UCB holds anti-money laundering training

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25 October, 2020, 06:45 pm
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Syed Kamrul Islam, deputy general manager of BFIU, conducted the session
Additional Managing Director of UCB Syed Faridul Islam inaugurated the virtual training session Photo: Collected

United Commercial Bank Limited (UCB) arranged a day-long virtual training "Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism" on Saturday, stated a press release.

Syed Faridul Islam, additional managing director of UCB, inaugurated the training session. Syed Kamrul Islam, deputy general manager of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), conducted the session.

Md Ishtiaque Ahmad, senior vice president, DCAMLCO and head of the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing (AML & ATF) Division, was also present at the training session, among others.

More than a hundred participants of the bank – including the BAMLCOs of different branches, members of Branch Compliance Committee, members of the Central Compliance Committee, and senior officials of different divisions of the corporate office – attended the virtual event.

The AML & ATF Division of UCB hosted the training session through virtual media to maintain social distancing amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

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