Company Milestones
December 02,2020 | EBL has been awarded the prestigious Bank of the Year 2020 for Bangladesh by The Banker. |
October 22,2020 | EBL SKYCARE the exclusive service outlet designed especially for our valuable cardholders. It is a one-stop solution for EBL Cards where visiting customers can instantly avail a new prepaid card. |
September 23,2020 | EBL introduces first in Bangladesh UnionPay Dual Currency Debit card and UnionPay Dragon Prepaid Card. |
September 02,2020 | In collaboration with VISA EBL is the first bank in Bangladesh to launch Bangla QR Payment System, powered by mVISA on SKYBANKING app. |
May 31,2020 | EBL Insta Account - first Bangladeshi bank to introduce e-KYC based bank account. |
March 30,2020 |
2020 Euromoney-Asiamoney Trade Finance Survey
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December 16,2019 | EBL won the Most Innovative Retail Bank – Bangladesh 2019 by the International Finance Magazine. |
December 15,2019 | EBL has won the prestigious ‘ICMAB Best Corporate Award 2018’ securing the first position in the Private Commercial Bank Category. |
September 29,2019 | EBL opened its first representative office in Guangzhou, China |
September 08,2019 | EBL won the Best Employer Brand Award 2019 at the 14th Employer Branding Awards at Pan Pacific Sonargaon, Dhaka. The award was given by the globally renowned Employer Branding Institute. |
June 27,2019 | EBL won the 'Best Investment Bank Bangladesh' at the FinanceAsia Country Awards 2019, held in Hong Kong. |
March 25,2019 | EBL received Asiamoney Best Corporate and Investment Bank in Bangladesh Award for 2018. EBL has been awarded for three consecutive awards. |
December 08,2018 | EBL won 2nd prize of ICMAB's 'Best Corporate Award 2017' under Traditional Private Commercial Bank Category. |
November 10,2018 | EBL won the gold award at the 'ICSB National Award for Corporate Governance Excellence 2017' in the 'Banking Companies' category by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB). This is EBL's third gold award in last five years. |
September 01,2018 | EBL has been recognized as a 'Superbrand' of the country for the year 2018-2020 by the Superbrands Bangladesh. This is the second time EBL has been adjudged with this award. |
July 18,2018 | EBL became Euromoney Best Bank in Bangladesh by repeating the performance in 2018 for the third consecutive year. |
June 24,2018 | EBL has moved into its permanent home at 100 Gulshan Avenue, Dhaka. This is a state-of-the-art intelligent building and also an architectural landmark of the city. |
May 24,2018 | EBL received Asian Banker Transaction Awards-2018 in two categories: Best Cash Management Bank in Bangladesh and Best Trade Finance Bank in Bangladesh. |
March 22,2018 | EBL adjudged the 'Best Retail Bank in Bangladesh' award for 2018 consecutively for the sixth time by The Asian Banker. |
December 28,2017 | EBL launched country's first Artificial Intelligence (AI) - based banking chatbot titled 'EBL DIA' (EBL Digital Interactive Agent) - where anyone can interact with through chatting with an AI-based Chat Robot on social media platform. |
September 26,2017 | EBL received Asiamoney Best Corporate and Investment Bank in Bangladesh Award for 2017. |
July 13,2017 | EBL repeated the performance in 2017 by winning Euromoney Best Bank in Bangladesh award for the second consecutive year. |
March 17,2017 | EBL won the prestigious Best Retail Bank in Bangladesh award for 2017 consecutively for fifth times by The Asian Banker. |
December 24,2016 | Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) won the second prize at the 3rd ICSB National Award for Corporate Governance Excellence 2015. |
November 28,2016 | EBL wins 3rd prize best financial reporting at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh or ICAB awards |
October 01,2016 | EBL achieved the global standard in payment-card security certification 'Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) from world's top cyber security leader NCC Group based in UK |
June 29,2016 | EBL was adjudged as the Best Bank in Bangladesh by FinanceAsia. |
May 21,2016 | EBL is the first bank in Bangladesh to be awarded Ba3 ratings by Moody's |
