Top 10 Private and Public Banks in Bangladesh | Bank Industry

The banking sector plays an essential role in the economic development of a country. This system can be termed a barometer of a country’s economic prosperity. Bangladesh has gained control over the banking sector very strongly as for Bangladesh, a well-developed banking system is indispensable for modern trade and business in bangladesh. In every country, banks are not only acting as custodians of public money but also insistent as a vital agent for the maintenance of the sound financial position of a country’s economy. According to Bangladesh Bank (BB), there are two types of banks in Bangladesh. There are two types of banks: scheduled and unscheduled. Actually currently, the BB has comprehensive supervision and control over 60 scheduled banks and 5 non-scheduled banks. Judging various circumstances of the banking sector in Bangladesh, here we have listed the top 10 popular banks in Bangladesh with career weblinks.

List of Top 10 Commerical and Gov Banks in Bangladesh

1. Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd.

As it’s known as IBBL, it is one of the leading commercial banks in Bangladesh. As the best bank in the country, it’s awarded in 1999. Also, it gets an award in 2000 for excellent banking solutions and service. One of the top-level and popular Banks in Bangladesh is the Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, which was incorporated on 13 March 1983 as a public limited company Act 1913. Among the shareholder of this bank, there are 36.91% local and 63.09% foreign.

Having 33,686 shareholders as of thirty-first December 2016, it is on the list with Dhaka securities market and urban center securities market licensed Capital of the Bank is BDT 20,000.00 Million and paid Capital is BDT 16,099.90 Million. Apart from these, the bank is famous among common people in Bangladesh.

Website: www.islamibankbd.com
Career: career.islamibankbd.com/career.php

2. Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd.

Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited is shortly known as DBBL and the best bank among many banks in Bangladesh. It is supporting clients with the largest digital banking system and ATM booths. Apart from being the best, DBBL is the largest donor bank amongst all Bangladeshi banks. It has more than 18,999,000 customers across the country. The Bank has both 165 Branches and 4417 ATM. It is Bangladesh’s first joint venture bank in its 21 years of banking. These all made it number 2 among the Bangladeshi banks.

It’s the very first non-governmental state-funded mobile banking service provider bank in Bangladesh. M Sahabuddin Ahmed established it in 1996. If you wish to establish an account with DBBL, you can do so using mobile banking services anywhere in Bangladesh.

Website: www.dutchbanglabank.com
Career: app.dutchbanglabank.com/Online_Job

3. Sonali Bank Ltd.

Sonali Bank Ltd. is considered to be the largest bank in Bangladesh, it’s the Nationalized Commercial Bank. It was formed under “Nationalization Order 1972” for providing a long range of financial services. It’s on the top of the choices of the people of Bangladesh with 1201 branches; 854 and 345 branches are located in rural and urban areas respectively. Sonali Bank Ltd. is more popular than many local government banks in Bangladesh.

At the moment, there are a total of 18167+ officers and workers. Sonali Bank Limited has been supported by a variety of social activities such as pensions, retirement payments for both private and public personnel, collection of service organization bills, and so on. It has also helped to promote the country’s trade and commerce through promoting economic activity.

Website: www.sonalibank.com.bd
Career: www.sonalibank.com.bd/sblrec/applicant/home.php

4. Prime Bank Ltd.

After establishing in 1995, Prime Bank manages a highly professional team who are enthusiastic about their professional banking service. With more than 60 branches, the bank fully follows international stander in the finance and banking system. Apart from these, it achieves the ICAB National Awards in 2002. Prime Bank is well renowned for its Corporate and Institutional Banking skills, as well as its revolutionary Digital Banking offerings. Global Finance, a major financial newspaper located in North America, has named Prime Bank the Best Bank in Bangladesh for 2020. Asiamoney, another worldwide financial newspaper, named Premier Bank the Best Digital Bank in Bangladesh in 2020.

Website: www.primebank.com.bd
Career: www.primebank.com.bd/index.php/home/career

5. HSBC Bank Ltd.

Having an international network and 7,500 offices in 81 countries and territories in Europe, HSBC (Hong Kong, Shanghai Banking Corporation) Bank is the largest banking and financial service provider worldwide. After opening the HSBC branch in 1996, HSBC is one of the top choices for Bangladeshi people in maintaining international transactions. These all were possible as they are providing clients with friendly financial services and support to the Bangladeshi people in international banking.

Website: www.hsbc.com.bd
Career:www.hsbc.com.bd/1/2/careers

6. Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh Pvt. Ltd.

Standard Chartered Bank was founded in 1948 as a banking and financial service company. Standard Bank started the journey from Chittagong. Though it is one of the largest foreign banks in Bangladesh it is limiting its ATM booth services. It provides a wide range of services to its clients. It was awarded ”Bank of the Year award by The Banker in 2013, 2012 & 2010” and ”Best Consumer Internet Bank’ at the Global Finance Awards in 2013

Website: www.sc.com/bd
Career: www.sc.com/en/careers

7. BRAC Bank Ltd.

Focusing on Small and Medium class Enterprises,  BRAC BANK was the fastest among growing as a popular private commercial bank in Bangladesh. Besides, BRAC Bank offers a financial solution for any client need as per their requirement with 156 outlets, over 310 ATMs, and over 700,100 clients on the market. This is the only bank that is working for a long time for the Bangladeshi people’s health, poverty, environment, etc through its various programs.

Website: www.bracbank.com
Career: careers.brac.net/Presentation/Landing.aspx

8. Habib Bank Ltd.

HBL starts functioning in Bangladesh in 1976, and since then it has kept opening new branches. Habib Bank Limited is a commercial bank in Pakistan run by private players. It provides services like car loans, home loans, credit cards, debit cards, fast transfers, phone banking, etc under individual banking services.

With five branches in Bangladesh, it comes with many different services like- Commercial banking, Investment banking, Corporate banking, Islamic banking, Cash Management, Global Treasury Asset banking, etc.

Website: www.hbl.com
Career: www.hblpeople.com

9. Bank Asia Ltd.

Bank Asia Ltd was founded in 1999 by a group of successful businesspeople with well-known social positions. The Bank’s executive team is managed by veteran bankers with decades of expertise in national and international markets. The top management team is well-backed by a group of specialists, many of whom have worldwide market experience. They are working on expanding their services day by day. Bank Asia Ltd. is popular among the BD people for its various services and its financial activities are good for the purpose of remittance.

Website: www.bankasia-bd.com
Career: www.bankasia-bd.com/home/hr_intro

10. Janata Bank Ltd.

After being established in 1971, Janata Bank has more than 844 branches all over the country. It’s not only the second-largest commercial bank in Bangladesh and it has 4 branches in the United Arab Emirates as well. Janata Bank was registered with the Joint Stock of Registrars on November 15, 2007, and reformed as a public limited company under the name Janata Bank Ltd.

Website: www.jb.com.bd
Career: career.janatabank-bd.com

Contributor: Tawsif Ahmed; Studying at Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University.

Note: These are not Official Ranking From Any Established Authority. Business Haunt Picked Them Randomly and Placed on the Base of Popularity and Internet Source.

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  1. Islami bank Bangladesh limited has become the most popular destination for banking in the Bangladeshi rural areas.

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