Eastern Bank Bangladesh

Overview

Eastern Bank Bangladesh is DSE: EBL + CSE: EBL + Bangladeshi commercial bank + one of Bangladesh's largest commercial banks + founded Aug 8 1992 to take over the former BCCI (Bank of Credit and Commerce International) Bangladesh branches after BCCI's 1991 collapse ^{1, Bangladesh report}.

History

Aug 8 1992 — Eastern Bank Limited EBL founded to take over the former BCCI (Bank of Credit and Commerce International) Bangladesh branches after BCCI's 1991 collapse distinctive Bangladeshi banking heritage.

2014 — EBL Skybanking mobile banking app launch.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Eastern Bank Limited EBL (Bangladeshi commercial bank; DSE: EBL + CSE: EBL).

Major shareholders: Bangladeshi institutional + retail + foreign investors free float.

Regulators: Bangladesh Bank + national regulators across 4+ countries.

Technical integration

EBL Skybanking mobile app (iOS + Android) + ebl.com.bd online + Eastern Bank Limited branch network across Bangladesh + Myanmar + Kenya + Hong Kong international branches + EBL Visa + Mastercard cards; BD IBAN + NPSB + Bangla QR.

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; DSE: CITYBANK + CSE: CITYBANK; Bangladeshi commercial bank) + Dutch-Bangla Bank (DBBL) (Dutch-Bangla Bank DBBL; DSE: DUTCHBANGL + CSE: DUTCHBANGL; Bangladeshi commercial bank) + HSBC Bangladesh (HSBC Bangladesh; HSBC Holdings UK parent subsidiary) + Standard Chartered Bangladesh (Standard Chartered Bangladesh; LSE: STAN + SEHK: 2888 UK-headquartered international banking group).

Regulators: Bangladesh Bank + national regulators across 4+ countries.

Status

Active, DSE:EBL + CSE:EBL + Bangladeshi commercial bank + one of Bangladesh's largest commercial banks + founded Aug 8 1992 to take over the former BCCI (Bank of Credit and Commerce International) Bangladesh branches after BCCI's 1991 collapse ^{1, 2}.

Sources

• 1 EBL — official
• 2 EBL — Wikipedia
• ^{Bangladesh report} In-corpus: reports/countries/BD-bangladesh.md

Source

Biography extracted from eastern-bank-bd.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.