SWIFT, the global messaging system used to move trillions of dollars each day, warns banks that the threat of digital heists is on the rise as hackers use increasingly sophisticated tools and techniques to launch new attacks.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday issued show-cause notices to 11 banks for trading US dollars at prices higher than the inter-bank declared

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has defended setting up more new banks in the private sector even though the newly opened lenders are

Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, chairman and Md Mahabubul Haque Chisty, chairman of the audit committee, are forced to resign from the trouble-hit Farmers Bank's board of directors.

Bangladesh Bank has sent a letter to Farmers Bank to remove its Managing Director AKM Shamim.

The US dollar appreciated heavily against the taka over the last seven days despite the injection of $102 million into the market by the

The proposed amendment to the banking company act will shrink the size of the board at a time when banks need bigger boards with

The Farmers Bank has appointed former Sonali Bank managing director Pradip Kumar Dutta as consultant to help the trouble-hit lender

Standard Chartered Bank yesterday inaugurated a dedicated lounge at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for its clients with the

Internet usage by way of the faster third generation mobile telephony technology data has finally got the traction befitting of the

Robi reported a net loss of Tk 46.9 crore in the July-September quarter mainly because of its continued investment aimed at

Ballooning nonperforming loans (NPL) in three new banks -- The Farmers, NRB Commercial and Meghna -- have become a matter of

The parliamentary standing committee on the finance ministry yesterday recommended passing the Banking Companies (Amendment)

Cash-strapped Farmers Bank yesterday got a shot in the arm after the Bangladesh Bank agreed to provide short-term loan amounting

Reforms over the past two decades or so have greatly improved the quantity and quality of banking services in Bangladesh.

Banks yesterday urged the central bank to allow them to route their card transactions through multiple switches instead of a single

Bangladesh Bank has kept the valuation of Holcim shares unchanged at Tk 57,202 -- 47 percent lower than the price proposed by

AB Bank's shares were suddenly in demand yesterday although the private commercial lender incurred losses in the third quarter.

Banks and MasterCard have urged the central bank to review its directive to route all card transactions from the new year through the

At the end of August 2017, an article in the French economics and business magazine Capital hit like a bombshell. This special edition, dedicated to French start-ups, didn’t go unnoticed. Not a single female was among the line-up of highly promising entrepreneurs; those with the potential to make it among the heavyweights at international level. Social media had a field day with the story, creating a buzz that was spurred on by feminist associations, amongst a chorus of angry jeers.