Tanvir A Mishuk, founder and managing director of Nagad, has been named “Fintech Personality of the Year 2022” by the UK-based Global Brands Magazine.
Additionally, the postal department's mobile financial service Nagad won “the best innovative digital financial services brand” recognition.
The prestigious publication Global Brands Magazine recently announced the award in its 10th edition, said a press release.
The magazine has been recognizing innovations and accomplishments in several businesses such as fintech, banking, education, and technology.
This year, the magazine awarded the best organizations in 11 industries.
These include airlines, banking and finance, fintech, consultancy, education, education technology, the stock market, insurance, investment, leadership, and technology.
Tanvir A Mishuk has been selected for his exceptional contribution to financial inclusion through Nagad. He has managed to bring over six crore people into financial inclusion in only three years, who were previously excluded from financial inclusion. Regarding the award, Tanvir A Mishuk said, “I am even more delighted that the world-renowned organization honoured my organization as the most innovative digital financial services provider. The accomplishment belongs to my hardworking colleagues as well, in whose hands, I believe Nagad will continue to grow.”
Earlier, in 2021 ‘Inclusive Fintech 50’, a well-reputed group of global organizations selected Nagad as the world's best fintech startup of the year.
In the same year, Nagad was recognized through WITSA Global ICT Excellence Award-2019 at the World Congress of Information Technology conference.
Nagad was the first MFS from Bangladesh to bag this award for accelerating the country's financial inclusion.
Previously, the Bangladesh government awarded Nagad in recognition of its contribution to building a digital Bangladesh at the ‘Digital Bangladesh Fair 2020’.
This year, Sergey Sedov of Robocash Group of Singapore won the Financial Technology Leader of the Year Award from Singapore; Simon Hu of Ant Group of China won the Best Financial Technology Leader Award; Shayne Nelson of Emirates NBD won the award for Best Financial Leader from UAE; and Vijay Shekhar Sharma of PayTM won the award for Best Fintech Leader Award from India.
