Sonali Bank Bangladesh

Overview

Sonali Bank Bangladesh is DSE: SONALIBANK + Bangladeshi state-owned commercial bank + Bangladeshi government via Ministry of Finance fully owned + Bangladesh's largest state-owned commercial bank by assets + branches + founded Mar 26 1972 post-Bangladesh independence + ~30M+ Sonali Bank customers [1, bd-cro].

History

Mar 26 1972 — Sonali Bank PLC founded post-Bangladesh independence via nationalization of National Bank of Pakistan + Bank of Bahawalpur + Premier Bank Limited Bangladesh branches distinctive Bangladeshi banking heritage as Bangladesh's largest state-owned bank.

2014 — Sonali eSheba mobile banking app launch.

Ownership & operator

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

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

Regulators: Bangladesh Bank + Reserve Bank of India RBI.

Technical integration

Sonali eSheba mobile app (iOS + Android; ~30M+ Sonali Bank customers) + sonalibank.com.bd online + Sonali Bank branch network across Bangladesh + India (Sonali Bank UK + Sonali Bank India) international branches + Sonali Visa + Mastercard cards; BD IBAN + NPSB + Bangla QR.

Implementations & partners

Major Bangladeshi banking + payments competitors: [[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) + [[hsbc-bangladesh]] (HSBC Bangladesh; HSBC Holdings UK parent subsidiary) + [[standard-chartered-bangladesh]] (Standard Chartered Bangladesh; LSE: STAN + SEHK: 2888 UK-headquartered international banking group).

Regulators: Bangladesh Bank + Reserve Bank of India RBI.

Status

Active, DSE:SONALIBANK + Bangladeshi state-owned commercial bank + Bangladeshi government via Ministry of Finance fully owned + Bangladesh's largest state-owned commercial bank by assets + branches + founded Mar 26 1972 post-Bangladesh independence + ~30M+ Sonali Bank customers [1, 2].

Sources

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

Source

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