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Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) recently opened Trade Support Centre (TSC) at Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) in Chittagong. The offshore centre of Standard Chartered Bank will cater to the trade financing requirement of the EPZ business community and will play a positive role in the overall growth of the export sector of the country and would attract FDls. This initiative reflects SCB's continuous efforts in bringing the best banking services for business community.

Standard Chartered Bank the first bank in Bangladesh which has introduced Off Shore Banking facilities in Dhaka Export Processing Zone in 1994.

Brig. General Ashraf Abdullah Yussuf, afwc, psc, Executive Chairman, BEPZA formally inaugurated the support centre at CEPZ in CTG. Osman Morad, Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank, Ahmed Ali Shah, Managing Director & Head of Client Relationships, Mahfuzur Rahman, Director & Head of Commodity Corporates and Faisal Rahman, Director & Head of Global Corporates of Standard Chartered Bank were also present at the inaugural ceremony with other senior officials of the bank.