Bank Asia organises workshop on proactive transaction monitoring in Jashore

Bank Asia PLC, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), recently organised a daylong regional workshop on "Proactive Transaction Monitoring for Automated Early Alert Generation of Trade-Based Money Laundering" in Jashore.

Approximately 50 senior bankers from various banks across the Khulna, Jashore, Satkhira, and Benapole regions attended the event.

Mohammad Ziaul Hasan Molla, chairman of the Association of Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officers of Banks in Bangladesh and deputy managing director and CAMLCO of Bank Asia PLC, presided over the programme, according to a press release.

The workshop sessions covered key indicators of trade-based money laundering (TBML), challenges faced by financial institutions, and the critical need for proactive early alert generation to prevent TBML activities.

Ruman Ahamed, additional director of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit, attended the programme as the key resource person, accompanied by Juaira Haque and Md Kamrul Islam, joint directors.

Five senior officials from Bangladesh Bank's Khulna office -- an additional director, a joint director, and a deputy director -- were also present, along with other senior officials from the participating banks.