A large section of the banking population is now covered under digital financial services.
As a result, even when bank branches remain closed during the Eid holidays, customers will be able to meet their cash needs through card-based services.
In addition, banks now offer their own apps and Internet-based banking services. Through these services, a customer of one bank can instantly transfer money to a customer of another bank.
Therefore, money transfers will not be disrupted during the Eid holiday period. Currently 12.5 million (1.25 crore) customers use internet banking services. In January alone, transactions through these services exceeded Taka 1 trillion.
The most popular platforms include Islami Bank’s Cellfin, Dutch-Bangla Bank’s NexPay, BRAC Bank’s Aastha, The Citi Bank’s CityTouch, Dhaka Bank’s Go Plus, Eastern Bank’s Sky Banking and Mutual Trust Bank’s MTB Neo.
Mobile financial services (MFS) like bKash, Nagad and Rocket are also widely popular and will be fully operational during the holidays.
Through these services, customers can deposit money from their bank account.
Additionally, agents will continue to provide services during the Eid holidays, allowing customers to withdraw and deposit cash without any interruption.