Agrani Bank launches remittance app

Agrani Bank PLC has unveiled the "Agrani Remit App" with the objective of facilitating fast, convenient, secure, and lawful remittance transfers from Malaysia to Bangladesh.

Although officially inaugurated, the app is scheduled to be made available to valued customers during the first week of June.

The application will enable users to remit funds directly to any branch of Agrani Bank, other banks within Bangladesh, as well as to mobile financial services such as bKash and Nagad.

Md Shameem Ahsan, high commissioner of Bangladesh to Malaysia, launched the app under the initiative of Agrani Remittance House SDN BHD, a subsidiary of Agrani Bank based in Malaysia, the bank confirmed in a press release.

Syed Abu Naser Bukhtear Ahmed, chairman of the bank, and Md Anwarul Islam, chief executive officer, attended the inaugural ceremony as special guests.

Mohammad Khorshed A Khastagir, deputy high commissioner of Bangladesh to Malaysia; Syed Shariful Islam, counsellor (labour); Mosammat Shahanara Monica, minister (labour); and Sultan Ahmed, chief executive officer and director of Agrani Remittance House SDN BHD, were present.

Tareq Uddin, executive director of Dotlines, a Dhaka-based software company, along with officials from both countries and members of the Bangladeshi expatriate community, were also present.