Efma international retail banking summit in Bangladesh

International Retail Banking Summit in Bangladesh www.efma.com/bangladesh

Nowadays, about 70 percent of Bangladesh’s population is still unbanked. But the rapidly expanding mobile and internet use in Bangladesh has opened up windows of opportunity for business models to devise cost-effective delivery of financial services.

The Efma Retail Banking Bangladesh 2015 will serve as a platform for the retail banks to discuss key issues affecting the retail financial services industry in the country.

The event will be an opportunity for key policy makers, decision makers and industry leaders to discover challenges, innovations, and best practices essential for the further growth of the Bangladeshi retail banking sector.

The key issues discussed during the summit will include: Financial inclusion via branchless banking I nnovations in cards and payments in emerging market

25 April 2015 – Dhaka

Shitangshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury Deputy Governor Bangladesh Bank Bangladesh Syed Mahbubur Rahman Managing Director & CEO BRAC Bank Bangladesh Ali Reza Iftekhar Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer Eastern Bank Limited Bangladesh Ratan Kumar Nag General Manager Grameen Bank Bangladesh Sardar Akhter Hamed EVP and Head of Retail Banking United Commercial Bank Bangladesh

Islamic banking in Bangladesh SMEs and agriculture access to finance

We would like to thank Bangladesh Bank for offering us the support needed to make this meeting a successful event.

25 April 2015 – Dhaka

Efma is a not-for-profit organisation formed in 1971 by bankers and insurers to encourage their colleagues to share experiences, promote the best practices of their institution, and collaborate through alliances and partnerships.

Efma brings together more than 3,300 retail financial services companies from over 130 countries.

About us

With a membership base consisting of almost a third of all largest retail banks worldwide, Efma has proven to be a valuable resource for the global industry, as it offers the retail financial service community exclusive access to a wide array of resources, databases, studies, articles, news feeds and publications. True to

its vocation, Efma has recently developed an Innovation portal which aims to identify and award the most innovative projects in the retail financial services arena.

Efma also provides numerous networking opportunities via working groups, webinars and international meetings. Each year, Efma holds a series of stimulating conferences worlwide. These events attract a wide selection of international speakers from financial institutions willing to exchange views with the financial community. Leading industry experts from many different disciplines are also invited to present their reports published in partnership with Efma.

Dear colleague, We are delighted to announce that Efma will be hosting its International Retail Banking Summit in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 25 April 2015.

Bangladesh has become a fascinating banking landscape due to all the recent significant transformation it has undergone: expanding banking services throughout its population, with branchless banking, microfinance and mobile wallets.

This event will ask what the best models are for reaching out to the unbanked, and how the retail financial industry can provide better access to financial services to the poor. Speakers will include some of the leading bankers from the region and the event will provide excellent opportunities for discussion and networking.

To find out more about the event, check out the website on www.efma.com/bangladesh or contact my colleague Asma, asma@efma.com We look forward to welcoming you in Dhaka!

Kind regards, Patrick Desmarès CEO Efma Patrick Desmarès CEO Efma

www.efma.com

SATURDAY 25 APRIL 2015

PROGRAMME 8:30 9:40

Tea/Coffee and registration Fahim uz Zaman Regional Manager, MiddleEast Efma

Introductory speech

9:55

Shitangshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury Deputy Governor Bangladesh Bank

Welcome address and keynote speech

10:15

Ali Reza Iftekhar Managing Director & CEO Eastern Bank

Inaugural speech

10:30 11:00

Tea/coffee break & networking Syed Mahbubur Rahman Managing Director & CEO BRAC Bank

Targeting the unserved and underserved via branchless banking

11:20

Pial Islam Managing Director pi Strategy Consulting

Mobile banking at the crossroads - three big questions

11:28

PANEL DISCUSSION ON BRANCHLESS BANKING Syed Mahbubur Rahman Managing Director & CEO BRAC Bank & Ali Reza Iftekhar Managing Director & CEO Eastern Bank & Abul Kashem Md. Shirin Deputy Managing Director Dutch-Bangla Bank

12:30 13:30

Lunch Ratan Kumar Nag General Manager Grameen Bank

Loan products of Grameen Bank focusing on micro enterprise loans (SME) and agricultural loans

14:00

PANEL DISCUSSION ON SMES AND AGRICULTURE ACCESS TO FINANCE Chaired by Fahim uz Zaman Director, The Emerging Finance Efma Md. Khurshed Alam Executive Vice President, Head of SME Banking Eastern Bank Limited & Ratan Kumar Nag General Manager Grameen Bank & Md. Iqbal Hossain SEVP – Head of SME & Retail Banking The Premier Bank

15:00 15:30

Tea/coffee break

16:00

Shah Zia-ul-Haque Deputy Director Bangladesh Bank

Innovations in cards and payments in Bangladesh: experience as regulator and overseer.

PANEL DISCUSSION ON INNOVATIONS IN CARDS AND PAYMENTS Chaired by Fahim uz Zaman Director, The Emerging Finance Efma Shahzad Shahid CEO TPS & Sarder Akhter Hamed EVP and Head of Retail Banking United Commercial Bank & Shah Zia-ul Haque Deputy Director Bangladesh Bank & Gazi Yar Mohammed SVP & Head of Retail Banking ONE Bank & Faiq Sadiq Group Head, Payment Services Habib Bank Pakistan & Mohammed Azmul Huda Chief Technology Officer bKash Limited

17:00 Vote of thanks 17:15 End of the event 25 April 2015 – Dhaka

REGISTRATION FORM

INTERNATIONAL RETAIL BANKING SUMMIT IN BANGLADESH

25 April 2015 – Dhaka, Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management ATTENDEE’S INFORMATION Mrs.

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION DATES The conference will begin with a welcome tea/coffee on Saturday 25 April at 8.15 and will end around 17.00.

VENUE Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management Plot No. 4, Main Road No. 1 (South) Section No. 2 Mirpur Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh Tel : + 88-02-9002744

LANGUAGES All sessions will be held in English.

CANCELLATION

REGISTRATION The registration fee covers participation in the conference, documents, lunch and coffee breaks. Registration fees must be paid in full prior to the event. Efma reserves the right to refuse entry to any delegate who has not paid his or her invoice prior to the event.

We welcome late-bookers, but credit card information must be provided.

All cancellations must be received in writing.

A 20% cancellation fee will be charged for all cancellations received on or before Saturday 11 April 2015. The full fee will be charged for cancellations made after that date, as well as to delegates who are unable to attend on the day, unless a substitute delegate is provided.

Substitutions are accepted at any time.

REGISTRATION FEE Free for Efma Members* US$ 500 for Efma non-members US$ 800 for representatives of others non-financial institutions

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