Agent banking has evolved from an experimental outreach initiative into a central pillar of financial inclusion across rural Bangladesh. By taking formal banking services beyond traditional brick-and-mortar branches, the model is successfully drawing millions of previously unbanked citizens into the formal financial fold, with rural households demonstrating a remarkably high propensity to save. According to […]

The Postal Department’s mobile financial service, Nagad, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Citizens Bank PLC to make financial transactions simpler, faster, and more seamless for customers. Under this agreement, both institutions will expand their collaboration across Trust-cum-Settlement Accounts, Add Money services, inbound remittance processing, and transactions via the National Payment Switch Bangladesh (NPSB). […]