Mastercard Excellence Awards 2022 winners announced in Bangladesh

Mastercard announced the winners of its Mastercard Excellence Awards 2022, recognizing Bangladesh’s top performing partner banks, financial institutions, fintechs, and merchants across various categories.

The theme for the fourth edition of the awards ‘Towards a Smart Transformation’ was aimed at bringing together leaders from across the financial industry to reiterate support for the government’s ‘Smart Bangladesh Vision 2041’, said a press release.

Held in Dhaka on Saturday, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi graced the awards ceremony as the chief guest while Bangladesh Bank Executive Director Khurshid Alam was the guest of honour.

Vikas Varma, Chief Operating Officer, South Asia, Mastercard; Syed Mohammad Kamal, Country Manager, Bangladesh, Mastercard along with senior officials and dignitaries from partner banks, fintechs, and merchant partners were also present at the event.

Winning categories are as follows: Excellence in Mastercard Debit Business (Domestic) 2021-22, Excellence in Mastercard Debit Business (International) 2021-22, Excellence in Mastercard Credit Business (Domestic) 2021-22, Excellence in Mastercard Credit Business (International) 2021-22, Excellence in Mastercard Prepaid Business 2021-22, Excellence in Mastercard Contactless (Issuing) 2021-22, Excellence in Mastercard Contactless (Acquiring) 2021-22, Excellence in Mastercard POS Acquiring Business 2021-22, Excellence in Mastercard Online Acquiring Business 2021-22, Excellence in New category 2021-22, Excellence in Mastercard Business Growth 2021-22, Excellence in Mastercard Remittance Business 2021-22, Excellence in Digital Innovation 2021-22, Excellence in Mastercard Business (Merchant)- POS 2021-22, Excellence in Mastercard Business (Merchant)- Online 2021-22.

In the last 31 years of operations, Mastercard has partnered with leading financial and commercial institutions including AB Bank, Bank Asia, Al-Arafah Islami Bank Ltd, BRAC Bank, Dhaka Bank Limited, Dutch Bangla Bank, Eastern Bank Limited, Islami Bank Limited, LankaBangla Finance, Mutual Trust Bank Limited, National Bank Limited, NCC Bank Limited, Premier Bank, Prime Bank, Pubali Bank, Social Islami Bank Limited, Southeast Bank Ltd, Standard Chartered Bank, The City Bank, United Commercial Bank and IFIC Bank Limited.