladesh Bank yesterday decided in principle to allow Nagad Finance PLC, a proposed non-bank financial institution (NBFI), to run mobile financial services.
BB team was negligent in detecting BIFC irregularities
The central bank’s inspection team did not perform properly to detect the irregularities at Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company (BIFC), a fact-finding committee found.
Money laundering and its effect on Bangladesh’s inflation
Inflation, which erodes the purchasing power for consumers as well as businesses, happens in two ways.
Roadmap for banking reforms: Old wine in a new bottle?
In February 2019, the central bank lowered the timeframe to three years from five years. And what has that achieved?
New monetary policy is appropriate in direction, but inadequate in dosage
Why this behind-the-curve approach to fighting inflation?
‘BB governor worse performer than 70 countries’ central bank chiefs’
New York-based Global Finance magazine finds, reviews performance of central bank chiefs of 102 countries.
Govt keeps borrowing big amounts from BB
The government has kept borrowing a hefty amount of funds from the Bangladesh Bank as commercial banks are unable to meet the financing requirement of the state because of the liquidity crunch.
Central banks and innovation
Fintech innovation, especially innovation in payments -a critical financial service most people use every day—is generating new challenges and often competing priorities for central banks.
Lanka gets 6 more months to repay BB’s $200m
Bangladesh Bank yesterday granted Sri Lanka’s request to be given six more months to repay a $200 million loan due to the prolonging of its economic crisis.
Nagad Finance inches closer to running MFS operation
The Bangladesh Bank yesterday decided in principle to allow Nagad Finance PLC, a proposed non-bank financial institution (NBFI), to run mobile financial services.
BB team was negligent in detecting BIFC irregularities
The central bank’s inspection team did not perform properly to detect the irregularities at Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company (BIFC), a fact-finding committee found.
Govt keeps borrowing heavily from BB
The government continues to borrow from Bangladesh Bank on a large scale as commercial banks are now unable to finance the state due to liquidity crunch.