Brac Bank has signed an agreement with the country's private airline, US-Bangla Airlines, over a payment gateway service that will enable the latter to accept payments for ticket purchases by travellers holding VISA and MasterCard through its official website and mobile app.

Md Mahiul Islam, head of retail banking of Brac Bank, and Md Shafiqul Islam, head of marketing and sales of US-Bangla Airlines, inked a deal at the former's head office in Dhaka recently, a press release said.

Joarder Tanvir Faisal, head of cards of the bank, Abu Sayem Ansari, head of premium banking, and AFM Imranul Haque, project manager of airline IT systems of US-Bangla, were present.