Bangladesh wins int'l award for school banking

লিখেছেন লিখেছেন ইগলের চোখ ১৪ ডিসেম্বর, ২০১৫, ০৩:৫৩:২৮ দুপুর

Bangladesh has won the Child and Youth Finance International (CYFI) Country Award 2015 from Asia and the Pacific region for massive financial inclusion activities, particularly in the area of Bangladesh Bank's mooted school banking. This is another milestone achievement for Bangladesh branding her as a role model for financial inclusion. CYFI is a Europe based global network of 36 million children and youth across 125 countries that works for enhancing the financial capabilities of children and youth. This year India and Fiji were two other nominated countries for the award, but finally Bangladesh won the crown. The award was officially handed over to Bangladesh Bank. In 2010, Central Bank gave the direction to the banks of country to start school banking scheme for increasing the savings for the school students. Under the school banking scheme, students can now open bank accounts with initial deposits of only Tk 100 with no charges or fees applicable on such accounts. There are no expenses to run these accounts but profitable. Students can also pay the school fees throw their accounts. Working street children have also been brought into the net of formal financial system in 2014 and parents can now pay the school fees for their children throw mobile financial services.

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