Dutch-Bangla Bank (DBBL)

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Overview

Dutch-Bangla Bank (DBBL) is Bangladeshi commercial bank + DSE: DUTCHBANGL + CSE: DUTCHBANGL + M Sahabuddin Ahmed Bangladeshi industrialist founder + family controlling + one of Bangladesh's largest commercial banks by branch + ATM network + DBBL Rocket mobile money pioneer ^{1, Bangladesh report}.

History

1996 — Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited founded as Bangladesh-Netherlands joint venture with FMO Netherlands Development Finance Company distinctive Bangladeshi banking heritage.

2010 — DBBL launches DBBL Mobile Banking (later rebranded as Rocket) distinctive Bangladeshi mobile money pioneer.

2020 — DBBL NexusPay mobile app launch + Bangla QR support.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited DBBL (Bangladeshi commercial bank; M Sahabuddin Ahmed family controlling).

Major shareholders: M Sahabuddin Ahmed Bangladeshi industrialist founder + family controlling + Bangladeshi retail + institutional + foreign investors.

Regulators: Bangladesh Bank.

Technical integration

DBBL NexusPay mobile app (iOS + Android) + DBBL Rocket mobile money (USSD + app) + dutchbanglabank.com online + DBBL branch network across Bangladesh + DBBL Visa + Mastercard + Nexus debit cards; BD IBAN + NPSB (National Payment Switch Bangladesh) + Bangla QR (Bangladesh national QR payment standard).

Implementations & partners

Major Bangladeshi banking + payments competitors: bKash (bKash; BRAC Bank parent; Bangladesh's largest mobile financial service ~80M+ users) + Nagad (Nagad; Bangladesh Postal Department mobile money) + BRAC Bank (Astha App) (BRAC Bank; DSE: BRACBANK; Bangladeshi commercial bank; bKash parent) + The City Bank Bangladesh (The City Bank; Bangladeshi commercial bank) + Eastern Bank Bangladesh (Eastern Bank; Bangladeshi commercial bank) + Rocket (Dutch-Bangla Bank) (DBBL Rocket; DBBL mobile money).

Regulator: Bangladesh Bank.

Status

Active, Bangladeshi commercial bank + DSE:DUTCHBANGL + M Sahabuddin Ahmed family controlling + one of Bangladesh's largest commercial banks by branch + ATM network + DBBL Rocket mobile money pioneer ^{1, 2}.

Sources

1 DBBL — official
2 Dutch-Bangla Bank — Wikipedia
^{Bangladesh report} In-corpus: reports/countries/BD-bangladesh.md

Source

Biography extracted from dutch-bangla-bank.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.