November 10,2015 | EBL won the 'ICSB National Award for Corporate Governance Excellence-2014' in the Banking Companies category |
April 19,2015 | EBL wins the prestigious Best Retail Bank for Bangladesh2015 award. |
December 30,2014 | The 14th ICAB National Awards for the Best Presented Annual Reports 2013 |
December 04,2014 | ICSB National Award for Corporate Governance Excellence 2013 in the banking company category |
November 11,2014 | Best Structured SME Bank of the Year 2014 |
July 31,2014 | Global Brand Excellence Award by The World Brand Congress |
April 29,2014 | EBL wins the ICMAB Best Corporate Award 2013 |
April 03,2014 | Best Retail Bank in Bangladesh 2014 awarded by the Asian Banker |
February 20,2014 | EBL has been awarded the Best Partner for Working Capital Systemic Solutions in 2013 by IFC. |
March 22,2013 | EBL wins the Best Retail Bank in Bangladesh 2013 awarded by the Asian Banker. |
October 05,2012 | IFC awarded EBL the Best GTFP Issuing Bank in South Asia in 2012 |
October 01,2012 | Annual Report 2011 Awarded 2nd prize as 'Best Presented Annual Report Awards' by ICAB. |
July 25,2012 | EBL CEO awarded 'CEO of The Year' by World HR Congress & World Brand Congress Hosted by Asian Confederation of Businesses. |
July 19,2012 | Crowned Asia's Best Employer Brand Awards 2012 in the category of 'Best HR Strategy in line with business' by World HR Congress & Employer Branding Institute. |
November 28,2011 | Incorporated with HK authority 'EBL Finance (HK) Limited', the fully owned first foreign subsidiary of EBL. |
November 25,2011 | Conferred Global awards for Brand Excellence in the category of 'Best Banking and Financial Services' by The Global Brand Congress. |
June 05,2011 | Adjudged the Best Financial Institution 2010 at the DHL Daily Star Bangladesh Business Awards. |
May 11,2011 | Centralized operations of EBL got Quality Management Systems Certificate as per ISO 9001: 2008 |
January 09,2011 | Incorporated 'EBL Asset Management Limited', a fully owned subsidiary of the Bank to do asset management i.e. managing mutual funds. |
April 04,2010 | Implemented 'Universal Banking System (UBS)', world's one of the renowned core banking solutions as a first bank in Bangladesh. |
March 01,2010 | Acquired 60% shares of a brokerage house 'LRK Securities Limited' renamed afterwards as 'EBL Securities Limited' and was acquired fully in 2012. |
December 30,2009 | Established 'EBL Investments Limited' a fully owned subsidiary to do merchant banking (MB) operations (MB License received in January 2013). |
November 01,2009 | EBL was awarded 3rd position for Annual Report 2008 in the 'Best Published Accounts' by ICAB and conferred a 'Certificate of Merit' award for 'Best Presented Accounts and Corporate Governance Disclosures Awards 2008' by SAFA. |
April 30,2009 | Awarded 'Superbrand' by Superbrands Inc. for the period 2009-2011. |
April 26,2009 | Launched Priority Banking for premium customer segment. |
April 19,2009 | Registration of EBL 1st Mutual Fund with Securities and Exchange Commission. |
February 13,2009 | Commencement of Investment Banking Operations. |
May 25,2008 | First 'Right Issue' declared @ 2:1 at par. |
July 01,2007 | Launched Own Managed Cards Software and Production System. |
November 09,2006 | Partnered with ADB under Trade Finance Facilitation Program (TFFP) to receive guarantee and revolving credit facility. |
June 06,2006 | Launched SME Banking Division. |
March 05,2006 | Centralization of liability product processing functions at Service Delivery. |
November 30,2005 | Partnered with IFC under Global Trade Finance Program (GTFP) for better handling complex trade transactions. |
June 27,2005 | Authorized share capital increased to BDT 3.3 billion. |
September 11,2004 | Listed with Chittagong Stock Exchange Ltd. |
May 19,2004 | Commenced of operations of Off shore Banking Unit, Bangladesh. |
January 25,2004 | Obtained permission from Bangladesh Bank for Offshore Banking Unit, Bangladesh. |
July 17,2003 | Launched online banking services across all the branches. |
January 19,2002 | Centralization of Trade Services. |
November 12,1998 | First dividend declared for income year 1997. |
March 20,1993 | Listed with Dhaka Stock Exchange Ltd. |
August 16,1992 | Commenced banking operations. |
August 08,1992 | Incorporated. |