Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh has recently been recognised as the ‘Best International Bank’ at Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2021. The bank gets the award for its Covid-19 response initiatives.
The bank received the award for third time since 2019. This is the seventh major international award the Bank has achieved in 2021, said a press release.
Euromoney is an English-language monthly magazine focused on business and finance. First published in 1969, it is the flagship production of Euromoney Institutional Investor plc. Euromoney publishes the Euromoney Awards for Excellence, with an annual awards event recognising the top banks in the world.
Naser Ezaz Bijoy, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bangladeshsaid, “As the longest-serving financial institution of Bangladesh, we have always believed that whatever is good for our nation is good for the Bank in the long run. Our strategy is guided by this conviction, a conviction that has once again been validated by this award. I would like to thank our clients, regulators and the wider ecosystem for making this achievement possible.”
Standard Chartered has been working with development sector partners to deliver aid and essentials to the communities hit hard by the pandemic and supporting frontline health services.
To enable longer-term recovery through skills development and workforce reintegration, the Bank is supporting economically vulnerable individuals who have lost their livelihoods due to the impact of Covid-19 pandemic.
