Pubali Bank inaugurated shariah-based Islamic banking services online in all of its 491 branches and 93 sub-branches.
Managing Director and CEO of the bank Safiul Alam Khan Chowdhury was present as the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony held at the bank's head office, reads a press release.
Additional Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the bank Mohammad Ali was present as the special guest.
Deputy Managing Director and Company Secretary Zahid Ahsan were also present. General Manager of Islamic Banking Wing Dewan Jamil Masud delivered the welcome speech.
Through online-based Islamic banking services, customers will get Islamic banking facilities from all branches and sub-branches of Pubali Bank.
Under this, they can open, close and renew all types of deposit accounts. They can accept check books from all branches and sub-branches and give any kind of banking instructions.
All kinds of services will also be provided to those who are interested in investing in Shari'ah-guided manner.
Pubali Bank, the country's largest private commercial bank, introduced Islamic banking products alongside conventional banking through two Islamic banking windows in 2010.
Later, ten Islamic banking windows were opened in 2019 and five more in 2020 with the approval of the Bangladesh Bank.
At present, the total number of Islamic banking windows in the bank is 17.
In continuation of this, Pubali Islamic Banking has been launched to provide Islamic banking services to all branches and sub-branches of the bank online.
