Southeast Bank Training Institute organized a day-long workshop on “Meet with The Trade Leaders” on February 06, 2025.

The primary objective of the workshop was to enhance the professional knowledge ensuring regulatory compliance of the Bank officials emphasizing on the Cross Border Transaction Issues, Bank’s Commitment on foreign payment/acceptance, Turnaround Time (TAT), Expanding Horizon on Export Credit Agency (ECA), Operational Excellence of Foreign Exchange Transactions, and Enhancing Efficiency in Returns and Reporting.

The workshop highlighted the importance and critical areas for improvement of different issues including correct data incorporation in LC details, Purpose Codes, Country Codes, HS Codes, and IMP reporting, regular monitoring of outstanding LCs, overdue bills, proactive bank responses, record-keeping, and repatriation of export proceeds. It also emphasized in the complete and timely uploads in the IMP module, different compliance issues for timely payments, and timely regulatory reporting.

The honorable Managing Director of the Bank, Mr. Nuruddin Md. Sadeque Hossain, inaugurated the workshop with an insightful speech. In his remarks, he urged the participants to realize the importance of timely execution of foreign payments and accurate reporting and performing their responsibilities with diligence and expertise.

Mr. Md. Jahangir Kabir, the Head of International Division, Senior Officials from FI, Offshore Banking and Central Trade Services Department, Head Office and Ms. Sayma Banu, Director Training, were present in the workshop.

A total of 32 officials from different branches of the Bank participated in the workshop. Southeast Bank remains committed to organizing similar training programs in the future to further enhance the professional skills of its officials.