The People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. It faces the Bay of Bengal to its south, and is bordered by India on the north, west and east, as well as Burma (Myanmar) on the southeast. Link to external site : Website for Bangladesh |  |
| Wallets | |
| Development | Developing |
| Send or Receive |
Receive Register/Log In |
| GDP ($m) |
68,415.42 Register/Log In |
| HDI classification | Medium |
| Mobile Connections (m) |
88.522 Upgrade to Bronze |
| Currency | BDT |
| Class | |
| CountryISO | BD |
| Sovereignity | Country |
| Territory of | - NA - |
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| Channel Analysis |
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| COT Analysis |
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| Persona Analysis |
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| Products |
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| PI Analysis |
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| Central Bank | |
| Key Regulations | |
| Type of law |
Common and Religious Upgrade to Bronze |
| Legal System |
Mixed legal system of mostly English common law and Islamic law Upgrade to Bronze |
| Law is based on | |
| Approach |
Ex Ante Upgrade to Bronze |
| Sectors active in Digital Money | |
| Exclusivity | |
| Certainty | |
| Openness | |
| Proportionate? | |
| Allowed Models |
Jointly Led Upgrade to Bronze |
| DominantModel |
Bank Led Upgrade to Bronze |
| E-Money | |
| Payment | |
| Agent |
Banks allowed to use MNOs as CICO for Inward remittance Upgrade to Bronze |
| Money Transfer | |
| Taxation |
{"type":"Gauge","data":[["Label","Value"],["Mobile Penetration",34.86],["Banked",32],["Internet",1.1],["Urban",27],["Adult",66],["Literate",53.4821]],"options":{"scaleHeight":0.5,"min":0,"max":100,"redFrom":76,"redTo":100,"yellowFrom":26,"yellowTo":74}}
| Population m | 162.90 |
| Adult % | 66.00 |
| Migrants % |
1.00 Register/Log In |
| Stock Immigrants ('000) |
1,085.30 Upgrade to Bronze |
| Emigration Rate % | |
| Internal Migrants ('000) | |
| Internal Migration Rate % | |
| Intl Movement Rate % | |
| Urban % | 27.00 |
| Female % | 13.90 |
| Literate % | 53.48 |
| Annual Growth % |
| Mobile Penetration % | 34.86 |
| Banked % | 32.00 |
| Access to FS % | 32.00 |
| Internet % | 1.10 |
| Branches per 100k adults | 8.95 |
| ATMs per 100k adults | 0.00 |
| POS per 100k adults | 0.00 |
| Prepaid % | 97.30 |
| Prepaid SIM Registration | |
| MobileUnbanked (m) | 38.98 |
| Monthly ARPU | |
| Cards 2010 ('000) | |
| Propensity % |
| Overall | |
| Population | |
| On Remittance Sent | |
| On Remittance Received | |
| Mobile Unbanked | |
| Migrant % | |
| MP % | |
| Banked % | |
| Development |
| Can Provide Payments? |
Partial Upgrade to Bronze |
| Can Market under Brand? |
Conditional Upgrade to Bronze |
| Can issue E-Money? | |
| Can Open Customer Account? | |
| Can Own Customer? | |
| Can do Cash In/Cash Out? | |
| Can offer Domestic Money Transfer? | |
| Can offer International Money Transfer? |
| Importance for Digital Money | |
| Digital Money Adoption |
Prime Candidate Upgrade to Bronze |
| Registered Wallet Users |
35,633,000 Upgrade to Bronze |
| Top Wallets |
bKash, DBBL Upgrade to Bronze |
| Informal Market | |
| Cost To Remit | |
| Key Players |