Which are in the list of top 10 banks with expatriate income?

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At the end of the first quarter of the current financial year 2026-27, Islami Bank and Bangladesh Krishi Bank retained the first and second positions in expatriate income. Islami Bank has been at the top for expatriate income for a long time; And Krishi Bank has risen to the second position in the last few years. These two banks were at the first and second positions in expatriate income even at the end of the last financial year. The two banks have maintained that strong position in the first quarter of the current financial year as well.

This information was found in Bangladesh Bank's statistical analysis related to expatriate income. Prothom Alo has prepared a list of top 10 banks in terms of bringing expatriate income to the country based on data from July to September. It can be seen that Islami Bank and Bangladesh Agricultural Bank are followed by private sector BRAC Bank in the list. State-owned Agrani Bank and private sector Trust Bank are in the fourth and fifth position respectively. Apart from this, Dutch-Bangla Bank, City Bank, Dhaka Bank, Mutual Trust Bank and Eastern Bank were in sixth to tenth position respectively.

According to the data of Bangladesh Bank, among the top 10 banks in the country that collect expatriate income, 2 are government-owned and the remaining 8 are private sector banks. These 10 banks have brought about 5.88 billion USD in expatriate income to the country in the first three months of the current financial year. In the first quarter of the current financial year, the total income of expatriates in the country is 859 million dollars. Accordingly, more than two-thirds or 68 percent of the expatriate income that came to the country in the first three months of the fiscal year came through 10 banks.

Now find out who the top 10 banks brought in expatriate income to the country in the first quarter of the current financial year. And where is the location?

New ones in the list

According to the data of Bangladesh Bank, two new banks have entered the top ten list in the first quarter of the current financial year compared to the last financial year. The two newly joined banks are Dhaka Bank and Mutual Trust Bank. As these two banks have been added to the list, two of them have been removed from the list of top 10 banks at the end of the last financial year. The two banks left out are state-owned Janata Bank and Pubali Bank.

At the end of the last financial year, Islami Bank topped the list of the 10 banks that brought the most expatriate income to the country. Krishi Bank was in the second position, BRAC Bank was in the third position, Trust Bank was in the fourth position, Agrani Bank was in the fifth position; Janata Bank, City Bank, Dutch-Bangla Bank, Eastern Bank and Pubali Bank were in sixth to tenth position respectively. As it is seen, in the first quarter of the current financial year, the position of some banks has changed in the top ten list. At the end of the last financial year, Trust Bank was in the fourth position. At the end of the first quarter of the current financial year, the bank is in the fifth position. This position of Trust Bank has changed with Agrani Bank. Janata Bank, which was in sixth position at the end of the last financial year, has been dropped from this list; And in that, Dutch-Bangla Bank has risen from the eighth position to the sixth position in the last financial year. There is no change in the position of City Bank, which is in the seventh position. And from the ninth position at the end of last year, Eastern Bank is now at the tenth position.

Now find out who were in the list of top 10 banks in collecting expatriate income at the end of the last financial year. And where is the location?

At the end of the last financial year, the total expatriate income in the country was 3 thousand 559 million dollars. Out of which more than two-thirds or 71 percent of the total expatriate income came through the mentioned 10 banks.

🌐 This English version was automatically translated from the original Bangla.

Original reporting: Voice of Startup Bangladesh

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