Mercantile Bank PLC and Mastercard announced their collaboration to launch a comprehensive portfolio of new cards, offering unmatched convenience, benefits and financial flexibility to cardholders in Bangladesh.
In this connection a grand launching ceremony was held on Saturday at Radisson Blue Water Garden graced by Salehuddin Ahmed, adviser, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Science & Technology as chief guest.
Anwarul Haque, chairman, Mercantile Bank PLC spokes on the occasion as special guests while Mati Ul Hasan, managing director of Mercantile Bank presided over the meeting.
Md Zahid Hossain, deputy managing director & CBO and Tapash Chandra Paul, CFO of the bank also spokes on the occasion.
Akram Hossain (Humayun), vice-chairman; MA Khan Belal, chairman of Executive Committee; Mohammad Abdul Awal, chairman of Risk Management Committee and Mosharref Hossain, director and Md Zakir Hossain and Shamim Ahmed deputy managing directors; Mostafizur Rahman, head of Cards of Mercantile Bank PLC, Zakia Sultana, director, Mastercard Bangladesh along with senior officials from bank and Mastercard also took part in the discussion.
Salehuddin Ahmed, adviser, Ministry of Finance, said, 鈥榃e are committed to encouraging digital transactions as much as possible, as they ensure greater transparency and traceability- especially through platforms like Mastercard.鈥�
Md Zakir Hossain Chowdhury, deputy governor, Bangladesh Bank, said, 鈥業 look forward to witnessing more such impactful initiatives in the future that help us on our journey toward a smarter, more secure digital economy.鈥�
Syed Mohammad Kamal, country manager, Bangladesh, Mastercard, said, 鈥楾his launch marks a significant milestone in expanding Mastercard鈥檚 network of issuing partners in Bangladesh.鈥�
Mati Ul Hasan, managing director, Mercantile Bank PLC, stated, 鈥榃e are proud to partner with Mastercard to introduce a full suite of credit, debit, and prepaid card products under our newly acquired Principal Membership.鈥�
