Padma Bank organized its first-ever conference on “BAMLCO Conference-2023” on Saturday.
The bank organised the daylong program for the Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officers of branches, held at Police Plaza Convention Center, Gulshan in the capital.
A total of 120 participants including the BAMLCOS of all the Branches, AMLCOs of the Sub-Branches, all Divisional and Departmental Heads from the Corporate Head Office, Members of the AML&CFT Central Compliance Committee, and the Senior Management Team of the Bank were present at the conference which was held with much colors and hypes.
Md. Masud Biswas, Head of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) inaugurated the conference as the Chief Guest of the opening session.
Tarek Reaz Khan, Managing Director & CEO of Padma Bank was present at the occasion along with Deputy Managing Director & CRO Faisal Ahsan Chowdhury, Deputy Managing Director & CBO Mohammed Emtiaz Uddin, and CAMLCO of the Bank Syed Towhid Hossain. Muhammad Mohsin Hossaini, Additional Director of BFIU was also present at the programme.
In his welcome speech Managing Director & CEO shed light on the various aspects of AML&CFT and reaffirmed Padma Bank’s position as a reporting organization in mitigating and managing the mounting risks associated with money laundering and terrorist financing.
Head of BFIU, in his speech, highlighted the roles of the Regulator, effective and prudent utilization of the legal structure in the battle against money laundering and terrorist financing.
He underscored the necessity of performing due roles and responsibilities at the individual levels to prevent the menaces of money laundering and financing of terrorists and terrorism.
