EBL, DSE launch co-brand credit card

Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has launched co-brand credit card with Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in association with Visa.

This EBL-DSE Visa co-brand credit card is exclusively designed for the employees of DSE and its trading right entitlement certificate (TREC) holder companies, the bank said in a statement.

The co-brand credit card was jointly unveiled by the bank’s Managing Director and CEO Ali Reza Iftekhar and DSE Chairman Md Eunusur Rahman at the Dhaka Stock Exchange head office in Dhaka on Wednesday in presence of DSE Managing Director Tarique Amin Bhuiyan.

Ali Reza Iftekhar said, “The association with DSE is something special. I believe the EBL-DSE Visa co-brand credit card will successfully provide different stakeholders of DSE access into payment platform, which is not just a credit card facility ensuring seamless transactions locally and globally.” Thanking EBL for the co-brand card initiative with DSE, Md Eunusur Rahman said, “This is indeed a great initiative and it will help increase brand image of DSE.”

Richard D Rozario, President DSE Brokers Association of Bangladesh; Soumya Basu, Country Director, Visa Bangladesh; Siraj Siddiquey, Director-Products and Solutions, South Asia, Visa; M Khorshed Anowar, Deputy Managing Director and Head of Retail and SME Banking, Ahsan Ullah Chowdhury, Head of Digital Financial Services, Ziaul Karim, Head of Communications and External Affairs, EBL were present during the launching ceremony.

Apart from regular features and benefits, the cardholders will enjoy special benefits and offers of co-brand programs from EBL. This dual currency co-brand Visa credit card can be used for seamless cross-border transactions as well.