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Nagad has got 3.35 crore new customers in 2021, lifting the financial service of the postal department to a unique height, said a media release.
From January 1 to December 22 this year, more than 94 thousand new subscribers, on average, joined the network of Nagad every day.
According to the latest figures, Nagad has 5.80 crore registered customers. Attractive and affordable services of Nagad and easy account opening process have made it easy for the people from far and wide to be connected with digital services.
Nagad Managing Director Tanvir A Mishuk said, “Nagad has brought about revolution to the mobile financial service in the country since its inception. It became the best mobile financial service in the country three years ago for ensuring digital services for customers and due to its customer-friendly, easy and affordable service. We promise that Nagad will amaze everyone with many newer services in the future.”
Just by dialing *167#, 2.01 crore people have joined Nagad in the last one year, which is a new record for opening accounts in the mobile financial sector. With this, the company has set a shining example of accelerating financial inclusion in Bangladesh through the use of technologies.
One of the best innovations of Nagad is the method of opening an account by dialing *167#, which has changed the entire mobile financial sector in the whole 2021.
Because of the innovation, any individual can now connect with the network of Nagad by simply dialing *167# from any mobile phone operator and setting a four-digit PIN. There were days at the beginning of the year when about two and half lakh people joined the Nagad every day by opening the account under the process, it said.
Nagad is the first country in Bangladesh to have introduced an account opening process by uploading the picture of both sides of a national identification card through the mobile app. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated Nagad on March 26, 2019 by opening her own account in this process.
