Trade Services of

Banks in Bangladesh
A Compilation of Selected Studies by BIBM

Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management

Section-2, Mirpur, Dhaka-1216
 Trade Services of Banks in Bangladesh

First Edition Published: November 2014

Second Edition Published: October 2015

Editorial Team : Dr. Toufic Ahmad Choudhury

: Dr. Shah Md. Ahsan Habib

Support Team : Sharmina Nargish

: Md. Golam Kabir
: Sujan Kumar Ghosh
: Tarannum Parween

Graphics & Design : Md. Nasir Uddin

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 Contents

An Evaluation of the Operations of International Trade

Payment Methods in Bangladesh 1
Dr. Toufic Ahmad Choudhury, Dr. Shah Md. Ahsan Habib
A Review of Trade Services Operations of Banks 2011 57
Dr. Shah Md. Ahsan Habib, Mahmood-ur-Rahman, Antara Zareen
A.T.M. Nessarul Haque, Md. Nazir Hossain
A Review of the Trade Services Operations of Banks 2013 117
Dr. Shah Md. Ahsan Habib, Antara Zareen, Tofayel Ahmed
A.T.M. Nessarul Haque
International Bank Guarantees: Practices and Potentials in
Bangladesh 189
Dr. Shah Md. Ahsan Habib, Md. Shah Alam, Antara Zareen
Tofayel Ahmed, A.T.M. Nessarul Haque
Factoring: Status, Mechanics, Importance and Launching
237
Process
Dr. Prashanta Kumar Banerjee
Malpractices in International Banking: Bangladesh 255
Perspective
Dr. Shah Md. Ahsan Habib, Mahmood-ur-Rahman, Md. Shah Alam
A.T.M. Nessarul Haque
Offshore Banking in Bangladesh: Problems and Challenges 281
Dr. Shah Md. Ahsan Habib, Antara Zareen, Tofayel Ahmed
Prodip Paul, A.T.M. Nessarul Haque, Md. Shahjahan
Review of the Trade Services Operations of Banks 2014 315
Dr. Shah Md. Ahsan Habib, Tofayel Ahmed, Rahat Banu
Mohammad Anisur Rahman, Kamal Hossain, A.T.M. Nessarul Haque
References 403
Glossary 411