Bangladesh

South Asia

Account Ownership

Percent of adults age 15+ with an account at a financial institution or through a mobile money provider. Regional average excludes high income countries
Source: The Global Findex Database 2017

Gender Gap in Account Ownership

Percent of adults age 15+ with an account by gender

 

Source: The Global Findex Database 2017

Use of Financial Services

Percent of adults age 15+ in 2017
Source: The Global Findex Database 2017
Country Resources
National Financial Inclusion Strategy-Bangladesh
The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2018

Publications

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A woman selling fruit. Photo by Devendra Holkar, 2015 CGAP Photo Contest.
Paper

Narrowing the Gender Gap in Mobile Banking

Evidence from field experiments in Bangladesh examining the gender gap in the adoption and usage of mobile banking

Jean Lee, Jonathan Morduch, Saravana Ravindran & Abu Shonchoy
Financial Access Initiative
Slide Deck

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs): Bangladesh Report

A detailed country-level view of the impact of the pandemic on MSMEs and their coping strategies

Samveet Sahoo, Abhishek Anand, Nabila Khurshed & Khandaker Shaoli Hassan
MicroSave Consulting (MSC)
Case study

Digital Financial Services Supervision in Bangladesh

Closer look at Bangladesh’s path to allow for digital innovations that scale

Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)

News & Events

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News

IFC Provides $30M to BRAC Bank to Support Businesses During COVID-19

/ International Finance Corporation (IFC)

WB Approves $200M to Help Poor Urban Youths, Migrant Returnees

World Bank Flags Pandemic Risks for Bangladesh’s Exports, Remittances

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