Regulatory Alerts2025-12-24
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Implementation of Risk Based Supervision: Framework, Organogram, Operational Arrangements, Supervisory Engagement, and Regulatory Reporting Requirements
Bangladesh Bank implements Risk Based Supervision for all scheduled banks in Bangladesh effective 01 January 2026, replacing traditional compliance-based supervision with a forward-looking framework assessing inherent risks and governance effectiveness. The regulator restructures its supervisory organogram by dissolving existing inspection and function-based departments and establishing seventeen new departments, including twelve Bank Supervision Departments and five specialized units, to provide single-point supervision. Banks must designate a Lead Bank Supervisor and a Focal Point official, engage in continuous off-site and on-site supervisory dialogues, and submit structured and unstructured data through a centralized web portal according to specified monthly and quarterly deadlines. Failure to comply with these operational, reporting, and governance obligations may result in enhanced supervisory scrutiny, regulatory directives, or punitive measures.