Regulatory Alerts2024-10-02
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FEPD Circular No. 18: Taka loans to Non-resident Bangladeshi (NRBs) working abroad
Banks are authorized to extend Taka loans to Non-Resident Bangladeshi (NRBs) working abroad for bonafide purposes, subject to specific conditions. The loan amount is capped at the borrower's requirements or 10.00 Lac Taka, whichever is lower. NRB-borrowers must be regular remitters through official channels, and loan repayments must be settled using inward remittances sent by the borrowers from abroad. Banks must adhere to applicable credit norms, prudential regulations, and customer due diligence requirements.
Foreign Exchange Policy Department Bangladesh Bank Head Office, Dhaka www.bb.org.bd
FE Circular No. 18 Date: October 02, 2024
All Authorized Dealers of Foreign Exchange in Bangladesh
Dear Sirs,
Taka loans to Non-Resident Bangladeshi (NRBs) working abroad
In terms of Section 5(1)(a) of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947, prior permission from Bangladesh Bank is required to grant credits to non-residents. General permission has been given for extending housing finance to non-resident Bangladeshis. Details are outlined at paragraph 4(F), chapter 16 of the Guidelines for Foreign Exchange Transactions-2018, Vol-1 (GFET).
- To widen the financing facilities, it has been decided that banks can extend loans to NRBs for bonafide purposes on banker-customer relations, subject to observance of the following instructions:
(a) NRB-borrowers should be regular remitters through official channels;
(b) The loan amount shall be up to the requirements or 10.00 (Ten) Lac Taka, whichever is lower;
(c) Repayments of the loan need to be settled out of inward remittances sent by borrowers working abroad;
(d) Banks shall adhere to applicable credit norms, prudential regulations, customers' due diligence, etc, as usual.
Please bring the contents of this circular to the notice of all your concerned constituents.
Yours faithfully,
(Monoar Uddin Ahmed) Director (FEPD) Phone: +880-255665001-6/22128