Janata Bank to launch mobile remittance app for UAE expats

Expatriate Bangladeshis will be able to send remittances to the country easily and quickly using mobile apps from the United Arab Emirates.

Janata Bank, the state-owned financial institution of Bangladesh, will launch this app within the next month.

On the occasion of the inauguration of Janata Bank's new office in Dubai yesterday (October 25, 2022), the bank authorities announced the launch of the mobile apps at a gathering of customers.

"Remittances sent by expatriates are playing a significant role in Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves along with export earnings," Mohammad Abu Jafar, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the UAE, said while addressing the event as chief guest.

"Various initiatives, therefore, have been taken by the government for the remittance senders through the legal route," he added.

He urged the expatriates to increase the flow of remittances through the legal route for the sake of their own interest and the country amid this global recession.

Mohammad Abdus Salam Azad, e-Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Janata Bank, said, "In the recent past, initiatives have been taken to introduce mobile apps to increase the flow of remittances and simplify the process to overcome the global crisis".

He hoped to provide banking services to the doorsteps of the expatriates along with the Bangladesh Mission.

BM Jamal Hossain, consul general of Bangladesh in Dubai, Abdullah Al Amin, Chief Executive of Janata Bank in the UAE, some expatriate CIPs and community personalities spoke at the event.

Expatriate Bangladeshis, customers of Janata Bank in the UAE, have long been demanding several facilities including international standard digital banking services, increasing manpower, opening ATM booths, and improving technology to send remittances quickly.

In this circumstances, Janata Bank took the initiative to modernise four branches of the Emirates at the beginning of last year. Janata Bank's Sharjah Branch went for the modernisation of customer services earlier while the activities of the remaining three branches were under process.

In the second phase, the branch in Dubai was inaugurated after modernisation.

The writer is an expatriate journalist based in UAE.