FIN-B 3rd SC Meeting

The 3rd Steering Committee (SC) meeting of FIN-B was held on 28 January 2019 at PKSF Conference Room. Dr Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, Chairman of InM and the SC presided over the meeting. A total of 23 members and/or their representatives were present in the meeting. The organisations included

  • Bangladesh Bank (BB)
  • Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA)
  • Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM)
  • Bangladesh General Insurance Company Ltd. (BGIC)
  • SME Foundation
  • Integrated Development Foundation (IDF)
  • Access to Information (A2i) Programme
  • University of Dhaka
  • Credit and Development Forum (CDF)
  • Bank Asia Limited
  • Bkash
  • Institute for Inclusive Finance and Development (InM)

The SC discussed probable working avenues of FIN-B and approved its work plan for 2019. The Committee expressed their appreciation over the publications of FIN-Biz, the half-yearly flagship journal of FIN-B and Finimile, a quarterly newsletter of the Network. In addition, the SC approved the proposal of organising the 1st FIN-B International Financial Inclusion Conference and Inclusion Fair 2019, to be held in July 2019 and a FIN-B member’s collaboration meeting in March 2019. Moreover, the Committee approved three project proposals, to be implemented through the leadership of FIN-B and with the collaboration of different organisations.