Bangladesh Remittance Fair to be held in New York in April

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Dhaka, Mar 18 - A two-day remittance fair is scheduled to be held on 19-20 April in New York, USA, to encourage remittance through legal channels to develop Bangladesh.

The remittance fair is scheduled to be inaugurated by Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H. Mansur.

The fair will be held at Sanai Restaurant and Party Hall in Jackson Heights, New York. The fair is being jointly organized by the Bangladesh-USA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BUCCI) and USA-Bangla Business Link. The Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) and the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) are the organizing partners.

Banks and financial institutions, mobile financial service providers, money transfer operators, remittance channel partners, offshore banking service providers, and expatriate small entrepreneurs will participate in this year's fair

Expatriate Bangladeshis will have the opportunity to open bank accounts immediately at the fair. There will also be seminars on multiple topics in this two-day event.

In addition, representatives of the New York Financial Services Department and top local money exchanges will participate in networking sessions. The organizers said that a special publication will also be published on the occasion of the fair.

The organizers said that Deputy Governor Md. Habibur Rahman, Director Monowar Uddin Ahmed, FBCCI Administrator Md. Hafizur Rahman, Sonali Bank Chairman Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, Bangladesh Association of Banks Chairman Abdul Hai Sarkar, and other officials of different financial operators have agreed to participate in this remittance fair. - UNB