Janata Bank Bangladesh

Overview

Janata Bank Bangladesh is unlisted (100% government-owned) + Bangladeshi state-owned commercial bank + Bangladeshi government via Ministry of Finance fully owned + one of Bangladesh's largest state-owned commercial banks + founded Mar 26 1972 post-Bangladesh independence [1, bd-cro].

History

Mar 26 1972 — Janata Bank PLC founded post-Bangladesh independence via nationalization of United Bank Limited Pakistan + Union Bank Pakistan Bangladesh branches distinctive Bangladeshi banking heritage.

2014 — Janata Bank Mobile banking app launch.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Janata Bank PLC (Bangladeshi state-owned commercial bank; Bangladeshi government fully owned).

Major shareholders: Bangladeshi government via Ministry of Finance fully owned.

Regulators: Bangladesh Bank + Central Bank of the UAE.

Technical integration

Janata Bank Mobile app (iOS + Android) + janatabank-bd.com online + Janata Bank branch network across Bangladesh + UAE (Janata Bank UAE) international branches + Janata Visa + Mastercard cards; BD IBAN + NPSB + Bangla QR.

Implementations & partners

Major Bangladeshi banking + payments competitors: [[sonali-bank]] (Sonali Bank Bangladesh; DSE: SONALIBANK; Bangladesh's largest state-owned commercial bank by assets + branches) + [[agrani-bank]] (Agrani Bank Bangladesh; DSE: AGRANBANK; Bangladeshi state-owned commercial bank) + [[islami-bank-bd]] (Islami Bank Bangladesh IBBL; DSE: ISLAMIBANK + CSE: ISLAMIBANK; Bangladesh's largest Islamic commercial bank by assets + branches + customers) + [[bkash]] (bKash; BRAC Bank parent; Bangladesh's largest mobile financial service ~80M+ users) + [[nagad]] (Nagad; Bangladesh Postal Department mobile money) + [[brac-bank]] (BRAC Bank; DSE: BRACBANK; Bangladeshi commercial bank; bKash parent) + [[city-bank-bd]] (The City Bank; DSE: CITYBANK + CSE: CITYBANK; Bangladeshi commercial bank) + [[eastern-bank-bd]] (Eastern Bank; DSE: EBL + CSE: EBL; Bangladeshi commercial bank) + [[dutch-bangla-bank]] (Dutch-Bangla Bank DBBL; DSE: DUTCHBANGL + CSE: DUTCHBANGL; Bangladeshi commercial bank).

Regulators: Bangladesh Bank + Central Bank of the UAE.

Status

Active, unlisted + Bangladeshi state-owned commercial bank + Bangladeshi government via Ministry of Finance fully owned + one of Bangladesh's largest state-owned commercial banks + founded Mar 26 1972 post-Bangladesh independence [1, 2].

Sources

• 1 Janata — official
• 2 Janata — Wikipedia
• bd-cro In-corpus: reports/countries/BD-bangladesh.md

Source

Biography extracted from janata-bank.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.