Community Bank, Tiger New Energy tie up for green finance

Community Bank Bangladesh PLC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tiger New Energy and Xpert Solutions Limited to promote an SME and green finance programme framework for battery-swapping stations across the country.

Kimiwa Saddat, managing director (current charge) of Community Bank Bangladesh PLC; Nicole Mao, chief executive officer (CEO) of Tiger New Energy; and Md Abdul Mannan, CEO of Xpert Solutions Limited, signed the tripartite MoU at the bank’s head office in Gulshan, Dhaka recently, according to a press release.

Under the agreement, Tiger New Energy and Xpert Solutions Limited will act as strategic advisory business partners for Community Bank Bangladesh PLC to leverage the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprise (CMSME) segment.

Nafiur Rahman, country director of Tiger New Energy; Md Tarequl Kabir, head of operations; Ajoy Kumar Paul, director; Md Feroz Al Mozahid Khan, technical director of Xpert Solutions Limited; Chowdhury Manarat Mahfuza, managing director of Green Engine Bangladesh Pvt Ltd; Hasi Rani Bepari, head of CRM and SAM; and Md Tanjim Morshed Bhuiyan, head of digital financial services and deputy head of RMD, attended the event.

Md Ariful Islam, head of corporate banking and head of business (branch) at the bank; Hossain-Al-Safeer Chowdhhury, head of SME; Sharif Hasan Mamun, head of agriculture; and Md Mamun ur Rahman, head of alternative delivery channels (ADC) and head of the MD’s coordination team, along with other senior officials from the participating organisations, were also present.