Standard Chartered Bangladesh organised a corporate musical competition titled ‘Symphony – Brands in Sync’ in Dhaka on 25 June 2022, a press release said Monday. Launched in November of 2021, the musical competition is the first-of-its-kind in Bangladesh. British American Tobacco Bangladesh was named as this year’s champion. Unilever Bangladesh Limited was
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SCB Saadiq named ‘Best Islamic Bank for Digital CX’
Standard Chartered Saadiq Bangladesh has been recognised as “Best Islamic Bank for Digital CX (customer experience)” in Bangladesh at The Digital Banker’s Digital CX Awards 2022, a press release said Sunday. The recognization is for its customer-centric ethos, focus on digital innovation, and dynamicrange of offerings. It has launched several notable products
SCB opens student file centres in Gulshan, Dhanmondi
Standard Chartered Bangladesh (SCB) has launched dedicated student file centres at both its Gulshan and Dhanmondi branches to enable seamless banking services for students who are pursuing education abroad, a press release said Saturday. The student file centre at the Gulshan Avenue Branch was inaugurated by Zarin Daruwala, Cluster CEO, India
BEPZA signs MoU with SCB to attract more investment in EPZs
Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) and Standard Chartered signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Tuesday at BEPZA Complex, Dhaka to enhance mutual cooperation for attracting more investment in EPZs. Under this MoU, Standard Chartered will support BEPZA to organise various trade and investment related conferences, seminars, roundtable meetings and exhibitions
SCB becomes first bank to donate medical oxygen plant in country
Standard Chartered Bangladesh has partnered with the charitable hospital Chattogram Maa-Shishu O General Hospital to ensure reliable and adequate supply of life-saving oxygen. Supply of medical oxygen has been a dire need all throughout the pandemic. Under this partnership, Standard Chartered Bangladesh has donated apressure swing adsorption (PSA) Medical Oxygen generation
SCB, SAJIDA Foundation to empower communities below extreme poverty line
Standard Chartered and Sajida Foundation have joined forces for a job placement and business development support programmefor extreme-poor urban communities. The first phase of this initiative will support 300 beneficiaries from Dhaka, Chattogram and Chandpur who have lost their livelihoods due to the impact of COVID-19. A recent survey by Sajida Foundation
WEAB, SCB announce partnership for women entrepreneurs
Standard Charteredand Women Entrepreneurs Association of Bangladesh (WEAB) has announced a partnership jointly to facilitate access to financial services for women entrepreneurs in the country. . To this effect,. SalmaMasud, President, WEAB and Sabbir Ahmed, Head, Consumer, Private and Business Banking, Standard Chartered Bangladesh, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on
SCB completes first trade financing transaction
Standard Chartered has completed the first deal usingRisk Free Rate (RFR) with their clients, Akij Ceramics Ltd and Unilever Bangladesh Ltd. The deal was finalisedas per the detailed guidance from Bangladesh Bankon how to set the new rates as a replacement for The London Inter-Bank Offer Rate (LIBOR). The LIBORis the
SCB donates laptops for underprivileged children
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) has donated 25 laptops to Jaago Bangladesh to ensure education of the underprivileged children. Naser Ezaz Bijoy, Chief Executive Officer; Bitopi Das Chowdhury, Country Head of Corporate Affairs, Brand and Marketing from Standard Chartered Bangladesh andKorviRakshand, Executive Director of Jaago Bangladesh were among others present at the
SCB launches Bangladesh’s first Green Zero-Coupon Bond
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) has introduced the first Green Zero-CouponBond in Bangladesh for Sajida Foundation. The proceeds of the bond will be used to finance lending to various environment-friendlyand energy-efficient initiatives of the micro-credit and SME clients of Sajida Foundation. The total face value of the bond is Taka 1,000 million. The