e-fund transfer system resumes at Bangladesh Bank after five days


FE Team | Published: April 18, 2021 15:10:38 | Updated: April 21, 2021 10:46:48


e-fund transfer system resumes at Bangladesh Bank after five days

Inter-bank cheque settlement and electronic fund transfer system of Bangladesh Bank resumed on Sunday morning after five days of suspension.

The system was suspended on Tuesday last due to a technical fault in the optical fibre of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL), reports UNB.

“The Inter-bank cheque settlement and electronic fund transfer system resumed operation from the morning and there is no problem in this regard as it is working in full swing”, Sirajul Islam, BB spokesperson, told UNB.

According to official sources at the BB, one of the two servers, one located at the central bank and another at Bangladesh Bank Training Academy in Mirpur, went out of action disrupting the electronic fund transfer inter-bank cheque settlement. 

Technicians of both BB and BTCL were working to resolve the problem and finally, they became successful in adressing the glitch.

Official sources said the glitch took place following an order from the central bank to stop the operation of the system during the all-out lockdown. But after the change in the decision, when the clearinghouse was asked to resume the system, it started experiencing problems in the server, said a source at the BB.

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