The next phase of agent banking
Launched in December 2013 as a strategic delivery model for providing formal financial services to underserved...
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18 Jan 2026
Bringing banking closer, with care and discipline
According to Mosleh Uddin Ahmed, managing director of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC, agent banking has become...
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18 Jan 2026
EBL bets on agent banking for sustainable growth
For Eastern Bank, agent banking was not launched as a tactical outreach experiment. According to Managing...
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18 Jan 2026
Access first, balance next
When banks talk about agent banking, the conversation often starts with scale. At Midland Bank PLC,...
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18 Jan 2026
Agent banking is about inclusion, not just cost
Sonali Bank’s agent banking programme shows how a state-owned lender is expanding access while keeping risks...
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18 Jan 2026
Inclusion tool to pillar of rural finance
Agent banking in Bangladesh began as a targeted experiment to reach people left outside the formal...
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18 Jan 2026
Islami Bank’s blueprint for rural finance
With one of the largest agent banking networks in the country, Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC has...
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18 Jan 2026
Mile-long journey into short walk
For people living in Sadhur Bazar, a remote coastal village in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram, conducting...
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18 Jan 2026
A grounded approach to agent banking
In many parts of Bangladesh, the first meaningful contact people have with a bank is no...
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18 Jan 2026
How agent banking became a pillar of financial systems
Agent banking was not a central feature of the country’s financial system when Bangladesh Bank rolled...
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18 Jan 2026