bKash
Limited in association with Bangladesh Bank today organised a day long workshop
on ‘Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML &
CFT)’ for the senior officials of the company to create awareness on the issue.
M.
Mahfuzur Rahman, Executive Director and Deputy Head of Bangladesh Financial
Intelligence Unit (BFIU) of Bangladesh Bank inaugurated the workshop as the
chief guest.
A
total of 65 bKash officials participated in the workshop held at Long Beach
hotel in the city.
4
(four) topics were presented at the workshop by Bangladesh Bank and bKash
officials highlighting various aspects of AML & CFT laws and its
implementation in the banks and financial institutions.
Prajna
Paramita Saha, Deputy Director of Payment Service Department (PSD) of
Bangladesh Bank made a presentation on, ‘Mobile Financial Services (MFS): An
overview on policy and current scenario’ while Md Rashed, Deputy Director, BFIU
of Bangladesh Bank gave another presentation on ‘Significance and applicability
of AML and CFT Related Laws, Rules, Regulations in MFS’.
Major
General (Retd) Sheikh Md. Monirul Islam, Chief External and Corporate Affairs
Officer (CECAO) and Chief Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance Officer (CAMLCO)
of bKash Limited in his presentation on
‘Making MFS AML and CFT Compliant- a bKash perspective’ highlighted the
actions bKash Limited had taken so far to comply with rules and regulations
stipulated in the AML and CFT law.
Captain
(Retired, Bangladesh Navy) Saber Sharif, Head of Corporate Affairs and DCAMLCO
of bKash Limited made a presentation on ‘Preventing ML and TF, a bKash
perspective”.
Addressing
the workshop, M. Mahfuzur Rahman, praised bKash for organising such workshop
which he said would help the participants to understand the importance of
implementing AML and CFT laws to
monitor, detect and report any
suspicious transactions.
Kamal
Quadir, Chief Executive Officer of bKash said bKash has appointed around 100
compliance officers who are working in the field level to ensure bKash runs its
services in a compliant manner.
He
also said bKash would gradually train up all of its employees on AML and CFT
law.
Launched in 2011, bKash, which provides complete
mobile financial services to common people, is a joint venture of BRAC Bank, US
based Money in Motion, World Bank’s private sector investment arm International
Finance Corporation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. (source: press
release)
