The
commercial banking system dominates Bangladesh's financial sector.
Bangladesh
Bank
is the Central Bank of Bangladesh and the chief regulatory authority
in the sector. The banking system is composed of four state-owned
commercial banks, five specialized development banks, thirty eight
private commercial Banks and nine foreign commercial banks. The
Nobel-prize winning Grameen
Bank
is a specialized micro-finance institution, which revolutionized the
concept of micro-credit and contributed greatly towards poverty
reduction and the empowerment of women in Bangladesh.
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Central
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State-owned commercial banks |
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Private commercial banks |
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Foreign commercial banks |
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Specialized development banks |
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Land development bank |
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Non-banking financial institutions |
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