March 30, 2012

Financial Institutions To Take Mandatory Permission From Bangladesh Bank


Financial Institutions To Take Mandatory Permission From Bangladesh Bank 


DHAKA: BDST: 2011 HRS, MAR 29, 2012

It is mandatory for financial institutions to take permission from Bangladesh Bank (BB) to form any new subsidiary company for investment. Besides, the institutions, which are investing through forming subsidiary
companies violating the ‘Financial Institution Act-1993’, they have to withdraw investment by September 30.The central bank issued a gazette notification by giving the directives to the financial institutions Thursday. The notification said it was observed that the tendency of investing through forming subsidiary company has been increased among financial institutions. It raised the investment risk of the institutions. So, they have to take permission from Bangladesh Bank for minimizing the risk.

Sourcebanglanews24.com