Probashi Kallayan Bank Limited

Probashi Kallayan Bank Limited is a state-owned specialized scheduled bank in financial sector of Bangladesh which was established in 2011 under the Probashi Kallyan Ain 2010. The bank was established to coordinate welfare activities of the expatriate Bangladeshis, boost up and create intra transaction facilities of remittances. It was incorporated as a public limited company in 2018. At the end of March 2021, the authorized and paid-up capital of the bank stood at 5000 and 4450 million taka respectively. It may be mentioned however that till 2020, the paid-up capital of the bank was 4000 million taka. The management of the bank is vested in a 14-member board of directors. Basic economic indicators of the Probashi Kallayan Bank pertaining to the period from 2018 to June 2020 are placed in the chart below.

Basic facts and economic indicators (in million Taka)

Indicators 2018 2019 2020
Authorized Capital 5,000 5,000 5,000
Paid UP Capital 4,000 4,000 4,000
Reserved Fund 273 353 475
Deposits 416 927 895
(a) Call Deposits 391 1 4
(b) Term Deposits 25 926 891
Loans and Advance 1,337 2,241 2,448
Investment 0 3,806 5,180
Total Asset 5,380 6,288 7,053
Total Income 335 546 371
Total Expenditure 154 189 160
Foreign Currency Trading
a) Export 0 0 0
b) Import 0 0 0
c) Remittance 0 0 0
Total Manpower: 190 174 210
a) Officers 137 130 167
b) Staff 53 44 43
Correspondents Banks 0 0 0
Total Branches (In numbers) 54 63 71
a) Domestic 54 63 71
b) Overseas 0 0 0
Agriculture Credit:
Loan Disbursed 0 0 0
Realised 0 0 0
Industrial Credit:
Loan Disbursed 0 0 0
Realsied 0 0 0
Loan Outstanding by Sector
Agriculture and Fisheries 0 0 0
Industry 0 0 0
Trade and Commerce 0 8 133
Poverty Reduction 0 0 0
CSR 2 0 0.2

Sources Government of Bangladesh, Ministry of Finance, Financial Institution Division, Barshik Protibedon [Annual Report on Banks and Financial Institutions], 2019-20 and 2020-21.

In 2020, bank deposits accounted for 0.01 per cent of total banking sector deposits and loans and advances accounted for 0.02 per cent of total banking sector loans and advances. The average interest rate differential between June 2020 based deposits and loans and advances was 3.0 percent. [Muhammad Abdul Mazid]