Training Manual

On
An Introduction to Agent Banking

Agrani Bank Limited

HR Training, Research & Development Division
183 Satmasjid Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Table of Contents
Part -1 ............................................................................................................................ 1
Table of Contents ........................................................................................................... 2
Prudential guidelines for agent banking operation in Bangladesh .............................. 3-35
Instruction Circular 58/16 For Agent Banking Implementation and Operation .......... 36-41
Instruction Circular 124/16 For Agent Banking Implementation and Operation ....... 42-52
Instruction Circular 477/17 For Agent Banking Implementation and Operation ....... 53-54
Letter for Branch Device and VPN Sim for Existing Customer Installment .............. 55-57
Letter for Transferring the collection charges at BDT Account from customer ........ 58-59
Letter for Monthly report regarding agent banking operation ................................... 60-61
Letter for Sub-agent FDR and FDR Lien Mark ........................................................ 62-64
Part 2 ........................................................................................................................... 65
User Manual for Branch Maker ............................................................................... 66-73
User Manual for Branch Approver ............................................................................ 74-81
Branch Manual Activities .......................................................................................... 82-86
APN Setting.............................................................................................................. 87-89
Paired Setting ........................................................................................................... 90-92
 2017

Prudential Guidelines for Agent Banking

Operation in Bangladesh

September 2017 Bangladesh Bank

Prudential Guidelines for Agent Banking Operation in Bangladesh I

 Table of Contents
PART I: PRELIMINARY 1
1. Short Title 1
2. Interpretations 1
3. Application 1
PART II: STATEMENT OF POLICY 2
4. Purpose 2
PART III: AGENT BANKING OPERATION APPROVAL PROCESS 3
5. Engagement in Agent Banking Activity 3
6. Letter of Application 3
7. Documents Required 3
PART IV: AGENCY CONTRACT AND PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES 5
8. Establishment of Agency Relationship 5
9. Structure of Agent Banking 5
10. Eligibility for an Entity to become an Agent 5
11. Non Eligibility 6
12. Eligible Entities 7
13. Consent of Regulatory or Controlling Authority 7
14. Permissible Activities of an Agent 7
15. Prohibited Activities 8
16. Mandatory Provisions for Contract 8
17. Termination of Agency Contract 9
PART V: RESPONSIBILITIES OF BANK 11
18. Key Roles and Responsibilities 11
19. Board of Directors 11
20. Management 11
21. Compliance Function 12
22. Internal Audit 12
23. Risk Management 12
24. Customer Due Diligence 13
25. Transaction Processing System 13
26. Agent Due Diligence 14
27. Operational Limits 14
28. Fees, Charges and Commission 15
PART VI: ASSESSMENT OF AGENTS 16
29. Assessment Criteria of an Agent 16

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 30. Information Required from Agents 16
31. Supervision of Agents 16
32. Publication of Agents’ List and Outlets Location 17
PART VII: AGENT OPERATIONS 18
33. Agent Banking Priority 18
34. Business Hours for Agent Banking 19
35. Relocation, Transfer and Closure of Agent Premises 19
PART VIII: TECHNOLOGY OF SETTLEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS 20
36. Real Time Transactions 20
37. Technical Requirements for Operating Systems of the Agent Banking 20
PART IX: AML/CFT & KYC 22
38. AML/CFT Requirements 22
PART X: CUSTOMER PROTECTION 23
39. Customer Protection Measures 23
40. Minimum Requirements 23
41. Disclosure 24
42. Publicity/Co-branding 24
43. Financial Literacy and Education 24
PART XI: REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND SUPERVISORY OVERSIGHT 25
44. Submission of Data and Statistical Returns to Bangladesh Bank 25
45. Reporting 25
46. Regulatory Power over Agents 25
PART XII: REMEDIAL MEASURES AND ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS 26
47. Remedial Measures 26
48. Administrative Sanctions 26
PART XIII: AMENDMENT OF THE GUIDELINES 26
PART XIV: ANNEXURES 27
Annexure-A: Application for the approval of Agent Banking Operation 27
Annexure-B: Information of Agent Banking Department 28
Annexure-C: Information of Agent 29
Annexure-D: Information of Agent Banking Operation 30

Prudential Guidelines for Agent Banking Operation in Bangladesh III

 Prudential Guidelines for Agent Banking Operation in Bangladesh
In exercise of the powers conferred to Bangladesh Bank in Section 45 of the Bank-Company
Act, 1991 (Act no. XIV of 1991), the following guidelines are hereby made:

PART I: PRELIMINARY

1. Short Title

These guidelines may be called as the “Prudential Guidelines for Agent Banking
Operation in Bangladesh”.

2. Interpretations

As used in these Guidelines, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
2.1. “Agent” means master agent, and/or unit agent.
2.2. “Agent Banking” means the business of providing banking services through agent’s
network.
2.3. “Agent Banking Outlet” means an entity which will work independently as unit
agent or under the supervision of a master agent and run the agent banking activities
in a specific location at the customer end point.
2.4. “Bank” means a bank-company as per section 5(Y) of the Bank-Company Act, 1991.
2.5. “Banking Services” means services that a bank may offer as per section 5(Z) and 7
of the Bank-Company Act, 1991.
2.6. “Juristic Person” shall refer to an entity (other than a natural person) created by law
as a legal entity having distinct identity, legal personality, duties and rights.
2.7. “Master Agent” means an entity having branch offices or outlets, either owned or
otherwise engaged legally by it, that has been contracted by a bank to provide the
services in a manner specified in the Guidelines.
2.8. “Outlet” means an agent banking outlet.
2.9. “Support Service Provider” means an entity contracted by a bank for providing
technological solutions and/or other support services (Liquidity Management,
Transportation and Security) to its agent banking services.
2.10. “Unit Agent” means an entity that has been contracted by a bank to provide the
banking services in a single agent banking outlet in a manner specified in these
Guidelines.
2.11. Other terms used in these Guidelines will assume the same meaning as in the Bank-
Company Act, 1991.

3. Application

The Guidelines shall apply to the banks and any other entities engaged in agent banking
in Bangladesh.

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PART II: STATEMENT OF POLICY

4. Purpose

Agent banking is a system of providing limited scale banking services to the underserved
population through engaged agents under a valid agency agreement, rather than a
teller/cashier. Bangladesh Bank has decided to promote this complimentary channel to
reach out to the unbanked and underserved segments of the society as well as existing
bank customers with a range of banking services especially to geographically dispersed
locations. With a view to ensuring the safety, security and soundness of the proposed
delivery channel, “Prudential Guidelines for Agent Banking Operations in Bangladesh”
have been framed by Bangladesh Bank to facilitate banks to engage in agent banking. The
purposes of these Guidelines include:

4.1. Establish agents as a channel for delivering banking services in a cost effective
manner;
4.2. Outline activities which can be carried out by an agent as well as provide a
framework for offering branchless banking services;
4.3. Increase outreach of the banking services and promote financial inclusion within a
safe and sound financial system environment; and
4.4. Serve as a set of minimum standards of data and network security, customer
protection and risk management to be adhered to the branchless banking services.

