There are 59 scheduled banks in Bangladesh who operate under full control and supervision of Bangladesh Bank with 6 Nationalized commercialized banks, 3 State owned Specialized banks and 9 Foreign Banks .
The balance sheet size of the banking sector7stood at BDT 14,401.9 billion at end-March 2018, At end-March 2018, borrowings, deposits, capital and other liabilities constituted 22.2 percent, 54.5 percent, 13.6 percent and 9.7 percent of the sources of funds of the FIs respectively.
- here are 41 private commercial banks which are majorly owned by individuals/the private entities. PCBs can be categorized into two groups:
- Conventional PCBs: 33 conventional PCBs are now operating in the industry. They perform the banking functions in conventional fashion i.e interest based operations.
- Islami Shariah based PCBs: There are 8 Islami Shariah based PCBs in Bangladesh and they execute banking activities according to Islami Shariah based principles i.e. Profit-Loss Sharing (PLS) mode.
- Foreign Commercial Banks (FCBs): 9 FCBs are operating in Bangladesh as the branches of the banks which are incorporated in abroad.
| Scheduled Banks of Bangladesh | Detail | TRading Code in Dhaka Stock Exchange |
|---|
| AB Bank Limited |
Public Limited Company
Founded: April 12, 1982; 37 years agoin Dhaka, Bangladesh
abbl.com | ABBANK |
| Agrani Bank Limited | Founded
March 26, 1972
Net income : ৳2.646 billion(US$31 million) 2008
Number of employees
13,269(2009)
| |
| Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited | Founded :1995
Net income : ৳227.6 crore(US$27 million)
Number of employees : 3,070 (2017) Traded as
DSE | ALARABANK |
| Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited | former Bangladesh Commerce and Investment Limited was set up on 27 January 1986 | |
| Bangladesh Development Bank Limited | Founded
Dhaka, 16 November 2009 state owned specialized commercial bank of Bangladesh. Total assets
৳54.55 billion (US$650 million)
Number of employees
About 775
| |
| Bangladesh Krishi Bank | Bangladesh Krishi Bank fully government-owned bank in Bangladesh in funded 1973 | |
| Bank Al-Falah Limited | Bank Alfalah is a private bank based on pakistan owned by the Abu Dhabi Group Founded
June 21, 1997 | |
| Bank Asia Limited | Bank Asia Limited Traded as DSE Founded 27th November, 1999
Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh | BANKASIA |
| BASIC Bank Limited | BASIC Bank Limited is a fully government-owned bank founded in 2 August 1988 | |
| BRAC Bank Limited | Founded 4 July 2001
8 Revenue
৳926 crore (US$110 million)
Number of employees
8000 | BRACBANK( |
| Citibank N.A | | CITYBANK |
| Commercial Bank of Ceylon Limited | | |
| Dhaka Bank Limited | ( | DHAKABANK |
| Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited | | DUTCHBANGL |
| Eastern Bank Limited | | EBL |
| EXIM Bank Limited | | EXIMBANK |
| First Security Islami Bank Limited | | FIRSTSBANK( |
| Habib Bank Ltd. | | |
| ICB Islamic Bank Ltd. | | ICBIBANK |
| IFIC Bank Limited | | IFIC |
| Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd | | ISLAMIBANK |
| Jamuna Bank Ltd | | JAMUNABANK( |
| Janata Bank Limited | | |
| Meghna Bank Limited | | |
| Mercantile Bank Limited | | MERCANBANK |
| Midland Bank Limited | | |
| Modhumoti Bank Ltd. | | |
| Mutual Trust Bank Limited | | MTB( |
| National Bank Limited | | NBL( |
| National Bank of Pakistan | | |
| National Credit & Commerce Bank Ltd | | NCCBANK |
| NRB Bank Limited | | |
| NRB Commercial Bank Limited | | |
| NRB Global Bank Limited | | |
| One Bank Limited | | ONEBANKLTD( |
| Padma Bank Limited | | |
| Premier Bank Limited | | PREMIERBAN( |
| Prime Bank Ltd | | PRIMEBANK( |
| Probashi Kollyan Bank | | |
| Pubali Bank Limited | | PUBALIBANK( |
| Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank | | |
| Rupali Bank Limited | | RUPALIBANK( |
| Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited | | SHAHJABANK( |
| Shimanto Bank Limited | | |
| Social Islami Bank Ltd. | | SIBL( |
| Sonali Bank Limited | | |
| South Bangla Agriculture & Commerce Bank Limited | | |
| Southeast Bank Limited | | SOUTHEASTB( |
| Standard Bank Limited | | STANDBANKL( |
| Standard Chartered Bank | | |
| State Bank of India | | |
| The City Bank Ltd. | The City Bank is a Bangladeshi private commercial bank, funded in 1983 | |
| The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Ltd. | | |
| Trust Bank Limited | | TRUSTBANK( |
| Union Bank Limited | | |
| United Commercial Bank Limited | | UCB |
| Uttara Bank Limited | | UTTARABANK( |
| Woori Bank | | |
Non-Scheduled Banks
Mobile Banking Service in Bangladesh
| Bank/Service Provider | Mobile Banking Service | Mobile_Partners of operation |
|
| Dutch Bangla Bank Ltd. Bangladesh | DBBL Mobile Banking (Rocket) | Banglalink (31 March 2011),
CityCell (31 March 2011),
Grameen Phone (27 November 2012),
Airtel (12 September 2011) |
| Brac Bank Ltd. Bangladesh | bKash | Grameen Phone (18 January 2012),
Banglalink (July 2011) |
| United Commercial Bank Ltd. Bangladesh | UCash | Grameen Phone (20 Jun 2014),
Banglalink (March 2014) |
| Mercantile Bank Ltd. Bangladesh | My Cash | Grameen Phone (01 December 2013)
Banglalink (28 October 2013) |
| One Bank Ltd. Bangladesh | OK Mobile Banking | Grameen Phone (05 October 2013) |
| Bangladesh Post Office Ltd. | Nagad | |
| Trust Bank Ltd. Bangladesh | T-cash | |
| Islami Bank | M-cash | |
| Rupali bank | Sure Cash | |
