মোছাঃ লাকী আখতার পারভীন
সহকারী শিক্ষক
১৭ সেপ্টেম্বর, ২০২১ ০৬:৪৭ অপরাহ্ণ
The next step of digital Bangladesh is building a cashless society
Prime
Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy said that the next step
of digital Bangladesh is building a cashless society to ensure
transparency, accountability and mobility in financial transactions.
He said, Bangladesh is performing well than the other countries during the Covid pandemic.
Bangladesh
started various activities, including video conferencing and e-filling,
long ago, just during the Covid pandemic, the country is actively
utilizing it.
In the last 12 years, the ICT Division has achieved
unimaginable success in the banking sector and financial sector of
Bangladesh, including financial inclusion, official sources said.
Due
to information technology alone, there are now about four crore mobile
banking customers in the country and the daily turnover of mobile
banking is around Taka 2, 300 crore. The monthly turnover under BEFTN,
RTGS and BACH was Taka 54,490 crore, Taka 1,44,411 crore and Taka 89,063
crore respectively. Besides, the monthly transactions through ATMs, POS
and IBFT under NPSB amount is around Taka 1,725 crore, Taka 138 crore
and Taka 542 crore respectively, the sources added.
The country's
48 public-private banks have launched online services in addition to
the conventional system. All banks are using electronic payment
switches. Anyone can withdraw money from another bank using his ATM
card.
E-commerce has spread widely in cities and villages.
Already more than 5 lakh customers have availed e-commerce services
through 'Ek-Shop'. 'Ek-Shop' has included more than one million products
on the platform with the aim of delivering the products of local
artisans across the country.