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PART III: AGENT BANKING OPERATION APPROVAL PROCESS

5. Engagement in Agent Banking Activity

5.1. Banks willing to offer banking services through agent banking operation shall obtain
prior approval from Bangladesh Bank. Banks also have to take prior approval for
new agents and agent banking outlets separately. Banks shall ensure that all policies
and procedures relating to its agent banking activity are in place.
5.2. Banks having license for Islamic Shariah based banking services will be allowed to
provide Islamic Shariah based banking services through their agent network.
5.3. Bangladesh Bank will assess the bank’s overall performance as well as specific
performance, valuate the bank's capacity to conduct agent banking, financial
inclusion priorities and do due diligence before giving the approval.
5.4. Banks shall commence its agent banking operation within 3 (three) months of getting
approval from Bangladesh Bank. Bangladesh Bank, considering the application of
the bank, if any, may extend the commencement time for another 3 (three) months.
Banks shall notify commencement of services to Banking Regulation and Policy
Department (BRPD) and Financial Inclusion Department (FID) of Bangladesh Bank.

6. Letter of Application

Banks intending to start agent banking operation shall conduct a prior study and shall
apply for approval (as per Annexure-A) to General Manager, Banking Regulation and
Policy Department (BRPD), Bangladesh Bank, Head Office, Dhaka in its letter head pad
along with Annexure-B & C. While applying for approval of new agents and/or agent
banking outlets, banks shall furnish data about the proposed agents/outlets (as per
Annexure-C), on business performance (Annexure-D) and expansion plans on agent
banking and facts describing the status of compliance of the instructions of these
Guidelines.

7. Documents Required

Following documents and reports are to be submitted along with the application:

7.1. A report assessing the risks associated with agent banking operation and the
measures to be adopted to mitigate the risks;
7.2. A report containing the opinion of an independent audit team regarding the
adaptation of internal control policy for agent banking operation;
7.3. A tentative implementation schedule with full details of the services; and
7.4. Policy for agent banking operation approved by the board of directors of the
applicant bank. The policy should address the following areas:

7.4.1. Policies related to agent selection, management and training; as well as

monitoring operations, compliance, conduct and quality of the services
provided;
7.4.2. Customer due diligence, customer protection measures including regularly
initiated mass awareness and financial education strategies;

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 7.4.3. Infrastructure to support agent banking including system and technological
requirements;
7.4.4. Internal controls and monitoring to ensure compliance with relevant
legislation and regulatory requirements;
7.4.5. Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and contingency arrangements, with specific
timeframe, to ensure continuity of agent banking services in the event of
disruption;
7.4.6. Internal audit and monitoring manual for agent banking operation as approved
by the board of directors;
7.4.7. Business plan for agent banking operation as approved by the board of
directors;
7.4.8. Detailed information (organizational history, financial strength, IT
infrastructure, management structure, planned geographical and economic
service areas) of agents;
7.4.9. Draft of agreement(s) between bank and agent. The draft must be vetted by the
legal retainer of the bank;
7.4.10. Anti-Money Laundering/Combating Financing of Terrorism policies and
procedures;
7.4.11. Agent training manual;
7.4.12. Proposed financial literacy and education activities by the banks; and
7.4.13. A feasibility study of the global view of future operations and development of
the agent banking operation for a minimum period of 3 (three) years from the
date of the application including:

7.4.13.1. Geographical and economic service areas of the proposed agents;

7.4.13.2. Total population and economically active population of the areas
where they will operate;
7.4.13.3. Analysis of the relevant market over the past 2 (two) years, along with
an estimate of the proposed agents’ volume of transactions in the
banks’ delivery channel strategy;
7.4.13.4. Financial projections on the share of the proposed agents in the banks’
business; and
7.4.13.5. Security management manual for agent premises:

Provided that Bangladesh Bank may withhold, suspend or cancel approval for
providing agent banking services if it considers any action by any of the parties
involved in the system is detrimental to the public interest or contradicts any
Law/Regulation of the country.

Banks that are currently conducting agent banking operation with approval from
Bangladesh Bank shall also prepare/update the documents stated herein and
submit a copy to BRPD within 6 (six) months of the issuance of these Guidelines.

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PART IV: AGENCY CONTRACT AND PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES

8. Establishment of Agency Relationship

8.1. Banks may provide banking services through an agent.

8.2. Banks shall enter into a contract in writing with each juristic person for the provision
on its behalf of any banking services specified in these Guidelines and issue a letter
of approval for conducting agent banking.
8.3. Any contract entered into between a bank and an agent shall comply with these
Guidelines and any other relevant laws in force.

9. Structure of Agent Banking

Banks should structure its agent banking services according to its business strategies
following any one or combination of the following structures:

9.1. Master Agent-Agent Banking Outlet: In this structure banks may enter into
contract with an entity having multiple branch offices or outlets, either owned or
otherwise engaged legally by it, willing to operate agent banking services in the
branch offices or outlets as Master Agent as described in Clause 10 of these
Guidelines;
9.2. Unit Agent: Banks may enter into contract with eligible entity willing to provide
banking services exclusively in one outlet only. Unit agent(s) must fulfil the criteria
as described in Clause 10 of these Guidelines; and
9.3. Support Service Provider: An entity contracted by banks for providing
technological solutions and/or other support services to its agent banking operation.

10. Eligibility for an Entity to become an Agent

10.1. An entity should fulfil the following conditions to be eligible for entering into
contract with banks:

10.1.1. It should be a juristic person;

10.1.2. Agent banking shall not be in ultra vires to the parent, statute, memorandum
and articles of association or other constitutive document or objects of the
juristic person; and
10.1.3. The agent, in the case of a proprietorship, or the agent’s directors, significant
shareholders, and/or senior officers, as the case may be, is fit and proper.

10.2. Eligibility for Master Agent:

10.2.1. It shall be an entity having multiple branch offices or outlets, either owned or
otherwise engaged legally by it.
10.2.2. If the entity is a private sector organization, it shall possess a business license
or permit for any lawful business activity.
10.2.3. The owner or manager of the entity or the juristic person shall possess at least
1 (one) year of experience in the related field.
10.2.4. It shall be carrying out the business activity on ongoing basis.

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 10.2.5. It shall possess managerial, financial and technical expertise for managing
agent banking outlets in addition to its regular operations.
10.2.6. It shall have willingness and capacity to invest in managing liquidity, risk
management, security management and continuous capacity development of
agent banking outlets of a bank.
10.2.7. The agent banking outlet must have at least 2 (two) persons (a manager and a
teller) with required managerial and financial expertise for this purpose and 1
(one) counter for cash transaction.
10.2.8. In cases where the master agent provides agent banking services through third
party outlets, which are engaged legally, the outlets and outlet
owners/managers shall fulfil the eligibility criteria for unit agent.

10.3. Eligibility for Unit Agent:

10.3.1. It shall be an entity having valid business license or permit for any lawful
business.
10.3.2. The owner or manager of the entity or the juristic person shall possess at least
1 (one) year of experience in the related field.
10.3.3. It shall be carrying out the business activity on ongoing basis.
10.3.4. It shall possess managerial, financial and technical expertise for managing
agent banking outlet of a bank in addition to its regular operations.
10.3.5. It shall have willingness and capacity to invest in managing liquidity, risk
management, security management and continuous capacity development.
10.3.6. The unit agent must have at least 2 (two) persons (a manager and a teller) for
this purpose and 1 (one) counter for cash transaction.

10.4. Eligibility for Support Service Provider:

10.4.1. It shall have a valid business license or permit for any lawful business.
10.4.2. It shall be carrying out the business activity on ongoing basis.
10.4.3. It shall possess managerial, financial and technical expertise for managing the
support service(s) it is contracted for.
10.4.4. It shall possess at least 1 (one) year of experience in the related field.
10.4.5. Selection of support service provider should follow the outsourcing guidelines
of Bangladesh Bank.

