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BRAC Bank Limited

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Type
  
Public Limited

Founder
  
Fazle Hasan Abed

Number of employees
  
8,000

Website
  
www.bracbank.com

Founded
  
4 July 2001

Headquarters
  
Dhaka

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Industry
  
Financial Services Banking

Key people
  
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed KCMG, Chairman Mr. Selim RF Hussain, Managing Director & CEO

Parent organizations
  
BRAC, International Finance Corporation

BRAC Bank is a private commercial bank in Bangladesh focused on Small and Medium Enterprises (SME).

Contents

History

BRAC Bank was founded on 4 July 2001 to reach the large number of unbanked people which were not covered by traditional bank. The main concept of the bank was to facilitate Small and Medium Enterprises (SME).

Financial Services

  • SME Banking
  • Retails Banking
  • Card Service (Credit & Debit)
  • Foreign Exchange & Related Services
  • Wholesale Banking & Custodial Service
  • Probashi Banking
  • Distribution Network

  • Branch : 180 (Dec, 2016)
  • SME Unit Office : 458
  • Remittance Delivery Point : 1800
  • ATM Booth : 350+
  • Apon Somoy (Financial Kiosk) : 16
  • Subsidiaries

    The subsidiaries are

  • BRAC EPL Investments Limited
  • BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage Limited
  • bKash (Mobile banking service) Limited
  • BRAC Saajan Exchange Limited
  • BRAC IT Services Limited
  • ATM Network

    BRAC Bank has its own ATM network which is currently 400 +. In addition to this BRAC Bank is the lead arranger of OMNIBUS shared ATM network.
    OMNIBUS, an association of member institutions, which will provide shared ATM and POS network facilities to banks through a neutral mother switch. OMNIBUS was formed as a result of a need for a neutral and centralized gateway. And as a result BRAC Bank took the initiative. And with BRAC Bank, Q-Cash came forward with its members to join hands to form OMNIBUS.

    References

    BRAC Bank Limited Wikipedia