{"id":6947,"date":"2022-03-15T07:23:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T07:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/10.81.104.155\/int\/?post_type=article&#038;p=6947"},"modified":"2023-11-16T03:18:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T03:18:50","slug":"digital-financial","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/sponsorcontent.cnn.com\/int\/made-in-bangladesh\/digital-financial\/","title":{"rendered":"A Digital Transformation in Financial Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <style>\n    @media (min-width: 980px) {\n      .wp-block-hero__heading { font-size: 82px !important}\n      .wp-block-hero__sub-heading { font-size: 28px !important}\n    }\n  <\/style>\n\n<article class=\"wp-block-hero break-out\">\n\n      <div class=\"wp-block-hero__background\">\n                        <img data-src=\"https:\/\/sponsorcontent.cnn.com\/int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MOC-AF4-Finance-hero-final.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-hero__background__image wp-block-hero__background__image--desktop lazy\">\n              \n          <\/div>\n  \n  <i class=\"wp-block-hero__overlay\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\n  \n      <i\n    aria-hidden=\"true\"\n    class=\"wp-block-hero__custom-overlay\"\n    style=\"background-color:#000000;opacity:0.31\"><\/i>\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"wp-block-hero__intro-wrap container\">\n    <h1 class=\"wp-block-hero__heading\">A Digital Transformation<br \/>in Financial Services<\/h1>\n  \n          <p class=\"wp-block-hero__sub-heading\">Made in Bangladesh<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n\n  \n    <div class=\"wp-block-hero__content-by wp-block-hero__content-by--wrap container\">      \n      <ul class=\"wp-block-hero__logos\">\n                  <li class=\"wp-block-hero__item\">\n\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/madeinbangladesh.digital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\">\n            \n                          <img data-src=https:\/\/sponsorcontent.cnn.com\/int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MOC_AF_logo-300x227.png alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-hero__icon lazy\">\n            \n                          <\/a>\n            \n          <\/li>\n              <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n    \n  <\/article>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#18585f\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Bangladesh\u2019s mobile financial services sector is bringing financial inclusion to everyone.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The unbanked segments of Bangladesh are fertile ground for Mobile Financial Services (MFS) growth. Over the past decade, MFS has expanded to almost every corner of Bangladesh. The country&#8217;s innovative regulatory policies have become key drivers for the country&#8217;s advanced MFS technologies and increased digital financial inclusion.<br><br>Bangladesh is now leading the MFS transformation in South Asia, with an increasing number of MFS providers offering a broad array of financial services that are bringing financial inclusion to the masses.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image wp-block-image--default \"><img data-src=\"https:\/\/sponsorcontent.cnn.com\/int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MOC-AF4-Finance-intro-final-100x67.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sponsorcontent.cnn.com\/int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MOC-AF4-Finance-intro-final.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/sponsorcontent.cnn.com\/int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MOC-AF4-Finance-intro-final-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sponsorcontent.cnn.com\/int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MOC-AF4-Finance-intro-final-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sponsorcontent.cnn.com\/int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MOC-AF4-Finance-intro-final-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sponsorcontent.cnn.com\/int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MOC-AF4-Finance-intro-final-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sponsorcontent.cnn.com\/int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MOC-AF4-Finance-intro-final-1247x831.jpg 1247w, https:\/\/sponsorcontent.cnn.com\/int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MOC-AF4-Finance-intro-final-826x551.jpg 826w, https:\/\/sponsorcontent.cnn.com\/int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MOC-AF4-Finance-intro-final-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sponsorcontent.cnn.com\/int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MOC-AF4-Finance-intro-final-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sponsorcontent.cnn.com\/int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MOC-AF4-Finance-intro-final-520x347.jpg 520w, https:\/\/sponsorcontent.cnn.com\/int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/MOC-AF4-Finance-intro-final-260x173.jpg 260w\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-image__image lazy\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#18585f\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cnn-heading\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-cnn-heading__heading\">Empowerment and Freedom<\/h2><div class=\"wp-block-cnn-heading__content\"><p>Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and MFS provide unbanked and underbanked populations with increasingly optimized access to a full spectrum of financial services. At the forefront of Bangladesh&#8217;s digital transformation in financial services is bKash, which currently serves nearly 60 million users.<br><br>With bKash, customers can access mobile money services, including money transfers, real-time remittances, essential goods and utility payments, bank loan applications, salary payment, and government social safety net allowances. The rapid consumer adoption of MFS increases transactional speed and security, ultimately boosting customer transaction volume and accelerating a more sustainable economy.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t<article class=\"wp-block-carousel wp-block-carousel--align-wide wp-block-carousel--orientation-portrait wp-block-carousel--disable-crop\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-carousel__slider\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-carousel__slider-buttons\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-carousel__slider-button wp-block-carousel__slider-button--prev prev-btn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to go previous slide<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-carousel__slider-button wp-block-carousel__slider-button--next next-btn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to go next 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class=\"wp-block-cnn-heading__heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#18585f\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Financial Inclusion<\/mark><\/h2><div class=\"wp-block-cnn-heading__content\"><p>At its core, financial inclusion empowers underserved individuals with access to essential and affordable financial services, which is critical to help Bangladesh achieve United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We started our journey a little over 12 years ago with a dream to empower the unbanked. 