11. Non Eligibility

11.1. Bank related persons as defined in section 26M of the Bank-Company Act, 1991.
Bank officials will not be eligible to become an agent in the same bank within 1
(one) year of his/her retirement or resignation.
11.2. Defaulters with any bank or financial institution.
11.3. Bankrupts.
11.4. Convicted by a court of law, up to 3 (three) years after completion of sentences or
penalties.
11.5. Under investigation for any criminal charges.
11.6. Under investigation or convicted of money laundering or terrorist financing
activities.

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 11.7. Under investigation of the Anti-Corruption Commission.

12. Eligible Entities

The following juristic persons are eligible to act as banking agents:

12.1. MFIs regulated by Microcredit Regulatory Authority of Bangladesh;
12.2. NGOs registered with Social Welfare Directorate;
12.3. Societies registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860;
12.4. Cooperative Societies formed and controlled/supervised under the Cooperative
Society Act, 2001;
12.5. Government offices having branch/unit offices;
12.6. Courier and mailing service companies registered under Ministry of Posts &
Telecommunications;
12.7. Companies registered under the Companies Act, 1994;
12.8. Agents of mobile network operators that fulfils the eligibility criteria as laid down
in these Guidelines;
12.9. Local government institutions;
12.10. Union Digital Centre (UDC);
12.11. Agents of insurance companies that fulfil the eligibility criteria as laid down in
these Guidelines;
12.12. Any business entity having trade licenses from eligible authorities that fulfils the
eligibility criteria as laid down in these Guidelines; and
12.13. Any other entity which Bangladesh Bank may prescribe or authorize.

13. Consent of Regulatory or Controlling Authority

Any juristic person, who is subject to any regulatory authority under any written law or is
a public entity, shall obtain the consent of the regulatory authority or the appropriate
oversight body or authority prior to being appointed as an agent.

14. Permissible Activities of an Agent

An agent may provide any of the following services as may be specifically agreed
between it and the bank:

14.1. Cash deposit and cash withdrawal;

14.2. Inward foreign remittance disbursement;
14.3. Disbursement and repayment of loans;
14.4. Collections of bills/utility bills;
14.5. Collection of insurance premium;
14.6. Payment of retirement and social benefits;
14.7. Payment of salaries;
14.8. Transfer of funds;
14.9. Balance enquiry;
14.10. Generation and issuance of mini bank statements;
14.11. Collection of documents in relation to accounts;
14.12. Collect account opening forms, loan application forms, credit and debit card
applications;

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 14.13. Monitoring and recovery of loans and advances sanctioned by the bank; and
14.14. Any other activity as Bangladesh Bank may prescribe from time to time.

15. Prohibited Activities

An agent shall not:

15.1. Enter into agent banking contract with more than one bank.
15.2. Operate or carry out an electronic transaction when there is communication
failure/error in the system;
15.3. Carry out a transaction when a transactional receipt or acknowledgement cannot be
generated;
15.4. Charge customers directly any fee beyond banks’ prescribed fees;
15.5. Offer any type of guarantee in favor of any customer;
15.6. Offer banking services on its own accord (provide banking services on its own
account similar to those provided by it under an agency contract) or offer services
that the principal is not authorized to offer;
15.7. Continue with the agency business when it has a criminal record or disciplinary
case involving fraud, dishonesty or any other financial impropriety;
15.8. Provide, render or hold itself out to be providing or rendering any financial service
which is not specifically permitted in the contract;
15.9. Open accounts, grant loans or carry out any appraisal function for purposes of
opening an account or granting of a loan or any other facility;
15.10. Make debit or credit transactions using cheque;
15.11. Transact in foreign currency;
15.12. Representing the bank in any means to a third party without written consent from
the bank; and
15.13. Be run or managed by a bank’s employee or its associate.

16. Mandatory Provisions for Contract

Every contract between a bank and an agent shall at a minimum, contain the following
information:

16.1. Roles, responsibilities and liabilities of the agent while providing agent banking
services to the clients;
16.2. Specific banking services to be rendered by the agent;
16.3. Rights, expectations, responsibilities and liabilities of both parties;
16.4. Measures to mitigate the financial risks associated with agent banking services
(limits of customer transactions, cash management, cash security, security of agent
premises insurance policies);
16.5. Provision that Bangladesh Bank shall have free, full and timely access to the
internal systems, documents, reports, records, staff and premises of the agent and
shall exercise such powers as it may deem necessary;
16.6. Provision that banks shall have free, full and timely access to the internal systems,
documents, reports, records, staff and premises of its own agents and shall exercise
such powers as it may deem necessary;
16.7. Provision for penalty in case of violation of contract by either party;

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 16.8. Anti-Money Laundering/Combating Financing of Terrorism requirements;
16.9. Provision to deliver transaction support documents by the agent;
16.10. A statement that all information or data that the agent collects in relation to agent
banking services, whether from the customers, the bank or from other sources, is
the property of the bank;
16.11. Prohibition from charging the customer any fees, charges and commission beyond
prescribed by banks;
16.12. Business hours of the agent;
16.13. Suitable limits on cash holding by the agent and also limits on individual customer
payments and receipts;
16.14. Confidentiality of customer and user information;
16.15. Technical description of electronic devices;
16.16. Fees, charges and commission schedule for agent;
16.17. State that the agent shall at all times ensure safe-keeping of all relevant records,
data, documents or files or alternately, such records, data, documents or files shall
be shifted to the bank at regular pre-specified intervals for bank’s safe-keeping;
16.18. State that the agents will not perform management functions, make management
decisions, or act or appear to act in a capacity equivalent to that of a member of
management or an employee of the banks;
16.19. State that the agent will not close any outlet for any period of time without prior
approval of the concerned bank. In case agent wants to discontinue the operation of
outlet(s), the agreement must ensure that the concerned bank get a formal notice
before 3 (three) months or such shorter period as may be agreed upon. Banks
should respond appropriately within 30 (thirty) working days of receipt of such a
notice and take necessary actions to ensure uninterrupted banking services;
16.20. Duties and liabilities of the agent with respect to its employees distinct from the
employees of the bank;
16.21. A framework for changing the terms of the contract and stipulations for default and
termination of the contract;
16.22. Business continuity plan for the agent in the event of accident, death or legal
restriction;
16.23. Procedure and compensation plan for both bank and agent if any party decide to
discontinue its agent banking activities; and
16.24. State that agent shall follow these Guidelines.

17. Termination of Agency Contract

In addition to the provisions for termination of the agency contract as may be set out in
the contract, a bank shall terminate an agency contract if an agent

17.1. carries on agent banking operation when its commercial activity has been ceased;
17.2. convict of a criminal offence involving fraud, dishonesty or other financial
impropriety;
17.3. is being dissolved or wound up through court or otherwise;
17.4. sustains a financial loss or damage to such a degree as to make it impossible for the
agent to gain its financial soundness within 3 (three) months from the date of the
loss or damage;

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 17.5. transfers, relocates or closes its place of agent banking operation without prior
written consent of the bank;
17.6. fails to hold or renew a valid business license;
17.7. violates any such provision of these Guidelines as may, in the opinion of the bank
warrant termination of the agency relationship;
17.8. is suspected of involvement in money laundering/financing of terrorism activities;
17.9. is under sanctions from the primary regulator;
17.10. transfers a part of the ownership to any non eligible person as stated therein Clause
11;
17.11. violates any of the provisions of these Guidelines; and
17.12. deliberately furnishes a bank with fraudulent or materially false information.

