Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh and bKash Limited have partnered to enable customers to transfer funds from their Standard Chartered Bank accounts to bKash accounts using Standard Chartered’s Online Banking platform and SC Mobile App.
Under the terms of the agreement, in future Standard Chartered credit cardholders will also be able to transfer fund to bKash Accounts by debiting their credit cards.
Kamal Quadir, Chief Executive Officer of bKash and Naser Ezaz Bijoy, Chief Executive Officer of Standard Charted Bangladesh signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations at the head office of Standard Chartered in the city recently. Senior management officials of both the organizations were also present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Naser Ezaz Bijoy, Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bangladesh said, “As Bangladesh continues its growth journey, we are seeing the emergence of a vibrant digital economy. As a partner in progress to the nation, Standard Chartered remains committed to building a collaborative ecosystem, driving innovations that will have a meaningful impact on the lives of our customers, clients and the greater community.”
bKash CEO Kamal Quadir said, “bKash-Standard Chartered partnership generates opportunities for StanChart customers to avail all bKash services including reaching out 31 million bKash customers. It also opens opportunities for StanChart to design products and services for common people which now can be channelled through bKash.”
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