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Nagad to partner LankaBangla in furthering financial inclusion
LankaBangla finance recently signed an agreement with Nagad Limited to launch its Digital sales window for marginal people at LankaBangla Corporate Head Office in Dhaka.
On this occasion, Khwaja Shahriar, Managing Director and CEO of LankaBangla Finance Limited, and Rahel Ahmed, CEO of Nagad, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations.
Under this agreement, LankaBangla will provide DPS facility, Credit Card and Loan applications through Nagad in urban and remote areas. The sole purpose of the agreement is to bring marginal people under the banking umbrella across the country.
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Commenting on the agreement Rahel Ahmed, CEO of Nagad Limited, said, “Nagad is the first mobile financial service that has designed all of its services focusing on easing the life of its users irrespectively the urban and rural areas. We are heading to a developed country, and now people need to access all financial services sitting anywhere in the country. “
This will also tremendously boost people’s adoption of digital financial services and bring more marginal people into financial inclusion across the country, he added.
Commenting on this agreement Khwaja Shahriar, LankaBangla MD & CEO, said LankaBangla always focuses on Financial Innovation and works relentlessly to provide customized financial products to our customers.
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Digital Banking is changing the financial landscape in the country. Align with the fourth industrial revolution and Digital Bangladesh vision, we have established Digital Transformation Department to provide better and faster customer service to extend our presence all over the country through the digital platform, he said.
We believe this new Vertical will play a pivotal role in developing Women Entrepreneurs and marginal people in urban and rural areas. Now with the help of Nagad, we can reach six and a half crores of Nagad users in any area of Bangladesh, he added.
Md. Shihab Uddin Chowdhury, CSO of Nagad, Md. Saidur Rahman Dipu, Head of Business Sales, Md. Bayezid, Head of Insurance and NBFI, from LankaBangla A. K. M. Kamruzzaman, Head of Operations, Khurshed Alam, Head of Retail Business, Md. Kamruzzaman Khan, Head of SME and Sheik Mohammad Fuad, Head of ICT from LankaBangla Finance were present among other high officials.
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2 years ago
LankaBangla tree plantation programme held at Sheikh Hasina Software Park
LankaBangla Foundation organised a tree plantation programme at Sheikh Hasina Software Technology Park in Jashore Thursday.
With the theme "Let's plant trees to build Bangabandhu's dream country," Khwaja Shahriar, managing director of LankaBangla Finance, and Major Mohammad Moslem Uddin Sikder, general manager of Techcity Bangladesh, inaugurated the programme by planting saplings.
As part of this programme, about 2,000 saplings of fruit and wood trees will be planted at Sheikh Hasina Park.
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To increase the country's forest resources and maintain its ecological balance, along with encouraging everyone to plant trees voluntarily, LankaBangla Foundation organised this tree plantation programme.
Taking land erosion problem, fruit production, long-term conservation of environment and biodiversity into account, LankaBangla Foundation has been carrying out various tree plantation programmes around the country as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, according to a media statement.
3 years ago
LankaBangla introduces unique deposit schemes
LankaBangla Finance has introduced two unique deposit schemes "Swasti" and "Protiva" with life insurance coverage free of cost in Bangladesh.
4 years ago