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PART V: RESPONSIBILITIES OF BANK

18. Key Roles and Responsibilities

18.1. The ultimate responsibility for agent banking lies with the banks. Banks shall
endeavour to obtain accurate information from the juristic person and its officers
and shall not represent to Bangladesh Bank that it was misled by the juristic person
or its officers.
18.2. Banks shall be responsible for monitoring and controlling of the agent and for
providing active oversight of the agent’s activities or functions.
18.3. Banks shall pay close attention to concentration risk while granting agent banking
outlets to master agent.
18.4. Banks shall arrange regular training program for both agents and related bank
officials and provide operations manuals and necessary forms/stationery to
facilitate branchless banking.
18.5. Every bank shall sensitize its agents on the provisions of these Guidelines.

19. Board of Directors

19.1. The board of directors of the bank shall be responsible for approving the bank’s
agent banking operation strategy and relevant policies.
19.2. The board of directors shall be expected to take an explicit, informed and
documented strategic decision as to whether and how the bank will provide agent
banking services to its customers.
19.3. The board of directors shall ensure that the bank has security control policies to
safeguard the information, communication and technology systems and data from
both internal and external threats.
19.4. The board of directors of the bank shall be responsible for approving its own
internal audit and monitoring manual for agent banking operation.
19.5. The board of directors of the bank shall be responsible for approving its own Anti-
Money Laundering (AML)/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) policies
and procedures.
19.6. It is the responsibility of the board of directors of each bank to ensure compliance
with these Guidelines.
19.7. Policies regarding operational limits shall be approved by the board of directors of
the bank.

20. Management

20.1. The management of the bank shall be responsible for developing and implementing
agent banking strategy and establishing an effective agent banking services
management oversight.
20.2. Management oversight encompasses the review and approval of the key aspects of
the bank’s security control programs and processes, and to implement security
control policies and infrastructure.

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 20.3. Management shall ensure effective oversight which should include a
comprehensive process for identifying, managing and mitigating risks associated
with reliance on third parties.
20.4. Management shall establish a separate business unit for managing agent banking
services with appropriate structure, authority and budget.
20.5. Management must ensure that the scope and coverage of the internal audit function
has been expanded to be commensurate with the increased complexity and risks
inherent in branchless banking activities and the audit department shall be staffed
with personnel having sufficient technical expertise to perform the expanded role.
20.6. Management shall take steps to ensure that their bank has updated and modified
where necessary, its existing risk management policies and processes to cover its
current or planned agent banking services.
20.7. Banks shall integrate the agent banking applications with the main banking systems
as a part of the overall risk management appropriate for all agent banking
activities.
20.8. Management shall provide sufficient training for agents to adequately perform the
operations and provide the services agreed upon, including relating to the proper
identification of customers, customer service, confidentiality of the information,
banking secrecy, cash security, record keeping and financial education.
20.9. Management shall ensure that operations of an agent including cash in possession
of the agent and cash in transit is adequately insured.
20.10. Management shall ensure continuity of banking services to its clients in the event
of suspension or closure of an outlet. There shall be no gap in rendering services in
the event of suspension or closure.

21. Compliance Function

The bank’s compliance function shall ensure that controls are incorporated into the
system so that all relevant compliance issues are fully addressed, particularly the
identification, assessment, monitoring and reporting on the bank’s compliance risk.

22. Internal Audit

22.1. Bank’s internal auditors shall be responsible for assessing adherence to the
policies, rules, regulations and operational guidelines.
22.2. Internal auditors need to incorporate risk-based review of critical agent banking
processes to ensure that the policies, rules, regulations and the operational
guidelines are followed and should escalate significant exceptions to the audit
committee of the board of directors.
22.3. Internal auditors shall also be responsible for assessing the adequacy of controls of
outsourced activities by taking appropriate direct or third party audits of the same
as mandated under relevant outsourcing agreements.

23. Risk Management

23.1. Banks should pay special attention to credit risk, operational risk, legal risk,
liquidity risk, reputation risk and compliance with rules for combating money
laundering and financing of terrorism.

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 23.2. Agent’s credit worthiness should be assessed and proper limit structure for agent’s
various activities commensurate with this assessment should be in place.
23.3. All product programs, procedure manuals and customer limit structures should be
devised keeping in mind the implications for operational risk and liquidity risk for
agents.
23.4. Wireless or electronic banking related risks should be recognized, addressed and
managed by the banks in a prudent manner according to the fundamental
characteristics and challenges of electronic banking services.
23.5. Technology risks regarding information and data security in wireless networks
should be properly identified and addressed.
23.6. A business continuity plan should be developed to mitigate any significant
disruption, discontinuity or gap in agent’s function.
23.7. Banks shall be responsible for putting in place appropriate product and operations
manuals, accounting procedures and systems and for designing necessary
forms/stationary to be used by the agents.
23.8. Banks shall arrange proper training before and during the agent banking operation.

24. Customer Due Diligence

A bank shall carry out risk based customer due diligence to ensure that requirements of
AML/CFT are not compromised. The Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements,
transactional limits and minimum technological security requirements that are applicable
to each level of account will be subject of the review process by Bangladesh Bank at the
time of seeking approvals to engage in agent banking activities. The factors to consider
may include:

24.1. KYC requirements;

24.2. Transactional limits per day, month and year (limits commensurate with
customer’s profile);
24.3. Maximum balance limits on debit and credit;
24.4. Minimum technological security requirements; and
24.5. Two factor authentication (TFA) i.e., use of a photo ID, Personal identification
Number (PIN) or any other secret code or message during transactions.

25. Transaction Processing System

Banks engaged in agent banking shall ensure that its transaction processing system is
capable of

25.1. imposing limits to avoid any breach;

25.2. sending alerts to the users if they are close to the limit;
25.3. identifying irregular or suspicious transactions and generate reports;
25.4. handling real time transactions; and
25.5. communicating transaction confirmation to the clients in a suitable manner.

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26. Agent Due Diligence

26.1. Efficient agent due diligence procedures must exist to mitigate risks.
26.2. Banks shall have in place clear, well documented agent due diligence policy and
procedures.
26.3. These procedures, at minimum, should contain methods of identifying potential
agents. Initial due diligence and regular due diligence checks shall be performed at
specified intervals and a list of early warning signals and corrective actions shall be
taken to ensure proactive agent management.
26.4. Agent due diligence should clearly specify roles and responsibilities of various
functions in the bank with regard to agent management.
26.5. Minimum agent selection criteria should be defined.
26.6. Banks should ensure that agents are well established, enjoying good reputation and
have the confidence of the populace in their areas of operation.
26.7. Prior to engaging an entity as an agent, a bank shall assess the moral, business and
professional suitability of the juristic person’s directors, significant shareholders,
proprietors and/or senior officers as the case may be.
26.8. Banks shall have in place AML/CFT monitoring processes exist for agent banking.
The necessary actions to be taken by agents in this regard should be communicated
among them. The agents’ compliance should be monitored.

27. Operational Limits

27.1. Banks shall establish limits for the provision of services agreed upon with the
agent.
27.2. Banks shall establish limits within which agent shall operate.
27.3. Agent shall open current account(s) with the bank and deposit such amounts as
agreed between bank and agent. Initial limits should not be less than BDT
2.00 lakh per agent banking outlet. Such limits shall be revised based on demand
and transaction profile of the agent.
27.4. Agent shall be responsible for refilling the account(s) to the agreed level of
minimum balance as frequently as agreed, however, not less than at least twice a
month; once at the half way through the month and the other at the end of the
month.
27.5. Banks may also extend credit facility to the agent for meeting unexpected
transaction needs, which shall not be more than 100% of the agent’s deposit limit
with the bank.

