DFS In The News: News Coverage

Fintech: Revisiting financial inclusion

With the rise of fintech, people feel comfortable to use digital wallets provided by fintech financial service providers linked wi...

By: The Financial Express

Date: 17 Jan, 2020

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Digital challenges in financial sector

Ever since the fearsome pandemic had begun to rage through one country after another, any reference to the term covid-19 wouldbein...

By: The Financial Express

Date: 13 Aug, 2020

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Digital Bangladesh: Running the economy during Covid-19 pandemic

It has already been around for about nine months and the ubiquitous appearance of Covid-19 is still prevalent all around the globe...

By: The Financial Express

Date: 31 Aug, 2020

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E-commerce in Bangladesh: Where are we headed?

E-commerce involves buying and selling of products and services by businesses and consumers through an electronic medium. Broadly,...

By: The Financial Express

Date: 09 Jan, 2020

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Distributing social safety benefits: Experts call for using digital services

They also called for addressing risk management and security associated with the transaction, along with enacting proper policies...

By: Dhaka Tribune

Date: 11 Nov, 2019

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Digital financial services must expand to address pandemic fallout

Bangladesh's financial sector will have to adopt new technologies and services in the post-Covid-19 period for the lenders to move...

By: The Daily Star

Date: 10 Aug, 2020

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Financial institutions must craft strategic response to Covid-19’s impacts

The Covid-19 crisis is placing unprecedented strain on markets, governments, businesses, and individuals. Further, this pandemic c...

By: The Business Standard

Date: 09 Aug, 2020

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The DFS ecosystem in Bangladesh

The digital financial services (DFS) landscape of Bangladesh evolved multifold in 2019. This can be traced to the efforts of the g...

By: The Financial Express

Date: 12 Mar, 2020

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Digitised G2P payment to help 'save millions'

The country can save millions by preventing the possible leakages in the social security schemes with proper implementation of the...

By: The Financial Express

Date: 12 Nov, 2019

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Expanding digital financial inclusion

4G coverage in Bangladesh is still not very satisfactory. The top four operators cover 65-80 per cent area of Bangladesh. The vide...

By: The Financial Express

Date: 21 Oct, 2020

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Policy support matters in financial inclusion

Mobile banking services in Bangladesh have the potential to register 100% financial inclusion if the government offers adequate po...

By: The Business Standard

Date: 27 Dec, 2021

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Govt policy support needed to expand financial inclusion

PRI Executive Director Dr Ahsan H. Mansur speaking at a training programme titled Economists at a programme on Tuesday underscored...

By: The Daily Observer

Date: 28 Dec, 2021

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Focus on digitisation of financial services

The lack of digitisation in the social security system of Bangladesh has become apparent after the outbreak of ...

By: The Financial Express

Date: 07 Dec, 2020

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Digitised banking - a key tool for efficient financial servicing

The term 'Digitalisation of documents' narrows down the scope of the complete transformation process that ...

By: The Financial Express

Date: 22 Dec, 2019

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Unconditional emergency cash allowance is must

Bangladesh is widely recognised for its disaster management successes. Temporary relocation of people to storm shelters during ..

By: The Business Standard

Date: 27 Dec, 2021

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