BMirror Desk:
Mercantile Bank PLC celebrates its 25th anniversary at its Head Office on Sunday. Bank’s Chairman Morshed Alam, MP inaugurated the program by cutting cake. Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, Managing Director of the bank delivered the welcome speech.
Al-Haj Akram Hossain (Humayun) and Abdul Hannan, Vice Chairmen, M. A. Khan Belal, Chairman, Executive Committee; Anwarul Haq, Chairman, Risk Management Committee; A.S.M. Feroz Alam, Chairman, Mercantile Bank Securities Ltd.; M. Amanullah, Chairman, Mercantile Exchange House (UK) Limited, Alhaj Mosharref Hossain and Mohammad Abdul Awal, Directors; Jalal Hossain Khan, Honorable Shareholder and Mati Ul Hasan, AMD were present.
On this auspicious event Mastercard handed over the principal license to Mercantile Bank PLC. Syed Mohammad Kamal, Country Manager of Mastercard handed over the license to Morshed Alam, MP, Chairman of the bank. Zakia Sultana, Director of Mastercard was also present on the occasion. The customers of Mercantile Bank will enjoy all the facilities of Mastercard very soon.
Bank’s Chairman Morshed Alam, MP stating Bank’s progress in all variables, says that Mercantile Bank has been established as a sustainable, reliable and customer friendly bank by its tremendous effort over 25 years. He urges to provide techno-based and customer friendly banking services to ensure corporate governance in the coming days.
Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, Managing Director of the bank, said that recovering classified loans will be the priority of the bank this fiscal year. Agriculture and SME sectors will be given preference regarding new loans whereas new Agent Banking outlets and Sub-branches will be opened across the country to ensure the access of the banking services to the unbanked people.
