Leading mobile financial service provider bKash has once again been ranked as the number one ‘Employer of Choice’ across all sectors for the third consecutive year, according to the results of the ‘Campus Track Survey B-school: 2022’ conducted by NielsenIQ.
The Directorate of Primary Education has proposed that stipends for school students be disbursed only through Nagad, a mobile-banking service.
The Bangladeshi startup ecosystem has seen remarkable growth in the past few years with approximately 1,200 active startups across sectors, including fintech, logistics, healthcare, tourism, agriculture and education. In fact, startups like ShopUp, bKash, Pathao, Chaldal, Maya, Shajgoj, and iFarmer have innovated new products and processes to transform the market and have attracted millions of dollars in foreign investments for Bangladesh along with creating thousands of new jobs.
Leading mobile financial service provider bKash has been honoured by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) as the highest value-added tax (VAT) payer in the services sector at the national level for fiscal year 2020-21.
Mohammad Azmal Huda, chief product and technology officer of bKash, won the “Chief Technology Officer of the Year” award for his significant contribution in enabling people with digital transactions through fintech innovations at the “Bangladesh C-Suite Awards 2022” in Dhaka recently.
Users of a mobile financial service (MFS) provider can now transfer money to their counterparts registered with other operators and banks as interoperability among the financial service providers comes into a reality today.
Kamal Quadir founded bKash in 2010, as a subsidiary of Brac Bank, with just 37 employees. Under his leadership, bKash has now grown to be one of the top fintech companies in Bangladesh with a workforce of more than 1,700 employees and 300,000 agents.
Under the ‘Smart Bangladesh, Smart Haat’ initiative taken by Bangladesh Bank and Dhaka North City Corporation, bKash payment facilities will be available for purchasing sacrificial animals at cattle markets in Gabtoli, Basila, Aftabnagar, Vatara, Kawla and Uttara Sector 17.
Losses of bKash, a subsidiary of Brac Bank, widened by 83 per cent year-on-year in 2021, even though its revenue rose by 21 per cent, for incurring higher costs on training, investment and waivers on the charge to send money.
bKash is offering 20 percent instant cash back to its customers on shopping, at certain outlets on the occasion of Eid-ul- Azha. The offer (valid till the Eid-ul-Azha day) is available at 1344 outlets of 50 leading brands in fashion, footwear, e-commerce and super shops.
bKash Ltd, the largest mobile financial service provider in the country, is offering up to 20 percent cash back on shopping at select outlets this Ramadan.
bKash Ltd, the largest mobile financial service provider in the country, is offering up to 20 percent cash back on shopping at select outlets this Ramadan.
Miscreants shoot a bKash agent and loot Tk 5 lakh from him in Mirpur area of Dhaka.
Miscreants shoot two bKash agents and snatch away Tk 13 lakh from them in Kafrul area of Dhaka.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest philanthropic organisation, has in the past given away money, much of it to fight infectious diseases. Now it has a new strategy of investing in technologies that can make goods and services affordable to the poor.
Bangladesh, with the support and vision of the Bangladesh Bank, has seen remarkable progress in Mobile Financial Services (MFS) in recent years.
Muggers looted Tk 2.92 lakh after shooting two people, including an agent of bKash, a mobile money transfer service provider, in Manikganj Sadar upazila.
Muggers looted Tk 2.92 lakh after shooting two people, including an agent of bKash, a mobile money transfer service provider, in Manikganj Sadar upazila.
Detectives claim arrest of three people from Dhaka’s Demra in connection with illegal financial activity related to HSC question paper leak.