Mastercard honours 23 firms
Global payments technology company Mastercard honoured 23 financial institutions, lifestyle, food, medical and mobile operators at a Mastercard Excellence Awards 2022 in Dhaka yesterday for their contributions to advancing the government's "Smart Bangladesh Vision 2041". The winners got the awards in 14 categories.
Brac Bank won four awards, the highest, at the fourth edition of the awards in four categories -- Excellence in Mastercard Credit Business (domestic) 2021-22, Excellence in Mastercard Credit Business (international) 2021-22, Excellence in Mastercard POS Acquiring Business 2021-22 and Excellence in Mastercard Business Growth 2021-22.
City Bank, Eastern Bank and AB Bank earned three awards each while Standard Chartered Bank and Southeast Bank bagged two accolades respectively, said a press release.
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi presented the awards as chief guest at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden in the capital.
Md Khurshid Alam, executive director of Bangladesh Bank, Vikas Varma, chief operating officer for South Asia at Mastercard, Syed Mohammad Kamal, country manager of Mastercard Bangladesh, and Nikhil Sahni, division president for South Asia and country corporate officer, India, Mastercard, were present.
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