Telecom & Computer Technology

Turning Nagad into the leading payments company in Bangladesh through introduction of cutting-edge business solutions is Ahmed’s key priority

Banglalink, one of the leading digital communications service providers in the country, has entered into a strategic partnership with Google to facilitate youth employment in the country.

The Bangladesh Bank has initiated a move to enforce tighter regulations on payment service, mobile financial service, e-wallet, payment system operators and any other non-bank entities authorised by the BB to provide payment services.

Transactions through the mobile financial service channel increased by 29.26 per cent or Tk 1,27,133 crore in the year 2020 as the service enabled people to receive payments of salaries and wages and conduct other financial transactions staying at home amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.

In 2020, the operator logged in a profit of Tk 3,718.7 crore, up 7.7 per cent year-on-year

The government will launch a digital transaction platform with unified payment interface to support interoperable services among all accounts of traditional banks and mobile financial services (MFS).

ALTDOS operates mainly in the ASEAN region and has been involved in cyberattacks in stock exchanges and financial institutes in different countries

The need to avoid close social gatherings has compelled people to pay their utility bills from their smartphones

Of the 16.8 crore-odd mobile subscribers as of 2020, only 10.7 lakh have availed the service since MNP was rolled out in October 2018

About 30 per cent of the 10 crore handsets currently in use in Bangladesh have been imported illegally, according to senior officials of the BTRC