Asaduzzaman

Global Islami Bank - GIB

In the era of Globalization, no one can survive alone. Modern Technology and foreign policies have brought the people of the world very close to each other. At present, this world is a global village. Now, the communication among people is very faster than any previous time. Connectivity is very crucial in this village. So, Bangladesh cannot live alone in this fastest growing village. Keeping all these in mind, Bangladesh Bank approved nine banks as fourth generation banks. GiB is one of those three banks to materialize the dream of people having the goal to keep Bangladesh well connected with other advanced nations. It is the brainchild of 25 (twenty-five) well reputed visionary Non-Resident Bangladeshi (NRB) people residing in different countries of the world. After hard labor of almost three years complying with all regulatory rules and regulations, it has got the final approval on July 25, 2013 from the regulatory body to run the banking business in Bangladesh. Gradually, the mentioned brainchild of those NRBs has become the reality. At present, its Corporate Head Office and Gulshan Corporate Branch situated at Saiham Tower, 34 Gulshan Avenue, Gulshan-1, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh which is a great example of postmodern structure and one of the finest building in Bangladesh. There is a milestone in the Bank operation that the Bank got the license as first bank amongst all fourth generation banks to operate Islami Banking side by side of existing Conventional Banking and subsequently got approval from the Bangladesh Bank to convert the Bank from conventional to Islami Bank to start full-fledged Islami Banking Operations under Islamic Shari'ah Principles.