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 27.6. In general, the maximum number and volume of transactions for client at agent
banking outlet should not exceed the limits specified in the following table:
Amount in Lakh BDT
Daily Number of Transactions and Amount Limit
Nature of Cash Deposit Cash Withdrawal Transfer/BEFTN/
Accounts Inter-bank/Intra-bank
No. of Total No. of Total Volume No. of Total
transactions Volume transactions transactions Volume
Current Account 4 6.00 2 5.00 4 15.00
Savings Account 2 4.00 2 3.00 2 5.00
Special Notice
4 6.00 2 3.00 4 10.00
Deposit (SND)

27.7. Transactions beyond the established limits may also be carried but this shall
require at least 1 (one) working day prior notice to the bank through the agent.
27.8. In special cases, when a client has need for regular banking transactions exceeding
the limits of clause 27.6, banks may set an increased limit for that client with due
approval from the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the bank. The
increase must be prudent, rational and must accord the merit of the account and
client and transaction category based on customer due diligence, client needs and
associated risks. Within 30 (thirty) days of such increase of transaction limit, the
bank shall inform FID of Bangladesh Bank in writing along with the rationale of
such increase with related information of client transactions of at least last 1 (one)
month.

28. Fees, Charges and Commission

28.1. Banks shall establish a fees, charges and commission structure for the agent
banking services. Such structure shall specify fees, charges and commission
payable to agent for each services category.
28.2. Banks shall ensure that agent collects fees, charges and commission payable to the
bank as specified in the schedule of charges only.
28.3. Any deductions from customers’ account must be informed by sending SMS to
customers’ registered mobile number.

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PART VI: ASSESSMENT OF AGENTS

29. Assessment Criteria of an Agent

A bank shall, before contracting an entity as its agent, satisfy itself as to the suitability of
the juristic person and shall establish that it fulfils the eligibility criteria and does not
possess any of the non-eligibility conditions.

30. Information Required from Agents

Any juristic person that seeks to be appointed as an agent by a bank shall furnish the bank
with the following information:

30.1. The name of the juristic person proposed to be an agent;

30.2. The certificate of incorporation/certificate of registration/trade license of the
juristic person for any lawful commercial activity carried on by the juristic person;
30.3. A description of the activities the owner, manager of the entity and the juristic
person have been carrying on for the last one year immediately preceding the date
of the application;
30.4. Physical location, postal address and telephone numbers of the juristic person and
its working hours;
30.5. Evidence of availability of funds to cover agent operations including deposits and
withdrawals by customers;
30.6. Sources of funds;
30.7. A report from the Credit Information Bureau;
30.8. Any criminal record or disciplinary action;
30.9. Reference letter from at least two people of good social standing hailing from the
same locality as the person and who has known the person for at least 3 (three)
years;
30.10. Tax certificate; and
30.11. Any other relevant information that impacts the person.
Bank shall keep the information provided under this part in safe custody and shall
furnish this information to Bangladesh Bank whenever required.

31. Supervision of Agents

31.1. Bank shall establish a policy to monitor and supervise agent's activities.
31.2. Bank must have detailed information on the number and volume of transactions
carried out for each type of services provided by the agents and monitor effective
compliance.
31.3. Bank shall implement measures to control operating risk, including clause(s) in the
contract establishing the liabilities of the agent vis-à-vis the bank.
31.4. Periodic physical visits by bank’s staff or authorized persons are necessary to
ensure that agents operate strictly within the requirements of the law, guidelines
and the contract.

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 31.5. Notwithstanding the responsibility imposed on bank to monitor and supervise their
agents, Bangladesh Bank may at any time exercise its regulatory and supervisory
powers and may request for such data or information and may carry out such
inspection as it deems necessary.

32. Publication of Agents’ List and Outlets Location

Bank shall publish the list of all its agents and outlets in a conspicuous place within its
branches or agent banking offices (as the case may be), website and such other
publications as it may deem appropriate. The list shall be disseminated to agents and shall
be made available in agent premises. The list should be updated on regular basis.

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PART VII: AGENT OPERATIONS

33. Agent Banking Priority

33.1. Location

33.1.1. To establish agent banking services outlet, banks shall give priority to areas
where bank branches or other forms of formal banking services access points
are not available.
33.1.2. Banks shall give preference to such places for establishing new agent banking
outlets where there is no bank branch or agent point within 1 (one) km radius
(with an exception of agent on UDC). While giving permission for new outlet
Bangladesh Bank will give preference to such places.
33.1.3. Banks shall give priority to remote rural areas, chars, islands and other
geographical areas with limited accessibility. Agent banking outlet should be
distributed equitably among various districts with preference to districts with
less financial access points. Bangladesh Bank will monitor this while granting
permission to open agent outlet.
33.1.4. Banks should maintain a minimum ratio of 3:1 for rural and urban agent
banking outlets.
33.1.5. The metropolitan areas, city corporations and municipalities classified as ÔKÕ
will be defined as 'Urban' areas and municipalities classified as ÔLÕ, ÔMÕ and all
unions will be defined as 'Rural' areas.

33.2. Agent

33.2.1. Banks should actively promote established small businessmen fulfilling

required criteria for a unit agent.
33.2.2. Banks should actively promote to eligible women entrepreneurs fulfilling
required criteria for a unit agent.
33.2.3. Banks should actively promote employing women officials in the agent outlet
for facilitating acquisition of rural women clients.

33.3. Clients

33.3.1. Banks shall put emphasis in its agent banking policies to prioritize low income
households, cottage, micro and small businesses without access to formal
banking services in the priority areas for opening new accounts.
33.3.2. Banks shall ensure that regular clients can avail the transaction facility at agent
banking outlet provided that they have fulfilled the transaction requirements.
33.3.3. Agent banking clients shall be entitled to regular banking services at the
branches of the bank provided that they have fulfilled the enhanced due
diligence.

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34. Business Hours for Agent Banking

Usual business hours for agent banking outlets should be regular banking hours
announced by Bangladesh Bank from time to time. Transactions should remain for the
whole duration of business hours. However, if a bank is satisfied with the security and
risk issues, it may allow agent outlets to remain open as it decides.

35. Relocation, Transfer and Closure of Agent Premises

35.1. No agent shall relocate, transfer or close its agent banking outlet without the prior
written consent of the bank.
35.2. Agent should serve notice of intention to relocate, transfer or close agent banking
outlet on the bank 3 (three) months or such shorter period as may be agreed in the
contract.
35.3. Banks should give its opinion to the concerned agent within 30 (thirty) working
days or such shorter period of receipt of such notice as may be agreed in the
contract.
35.4. Banks shall arrange replacement of agent banking outlet in the event of closure.
35.5. Failure to provide notice or unauthorized relocation or closure of agent banking
outlet would be treated as violation of contract and subjected to penalty as would
be agreed in the contract.
35.6. Within 14 (fourteen) working days of relocation or closure of agent banking outlet,
the bank shall inform BRPD with a copy to FID of Bangladesh Bank in writing.
The report shall also include the immediate initiative of the bank to replace the
agent outlet for avoiding interruption of services.

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PART VIII: TECHNOLOGY OF SETTLEMENT OF TRANSACTIONS

36. Real Time Transactions

All transactions involving deposit, withdrawal, payment, remittances or transfer of cash

from or to an account shall be real time.

37. Technical Requirements for Operating Systems of the Agent Banking

37.1. Technical Aspects and Data Security

With a view to establishing sound systems and vigorous infrastructure to support
agent banking, banks have to ensure the compliance with the following minimum
requirements:

37.1.1. IT infrastructure must be,

37.1.1.1. able to support real-time processing;

37.1.1.2. able to provide a secured network including end-to-end encryption;
37.1.1.3. robust in managing structural capacity to support agent banking
services; and
37.1.1.4. capable of monitoring, detecting and combating cybercrimes and other
possible threats.

