Bank Asia celebrates ‘Financial Literacy Day’

Bank Asia for the first time celebrated a "Financial Literacy Day" on Monday arranging different activities to raise customers' awareness and impart knowledge on financial matters and services. 

As per the financial literacy guidelines of Bangladesh Bank, the day is celebrated on the first Monday of March each year.

Md Sazzad Hossain and Mohammad Ziaul Hasan Molla, deputy managing directors of the bank, inaugurated the programme at Bank Asia Tower Branch in Karwan Bazar, said a press release.

The daylong programme included discussions highlighting the importance of financial literacy, screening of relevant audiovisuals, engaging customers through a quiz on its app and distribution of prizes among participants in branches and agent outlets. The programme was simultaneously observed at branches and agent points in Jashore, Bogura, Sirajganj, Munshiganj, Rangamati and Keraniganj.

As a part of its financial literacy drives, the bank has so far been able to provide training to over one lakh people, including farmers, micro-merchants, garment workers and school children, arranging 2,104 events across the country.