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class=\"wp-block-carousel__numbers\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-carousel__current\">1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-carousel__label\">of<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-carousel__total\">4<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-carousel__arrows\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-carousel__button wp-block-carousel__button--prev prev-btn\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Click to go previous slide\"><svg class=\"svg-icon svg-icon--icon-carousel-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-carousel-left\" xlink:href=\"#icon-carousel-left\"><\/use> <\/svg><\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-carousel__button wp-block-carousel__button--next next-btn\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Click to go next slide\"><svg class=\"svg-icon svg-icon--icon-carousel-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-carousel-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-carousel-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-carousel__fullscreen fullscreen-btn\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Click to open image fullscreen\"><svg class=\"svg-icon svg-icon--icon-fullscreen\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-fullscreen\" xlink:href=\"#icon-fullscreen\"><\/use> <\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-carousel__caption-slider\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-carousel__container\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"wp-block-carousel__caption\" aria-hidden=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSource: <a rel=\"sponsored\" rel=\"sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cgap.org\/blog\/bangladeshs-covid-19-response-taking-digital-finance-new-levels\" target=\"new\">CGAP<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"wp-block-carousel__caption\" aria-hidden=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSource: <a rel=\"sponsored\" rel=\"sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/fintechforhealth.sg\/mobile-financial-services-in-bangladesh-emerging-through-the-pandemic\/\" target=\"new\">ACCESS Health International<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"wp-block-carousel__caption\" aria-hidden=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSource: <a rel=\"sponsored\" rel=\"sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailystar.net\/business\/economy\/news\/mfs-helping-bangladesh-become-digital-economy-2912311\" target=\"new\">The Daily Star<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"wp-block-carousel__caption\" aria-hidden=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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With lockdowns in place and physical services halted, bKash also pioneered mobile financial transactions with services like P2P (Person 2 Person) money transfers. Consumers used bKash to pay income tax and government fees that support these social security initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#18585f\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cnn-heading\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-cnn-heading__heading\">A Cashless Bangladesh<\/h2><div class=\"wp-block-cnn-heading__content\"><p>Bangladesh has been working towards a cashless society. 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According to Bangladesh Bank, &#8220;the average daily MFS transactions increased by 7% in 2019-20. &#8220;This, combined with increasing internet penetration (28% in 2020) and the growth potential on the smartphone market (41% in 2020), will push the country toward a cashless society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cnn-heading\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-cnn-heading__heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#18585f\" class=\"has-inline-color\">An Innovative Vision for the Future<\/mark><\/h2><div class=\"wp-block-cnn-heading__content\"><p>The government created &#8220;Vision 2021&#8221; to support the implementation of a Digital Bangladesh. In addition, the Bangladesh Central Bank partnered with the private sector to create a stable payment ecosystem and foster increased local MFS innovation.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Regulated financial services built on a viable business model benefit the customers in the long run.<\/p>\n<cite>Mahfuz Sadique, Chief Communications Officer at bKash<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This support encourages more licensed MFS providers such as bKash, Rocket, TAP, and Upay, to create more innovative technologies. &#8220;In a compliant space, service providers are encouraged to bring more competitive customer-centric services. 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Nearly 300,000 agents work as \u201cHuman ATMs\u201d who bring transaction services to the doorsteps of millions of customers. Like bKash, more MFS providers are venturing into more complex financial products by partnering with brick-and-mortar banks. For example, City Bank introduced Bangladesh&#8217;s first Digital Nano Loan, which is only available through the bKash app.<br><br>Bangladesh\u2019s digital transformation signals a bright future for the nation and for South Asia\u2019s economic growth. bKash\u2019s success represents the potential of Bangladesh&#8217;s market of over 160 million consumers. Started as a joint venture between BRAC Bank Limited, Bangladesh and Money in Motion LLC, USA, it has attracted investments from global organizations such as the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Ant Group, and SoftBank Vision Fund, enabling it to continue innovating and supporting financial inclusion across Bangladesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n\t<article class=\"wp-block-video\">\n\t\t<figure class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-video__wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tdata-plyr-provider=\"vimeo\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-video__player\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-plyr-provider=\"vimeo\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-plyr-embed-id=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/885052689\"\n\t\t\t\t><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-audio-player__controls wp-block-audio-player__controls--hide\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-audio-player__next\">Watch 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