37.1.2. Payment Acceptance Devices (PAD) must be,

37.1.2.1. able to support minimum TFA/two-step verification for agent and

customer registration;
37.1.2.2. able to support the requirement of end-to-end encryption based on
industry standards algorithm (from end-point devices i.e. PAD to host
system); and
37.1.2.3. at the end point, device should not store the sensitive customer
information like PIN/password/biometrics etc.

37.1.3. Agent Banking Application/Software must be,

37.1.3.1. able to support host validation for PIN/password/biometrics

authentication;
37.1.3.2. able to provide device authentication during session activation and
transaction processing at host level; and
37.1.3.3. capable to have limit management feature for agents, customers,
transactions and other limit requirements.

37.1.4. Others features of the agent banking systems should include the following:

37.1.4.1. Allow handling under different user profiles for administration,

maintenance and operation;
37.1.4.2. The system should have interoperability functions/solution;
37.1.4.3. Reverse incomplete transactions due to error, system failure, power
outage or other defects;

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 37.1.4.4. Process or generate durable transactional documents or receipts;
37.1.4.5. Automatically log off an agent once the agent exhausts its daily cash
limit or tries to perform an illegal or unauthorized transaction;
37.1.4.6. The bank/support service provider shall at all times monitor the safety,
security and efficiency of the equipment being used to prevent any
tampering or manipulation by any person;
37.1.4.7. The bank/support service provider shall regularly inspect the equipment
and certify their soundness; and
37.1.4.8. Access to client information by agents should be restricted to a level
that would only require for completing a transaction.

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PART IX: AML/CFT & KYC

38. AML/CFT Requirements

38.1. Banks and its agents shall have to comply with the prevailing AML/CFT related
laws, regulations and guidelines issued by Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit
(BFIU) from time to time.
38.2. Banks shall have to follow KYC format issued by BFIU for the agent and
customer. Banks will be responsible for authenticity of the KYC of all the
customers and agents.
38.3. Banks shall ensure that suspected transactions can be isolated for subsequent
investigation. Banks shall develop an IT based automated system and integrate the
same with its agent banking system to generate suspicious transaction report (STR)
and suspicious activity report (SAR) before introducing the services.
38.4. Banks shall immediately report to BFIU regarding any suspicious, unusual or
doubtful transactions likely to be related to money laundering or terrorist financing
activities.
38.5. Banks shall ensure that agents:

38.5.1. Identify customers with at least two characters like ID, PIN, password, ATM
card, secret code or secret message while performing any transaction requiring
identification; and
38.5.2. Conduct agent banking strictly as per the transactional limits prescribed by the
bank and the regulations.

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PART X: CUSTOMER PROTECTION

39. Customer Protection Measures

39.1. Banks shall establish appropriate customer protection measures in its agent
banking policy against risks of fraud, loss of privacy and loss of service for
establishing trust among customers.
39.2. Banks shall put in place systems which provide sufficient protection and
confidence to customers.

40. Minimum Requirements

As a minimum, the following requirements must be complied with and be incorporated

into the agent banking policy of the bank:

40.1. Banks shall possess mechanisms that enable its customers or users to appropriately
identify the agent and it shall make information available about the services it
provides through such agents;
40.2. The agents shall issue system generated receipts and SMS notifications for all
transactions;
40.3. Where an agent acts as a receiver and deliverer of documents, an acknowledgement
should be provided for all documents received or delivered by the agent to or from
the customer;
40.4. A channel for communication of customer complaint to the bank should be
established. The bank shall provide a toll free telephone line/call centre for lodging
complaints by customers. The customers can also use this telephone line/call centre
to verify with the bank, the authenticity and identity of the agent, its physical
location and the validity of its agent banking operation;
40.5. The bank shall have a proper complaint redress mechanism and shall ensure proper
communication of its complaints redress mechanism to the customers;
40.6. All customer complaints shall be addressed within a reasonable time and in any
case not later than 7 (seven) days from the date of reporting or lodging the
complaint. Banks should generate a report on monthly basis on complaints
registered and redressed;
40.7. The agent shall have signs, clearly visible to the public, indicating that it is a
provider of services of the bank with which it has an agency contract;
40.8. The agent shall not represent to the public that it is a licensed financial institution;
40.9. Use secure system that ensures customer information confidentiality;
40.10. Banks shall ensure that at agent business premises and in any communication to the
clients, agent should display/communicate the hotline and other complaint
registering methods for lodging complaints to the Customer Interest Protection
Centre (CIPC) of Bangladesh Bank;
40.11. Banks shall have a business continuity plan to ensure uninterrupted services to the
customers in case of failure or termination of agents; and

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 40.12. When a contract between the bank and the agent is terminated, bank shall issue a
notice of the termination to be published within the locality where the agent was
operating its business. The notice should also include the name and location of the
agent outlet replacing the earlier one.

41. Disclosure

An agent shall disclose to the customers:

41.1. A copy of the current license for the business activities being undertaken by the
agent;
41.2. A copy of the approval letter from the bank;
41.3. The name of the bank it is working for;
41.4. A list of banking services offered by the agent;
41.5. A notice to the effect that if the electronic system is down, no transaction shall be
carried out;
41.6. A notice to the effect that services shall be provided subject to availability of
funds;
41.7. The list of charges or fees applicable for each service which are payable to the
bank by the customers;
41.8. A dedicated call centre through which customers can contact the bank. The name,
telephone numbers and location of the bank’s branches/offices to which the agent
reports its agent activities; and
41.9. At agent business premises and in any communication to the clients agent should
display/communicate the hotline and other complaints registering methods for
lodging complaints to the CIPC of Bangladesh Bank.

42. Publicity/Co-branding

42.1. Banks may choose to brand their agent network under any brand name. However,
use of protected words like bank, financial institution, financial intermediary or
their derivatives or any other word indicating that the agent is itself a bank is
prohibited.
42.2. Banks shall take necessary steps for creating awareness among the customers (in
local language) on agent banking which may contain the rights of the customers
and safety measures to make transactions with agents.

43. Financial Literacy and Education

Banks shall carry out appropriate financial education programs aiming their officials,
agents, customers and commoners in a regular basis using appropriate channel, media and
content. Banks may also provide information on their products and services along with
discussion on the general financial literacy.

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PART XI: REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND SUPERVISORY
OVERSIGHT

44. Submission of Data and Statistical Returns to Bangladesh Bank

Every bank shall, at the end of every quarter, submit to Bangladesh Bank, data and other
information on agent operations including information on nature, value, volume and
geographical distribution of operations or transactions.

45. Reporting

45.1. Banks shall submit a quarterly report (both soft and hard copy) on agent banking
activities within 15 (fifteen) working days after the end of each quarter as per
Annexure-D to FID.
45.2. Banks shall submit an annual report on its agent banking operation including the
names, number and other information on agent operations for the preceding year to
FID not later than 15th February of each year.

46. Regulatory Power over Agents

Notwithstanding any other power conferred on Bangladesh Bank by the Bank-Company

Act, 1991 and these Guidelines, Bangladesh Bank shall have power to the following
sanctions as and when it deems fit:

46.1. Seek any information from any agent at any time;

46.2. Carry out inspection of the books of the agent banking operation and premises of
the agent;
46.3. Direct an agent to take such action or desist from such conduct as Bangladesh
Bank may find necessary;
46.4. Direct the termination of the agency contract to banks;
46.5. Direct the banks to take such action or measures against or on behalf of the agent
as Bangladesh Bank may find appropriate; and
46.6. Direct the banks to take such remedial action arising from the conduct of an agent.

