BRAC Bank Limited has won two awards in the ‘ICAB Best Published Annual Reports 2017’. 

BRAC Bank secured ‘Second Position’ both under the categories of Private Commercial Banks and Integrated Reporting. 

Finance Minister Mr. AMA Muhith, MP formally handed over the award to BRAC Bank’s Deputy Managing Director & CRO Mr. Chowdhury Akhtar Asif at the 18th ICAB National Award Ceremony for the “Best Presented Annual Reports - 2017” at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel on December 24, 2018.  Mr. Muniruzzaman Molla, Head of Operations, and Mr. Mohammad Abdul Ohab Miah FCA, Acting Chief Financial Officer, BRAC Bank, were also present. 

As the winner, BRAC Bank’s Annual Report for the year 2017 has also been nominated for the SAFA BPA Awards 2017 (South Asian Federation of Accountants Best Published Annual Reports) competition as well. 

On winning the award, Mr. Selim R. F. Hussain said, Managing Director & CEO, BRAC Bank, said, “Over the past few years, BRAC Bank has won a number of prestigious awards and achieved new milestones in the banking industry. The Bank’s success reflects the collective effort and passion of the bank’s 7,000 employees!” 

He further added, “At BRAC Bank, governance, compliance, ethics and transparency are the cornerstone of our business model. This recognition from ICAB is another acknowledgement of our successful journey towards becoming the ‘Best Bank’ in the country. We gratefully recognize the bank’s valued clientele and stakeholders for their continued patronage and confidence in the organization”.    

Dhaka, Monday, January 7, 2019: BRAC Bank Limited and bKash Limited signed an agreement for fund transfer facility between BRAC Bank account & bKash account. 

Under this agreement, the valued customers of BRAC Bank will be able to transfer fund from their BRAC Bank accounts to bKash account while bKash customers will be able to transfer fund from their bKash account to any BRAC Bank account. BRAC Bank customers will use different Alternate Banking Channel (e.g. Internet Banking or mobile apps) of BRAC Bank.   bKash customers will use bKash app or USSD channel to send money to BRAC Bank account from their bKash account. The customers of BRAC Bank and bKash will be able to avail this new fund transfer facility soon.   

Mr. Selim R. F. Hussain, Managing Director and CEO, BRAC Bank, and Mr. Kamal Quadir, CEO, bKash Limited, signed the agreement at BRAC Bank Head Office on January 7, 2019. 

Mr. Chowdhury Akhtar Asif, Deputy Managing Director & CRO, Mr. Nazmur Rahim, Head of Retail Banking of BRAC Bank, and Mr. Zafrul Hasan, Head of Enterprise Project Management, Mr. Mir Nawbut Ali, Chief Marketing Officer, Mr. M Mazedul Islam, Head of Legal, Mr. Faisal Shaheed, General Manager, Marketing of bKash Limited, and senior officials of both the organizations were also present on the occasion.

Dhaka, Thursday, January 17, 2019: BRAC Bank Limited and Amber IT signed an Employee Banking agreement. 

Under this agreement, the employees of Amber IT will enjoy multiple benefits that comes with Employee Banking including exclusive Power Bundle proposition. 

Amber IT is a concern of Amber Group, a conglomerate comprising of 20 companies across diverse industries. Since its inception in 1997, Amber IT has grown consistently and organically as a communications provider serving a diverse portfolio of business class voice and data services.  

Mr. Nazmur Rahim, Head of Retail Banking, BRAC Bank Limited, and Mr. Mohammad Aminul Hakim, CEO, Amber IT, signed the agreement. Mr. Abul Kalam Shamsuddin, GM, Account & Finance; Mr. A B M Moniruzzaman, GM, Operations; and Mr. Mojibur Rahman, Senior Manager, Admin & HR of Amber IT and Mr. A K M Tareq, Regional Head, Dhaka Central and South-East Region; Mr. Khondker Emdadul Haq, Head of Employee Banking; and Mr. Faysal Haider, Branch Manager, Gulshan Branch of BRAC Bank, were also present at the signing ceremony held at BRAC Bank Head Office on January 16, 2019.