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Journalists’ group plans to work with bankers to boost financial inclusion
A group of journalists has planned some programmes to boost economic growth promoting financial inclusion in collaboration with bankers and fintech operators.
Published : 9 August 2019, 09:45 PM
Updated : 9 August 2019, 09:45 PM
As part of the initiatives, Bangladesh Journalists’ Foundation For Consumers and Investors (BJFCI) will introduce a “consumers-building” programme and organise a dialogue of CEOs of leading banks and fintech firms, the organisation said in a media release on Friday.
The decisions were made at a meeting of the BJFCI National Organising Committee at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Thursday with its Chairman Faruk Ahmed in the chair.
BJFCI Vice Chairman Shiabur Rahman, Kazi Rafiq, PR Biswas, Deepak Acharjee, Rafiqul Islam Azad, Md Khairuzzaman, Salahuddin Lovloo and Al Amin Chowdhury, among others, attended the meeting.
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