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PART XII: REMEDIAL MEASURES AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SANCTIONS

47. Remedial Measures

Where a bank or its agent fails to comply with these Guidelines, Bangladesh Bank may
pursue any or all corrective actions against the bank as provided under the Bank-
Company Act, 1991 and any other applicable laws and regulations.

48. Administrative Sanctions

In addition, the Bangladesh Bank may pursue any or all of the following administrative
sanctions against a bank, its board of directors, officers or agents:

48.1. Prohibition from engaging in any further agent banking operation;

48.2. Prohibition from contracting new agents;
48.3. Revocation of agent approval; and
48.4. Termination of agency contract.

PART XIII: AMENDMENT OF THE GUIDELINES

Bangladesh Bank may amend these Guidelines when it deems necessary.

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PART XIV: ANNEXURES

Annexure-A: Application for the approval of Agent Banking Operation

Date: DD/MM/YYYY

General Manager
Banking Regulation and Policy Department
Bangladesh Bank
Head Office
Motijheel, Dhaka-1000.

Dear Sir,
Approval of Agent Banking Operation

We hereby apply for the approval of agent banking operation of our bank.
2. We have prepared and our Board of Directors have duly approved all related policies,
reports, feasibility study, documents and systems for agent banking operation as per the
Bangladesh Bank guidelines.
3. We have selected (name of proposed agent) as preliminary agent(s) for our agent
banking operation. We do confirm that the proposed agent(s) is (are) not agent(s) of any other
bank or has(have) not entered into a contract for the purpose.
4. We have attached herewith the following documents required as per the Bangladesh
Bank guidelines:

a. (Name of document 1)
b. (Name of document 2)
c. (Name of document 3)
d. (Name of document --)
e. ----------------------------

5. We confirm that all information outlined in this letter and the enclosed annexures are
true and correct.

Yours Faithfully,

Signature of Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer/Head of Country Operation

(Name)
(Designation)
(Direct Phone No)
(E-mail)
(Fax)

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Annexure-B: Information of Agent Banking Department

1. Name of the Bank :

2. Title and the address of the Department for Agent Banking :

3. Details of Head of the Department :

Signature : ....................................................................
Name : ....................................................................
Designation : ....................................................................
Cell phone : ....................................................................
Direct Land phone : ....................................................................
E –mail : ....................................................................
Fax No : ....................................................................

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Annexure-C: Information of Agent

Name of the Bank: As on:

Agent Name of Type of Agent Agent Address Date of Nature of Experience Outlet Address Name and contact Date of Opening Comment
Sl no. Agent (Master/Unit) and contact Bank Business (Year) Sl no. of outlet number of Owner/ Bank date of (if any)
number Approval Manager of Outlet Approval Outlet
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)

Signature : ....................................................................
Name : ....................................................................
Designation : ....................................................................
Cell phone : ....................................................................
Direct Land phone : ....................................................................
E –mail : ....................................................................

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Annexure-D: Information of Agent Banking Operation
Name of the Bank: Name of the Quarter:

Agent type No. of Agents No. of Outlets No. of Accounts

Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Male Female Current Saving Others Total
(1) (2) (3) (4)= (2) + (3) (5) (6) (7)= (5) + (6) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)=(8)+(9)
=(10)+(11)
= (12)+(13)+(14)
Master
Unit
Total

Amount of Deposits (BDT in Lac) Amount of Lending Inward remittance (BDT in Lac) Comment
Urban Rural Male Female Current Saving Others Total Urban Rural Male Female Total Urban Rural Total (if any)
(16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) (23) =(16)+(17) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31)= (29) + (30) (31)
=(18)+(19) =(24)+(25)
= (20)+(21)+(22) =(26)+(27)

Signature : ....................................................................
Name : ....................................................................
Designation : ....................................................................
Cell phone : ....................................................................
Direct Land phone : ....................................................................
E –mail : ....................................................................

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 Agent Banking Reporting Table
Name of the Linked Branch:

Report for the Month of:

Please tick mark accordingly on the respective cell of the following table:

SL# QUESTION ANSWER

01 Has the Agent Banking System worked properly? YES NO

02 Does CSP operations conduct on regular basis? YES NO

03 Is there any specific customer complaint you have received? * YES NO

Did you get any information on the theft or fraud or notice such
04 YES NO
event? **

* Must fill-up the below box If answer to question 3 of above table is YES
Customer Name
Account Number
Contact Number

Complaint

** Must fill-up the below box If answer to question 3 of above table is YES
Customer Name
Account Number
Contact Number

Complaint

SEAL & SIGNATURE

 An Introduction
To
Agent Banking
Agrani Bank Limited agentbanking.agranibank.org Facebook.com/agrani.doer
 User Manual_Branch Maker
Agrani Doer Banking
র র

এ র ।
র
র র ।
র র ।
রএ র র ।
র র র ।
র র র এ র
র র ।

Step 1: Login Page

Step 1: Login Page> ১. Mozila Firefox Google Chorme ঑
এ এ এ ( Live
Operation: https://172.16.110.11/AgraniABS/# Test Operation:
https://172.16.110.20/AgraniABS/#) এই এর Enter এ র ।
এ এর User Id এ Password Sign In র
। এর । র র
র র এ ই User Id এ র র password Sign In ।
 Step 2: Branch Maker Activity
Step 2: Branch Maker Activity: Dashboard > Transaction List এ ”
( এ ল ল ).

Step 3: New customer make process

Step 3: New
ল
 Step 4: Lock Process
Step 4: Lock Process> ল Yes

or No” Button.

Step 5: Customer (Enter/Edit Customer)

Step 5: Customer Make :এ Lock Enter/Edit Customer
>View Details .
 Step 6: Bank Customer Id creation
Step 6: Customer Make :> ঐ Input Personal Information এ লএ
,, ল , ,Mnemonic এ ঑ এ এ
Mnemonic T২৪ এ Customer Mnemonic এ .T২৪ এ ল
. T২৪ এ এ এ ঑
ABS এ > এ Submit
.

Step 7: Customer (Submit> Yes)

Step 7: Customer Make :> এ Message "Are you sure want to
Enter/Edit customer Info for this customer (customerID = 000000175)" Yes No
Yes ল
 Step 8: All Customer (make Editable)
Step 8: Customer Information Update: Approve এ Active Update
Update Record >Make Record Update
.

Step 9: New Account Creation

ল
.
 Step 10: Lock Account Process

Step 10: Lock Process> Account ল Yes

Step 11: Account Creation Process

Step 11: Account Make :এ Lock Account Enter/Edit Accounts
>View Details .
 Step 12: Bank Account Number Creation
Step 12: Account Make : এ Abs এ Account এ Mnemonic ঑ এ এ Mnemonic
T২৪ এ Account Mnemonic এ .T২৪ এ এ এ ল
. T২৪ এ এ এ এ এ ঑ এ
ABS এ Bank Account No এ > এ Submit .

Step 14: Foreign Remittance

Step 1 :> Service >Enter /Edit Remittance > ল এ
এ এ Abs এ এ Actual Amount in Bdt
Submit . ল Cancel .
 Step 15: Report
ল Report ( : Account Reports- Remittance Report-
Transaction Report – Customer wise Report – Miscellaneous – Statistical Report – Agent wise Report – REB Bill
Report)
 User Manual_Branch Approver
Agrani Doer Banking
র র

এ র ।
র
র র ।
র র ।
রএ র র ।
র র র ।
র র র এ
র র র ।

Step 1: Login Page

Step 1: Login Page> ১. Mozila Firefox Google Chorme
এ এ এ ( Live
Operation: https://172.16.110.11/AgraniABS/# Test Operation:
https://172.16.110.20/AgraniABS/#) এই এর Enter এ র ।
এ এর User Id এ Password Sign In র
। এর । র র র
র এ ই User Id এ র র password Sign In ।
Step 2: View Dashboard
Step 2: Branch Approver Activity: Dashboard > Transaction List এ
”( এ ল ল ).

