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Momtaz Uddin Ahmed

  • Retired Professor
  • Mon, 22 Apr 24
Author: Retired Professor and Chairman, Department of Economics, Dhaka University; Former Chairman, Rupali Bank PLC.; Director, Board of Directors, Bangladesh Bank, and former member, Planning Commission.
Factors to consider before bank consolidation
Factors to consider before bank consolidation

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Mon, 22 Apr 24

Factors to consider before bank consolidation

For a long time, the banking sector in the country has been plagued by various complex problems. Failures in recovering loans from defaulters engaged in fraudulent activities, inability to control internal malpractices and ensure good governance, increasing incidence of insider lending, and the proliferation of banks—all these complex issues have slowed down the normal functioning of the banking sector. It is primarily to address these problems that the decision to consolidate banks has been taken.