Southeast Bank holds BAMLCO conference

Southeast Bank PLC organised the “BAMLCO Conference-2026” at a hotel in Dhaka recently.

A total of 380 officials, including divisional heads at the head office, branch heads, branch anti-money laundering compliance officers (BAMLCOs), in-charges of sub-branches and offshore banking units (OBUs), and other concerned officials, took part in the conference.

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Md Khalid Mahmood Khan, managing director and CEO of the bank, inaugurated the conference as the chief guest, according to a press release.

Amitabh Chakraborty, additional director of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Department at Bangladesh Bank, conducted an interactive session, titled “Regulatory Requirements: Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) Issues”.

Mohammad Mokter Hossain, additional director of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), conducted another interactive session, titled “Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML) and Credit-Based Money Laundering (CBML): Enhancing AML/CFT Compliance in Banking”.

Abidur Rahman Chowdhury, additional managing director and chief anti-money laundering compliance officer (CAMLCO) of Southeast Bank PLC, presided over the event and delivered the welcome address on emerging AML and CFT challenges.

Md Mahbub Alam, additional managing director and chief risk officer of Southeast Bank PLC, and Mohammed Rashedul Amin, deputy managing director, were also present.