Step 3: New Customer

ল
.
 Step 4: New Customer Lock Customer
Step 4: Lock Process> ল Yes

Step 5: Approve Customer (View Details)

Step 5: Approve Customer > Approve Customer >View Details

.
 Step 6: Approve Customer (View Details)
Step 6:Approve Customer “ h P n l Inf i n” “ h Uniq
Inf i n” > ল ল“ ”
.

Step 7: Approve Customer

Step: Approve Customer : Approve Yes
Step 8: Approve Record (Approve Editable Customer)
Step 8: Customer Information Update: Approve এ Active Approve
Approve Record

Step 9: Account (New Account)

n এ Account
n ল
 Step 10: Account New Account (Lock Customer)
Step 10:Lock Process: Account ল Yes

Step 11: Approve Account (View Details)

Step 11: Approve Accounts : New Accounts >Card View ল
View Details .
 Step 12: Approve Account (Approve)
Step 12: Approve Account :Menu: ল ল“ ”
ল Reject

Step 13: Approve Record

Step 13: Approve এ Active Account এ Approve Approve Account

 Step 1: Approve remittance
Step 1 :> Service >Approve Remittanc >Edit or View Details

Step 2: Approve Remittance

Step 2: > ল Approve ল Reject .
 Br anch Manual Act i vi t i es

Updat e Recor d হল
যারা appr ove এবং
একটিভ কাস্টমার আছে
তাছেরছক ঩ুনরায় Edi t
করার প্রটিয়া। এটি অল
কাস্টমার থেছক act i ve
এবং appr ove কাস্টমার
এটিছয় কাজ করছত হছব।

Rej ect Cust omer

অপশন হল থকাছনা
গ্রাহছকর তছেে ভু঱ বা
অসম্পূর্ণ হছ঱ গ্রাহকটিছক
বাটতল করার প্রটিয়া।

Rej ect Cust omer

অ঩লছন টিক কছয
গ্রাহকটিছক
বাটত঱ করছত চাছেন
ডায়া঱ি বক্স এ এর
যছোক্ত কারর্ ট঱ছে
Rej ect Cust omer
অ঩লছন টিক করুন।
Rej ect ed Cust omer
টির উপর ঩ুনরায় কাজ
করছত চাইছ঱
Cust omer অপশন থেছক
New Cust omer অপশন
টসছ঱ক্ট কছর St at us
অপশন থেছক Rej ect ed
টসছ঱ক্ট করুন।

Rej ect ed
Cust omer টিছক Lock
অ঩লছন টিক কছর Yes
ডায়া঱ি বক্স এ টিক
করুন।

Cust omer অপশন থেছক

Ent er / Edi t অ঩লছন
টিক কছর Rej ect ed
গ্রাহকটির Vi ew Det ai l s
অ঩লছন টিক কছর
গ্রাহকটির তেে সংছলাধর্
করুন।
গ্রাহছকর একাউন্ি সংক্ৰান্ত তেে
থকাছনা ভু঱ আসছ঱ গ্রাহকটিছকই
Rej ect কছর Account
অ঩লছন টিছয় New Account
অ঩লছন টিক কছর St at us
অ঩লছন Rej ect ed ট঱ছে
একাউন্িটি টসছ঱ক্ট করছত হছব
এবং গ্রাহকটিছক লক করছত
হছব। লক করার পর গ্রাহকটিছক
Ent er / Edi t Account s
টিছয় Vi ew Det ai l s অ঩লছন
টিক কছর গ্রাহছকর একাউন্ি
সংিান্ত তেে সংছলাধন করা
যাছব।

Account অ঩লছন Updat e

Recor d হল থয
account s গুছ঱া
Appr ove এবং Act i ve
আছে তাছেরছক ঩ুনরায় Edi t
করার প্রটিয়া। এটি
Account s থেছক Al l
Account s এ act i ve
এবং appr ove কাস্টমার
এটিছয় কাজ করছত হছব।
Ent er / Edi t Cust omer
অ঩লছন Mnumeni c নম্বরটি
Copy t o Cl i pboar d
অ঩লছন এ টিক কছর T24
এর Mnumeni c অ঩লছন
ইন঩ুি টেছয় Bank
Cust omer I d ততরী
করছত হছব এবং তা Abs
এর Bank Cust omer I d
থত বসাছত হছব।

Bank Account নম্বর

ততরী করার জন্য
Ent er / Edi t
Account s অ঩লছন
Mnumeni c নম্বরটি Copy
t o Cl i pboar d অ঩লছন
এ টিক কছর T24 এর
Mnumeni c অ঩লছন ইন঩ুি
টেছয় Bank Account No
ততরী করছত হছব এবং তা
Abs এর Bank Account
No অ঩লছন বসাছত হছব।
Br anch এর কতৃণক থয
গ্রাহকগুছ঱াছক
Cancel l ed করা হছয়ছে
থস গ্রাহছকর উপর ঩ুনরায়
কাজ করছত চাইছ঱
Cust omer অপশন থেছক
Al l Cust omer অ঩লছন
এ টিক কছর St at us
অ঩লছন Cancel l ed
টসছ঱ক্ট কছর Cancel l ed
কৃত কাষ্টছমরছক Re- Open
কছর ঩ুনরায় কাজ করা
যাছব।
 Apn Settings

১।Tab থেকে
“Settings ” app
টিতে ক্লিক
করুন।

২।“More”
অপশন এ
ক্লিক করুন।

৩।“Mobile
Networks” অপশন
এ ক্লিক করুন ।

৪। “Access Point
Names” অপশন এ
ক্লিক করুন
 ৫। “Apns” সেট করতে
ডানপাশের “+”
অপশনটিতে ক্লিক করুন
।

৫। “+” অপশনটিতে টিক

প Edi t
access Poi nt এ
Name এ APN
হ ।

৬। Bangl al i nk
Si mহয় " Name" অপশন
এ " bl doer " GP
si m হয় " agr ani -
doer " ok
ন।

৭।
Bangl al i nk Si m হয় "
APN " অপশন এ
" bl doer " GP si m
হয় " agr ani - doer "
ok ।

৮।৩ অশ
ন এ
" Save" অপশন
ন।
Summary: Settings→More→Access Point Names→Plus Sign→Name→APN→Save
 Paired Settings

১।Printer অন
নন Tab
থেকে “Set t i ngs ”
app টিকে টিে
েরুন।

২। “Bl uet oot h ”

অ ন
ন।

৩। “Bl uet oot h”

ন “0N”
ন।
৪।
“3A: BO: 00: AE: 00: GH”
ন
অ “DPP- 250”
ন ন
ন ন।

৫। ন PI N অ
" 0000" ই ন ন
Pai r i ng
ন।

৬। Pai r ed
ন Tab

“Set t i ngs”
।

Detecs Printer On And Cloud Printer Off

১। Tab থেকে “Settings

” app টিতে ক্লিক
করুন।
২। “Pr i nt i ng” অ ন
ন।

৩। “Cl oud Pr i nt ”
অ ন ন
“Det ecs Pr i nt
Ser vi ce” অ ন
নন।

Paired Settings Summary: Settings→Click Bluetooth→Blutooth On→Click

On Code→Write Pin Number .

Detecs Printer On and Cloud Printer Off Summary:

Settings→Printing→Off Cloud Print→On Detecs Print Service