StanChart, LankaBangla offer stock trading platform

Star Business Desk

Standard Chartered Bangladesh and LankaBangla Securities signed an agreement recently to offer a digital platform enabling capital market investors to transfer funds to their beneficiary owners (BO) account.  

The platform will also enable users to purchase and sell stocks on Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange, says a press release.

Luthful Arefin Khan, executive director and head of transaction banking, trade and working capital at Standard Chartered Bangladesh, and Khandoker Saffat Reza, chief executive officer of LankaBangla Securities, inked the deal at the former's head office in Dhaka.

Enamul Haque, managing director and head of client coverage of Standard Chartered Bangladesh, and Naser Ezaz Bijoy, chief executive officer, were present.