Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) organized the BAMLCO Conference 2019, a day-long conference of the Branch Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officers (BAMLCOs) of the bank, on April 23, 2019 at a hotel in Dhaka. Senior executives and officials of concerned divisions of the bank participated in the conference along with 114 BAMLCOs of the bank. The bank’s performance of 2018 in terms of Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT) compliance was evaluated and AML & CFT strategy for 2019 was formulated during the conference.
Head of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), Abu Hena Mohd. Razee Hassan graced the conference as the Chief Guest. Highlighting the AML & CFT initiatives of the government, BFIU and international organizations, the Chief Guest spoke about the responsibilities of the bank as a reporting organization during his speech. He welcomed the initiative of the bank for holding the conference and urged everyone present to remain aware and endeavor to contribute to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. General Manager & Operational Head, Md. Zakir Hossain Chowdhury of BFIU attended the event as the Special Guest.
Managing Director & CEO of Mutual Trust Bank Ltd. (MTB), Anis A. Khan advised the BAMLCOs to strive further to mitigate the risk of ML & TF by complying with the regulatory instructions on AML & CFT.
Joint Directors, Md. Khairul Anam and Syed Kamrul Islam of BFIU, Deputy Managing Directors, Syed Rafiqul Haq, Goutam Prosad Das and Tarek Reaz Khan and Chief Anti Money Laundering Compliance Officer, Swapan Kumar Biswas of MTB also attended the day-long conference.