Students at Jagannath University (JnU) will have access to fees collection services, student files, and bank accounts with free debit cards at attractive rates, under a recent memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with Prime Bank PLC.
Faculty members and university staff will also receive payroll banking, various loan facilities, credit cards and investment opportunities.
The agreement aims to expand banking services for the university’s students, teachers and employees and promote financial inclusion on campus. The bank will also support the institution’s own financial needs.
Prime Bank Deputy Managing Director and Chief Information Officer Syed Sazzad Haider Chowdhury, Senior Executive Vice-President and Head of Liability and Women Banking Shaila Abedin, and Senior Vice-President and Head of Financial Inclusion and School Banking M M Mahbub Hasan represented the bank at the signing ceremony.
The JnU delegation was led by Vice-Chancellor Md Rais Uddin. It included Treasurer Sabina Sharmin, Registrar (in-charge) Md Sheikh Gias Uddin, faculty deans, representatives of the Teachers’ Association, and the Director of the Office of Finance and Accounts.
The partnership has been formed under PrimeAcademia, the bank’s industry-academia partnership platform, through which Prime Bank is strengthening its engagement with educational institutions across the country, said a press release on Monday.
