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Company Milestones


August 08,1992 Incorporated.
August 16,1992 Commenced banking operations.
March 20,1993 Listed with Dhaka Stock Exchange Ltd.
November 12,1998 First dividend declared for income year 1997.
January 19,2002 Centralization of Trade Services.
July 17,2003 Launched online banking services across all the branches.
January 25,2004 Obtained permission from Bangladesh Bank for Offshore Banking Unit, Bangladesh.
May 19,2004 Commenced of operations of Off shore Banking Unit, Bangladesh.
September 11,2004 Listed with Chittagong Stock Exchange Ltd.
June 27,2005 Authorized share capital increased to BDT 3.3 billion.
November 30,2005 Partnered with IFC under Global Trade Finance Program (GTFP) for better handling complex trade transactions.
March 05,2006 Centralization of liability product processing functions at Service Delivery.
June 06,2006 Launched SME Banking Division.
November 09,2006 Partnered with ADB under Trade Finance Facilitation Program (TFFP) to receive guarantee and revolving credit facility.
July 01,2007 Launched Own Managed Cards Software and Production System.
May 25,2008 First 'Right Issue' declared @ 2:1 at par.
February 13,2009 Commencement of Investment Banking Operations.
April 19,2009 Registration of EBL 1st Mutual Fund with Securities and Exchange Commission.
April 26,2009 Launched Priority Banking for premium customer segment.
April 30,2009 Awarded 'Superbrand' by Superbrands Inc. for the period 2009-2011.
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.
December 30,2009 Established 'EBL Investments Limited' a fully owned subsidiary to do merchant banking (MB) operations (MB License received in January 2013).
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.
April 04,2010 Implemented 'Universal Banking System (UBS)', world's one of the renowned core banking solutions as a first bank in Bangladesh.
January 09,2011 Incorporated 'EBL Asset Management Limited', a fully owned subsidiary of the Bank to do asset management i.e. managing mutual funds.
May 11,2011 Centralized operations of EBL got Quality Management Systems Certificate as per ISO 9001: 2008
June 05,2011 Adjudged the Best Financial Institution 2010 at the DHL Daily Star Bangladesh Business Awards.
November 25,2011 Conferred Global awards for Brand Excellence in the category of 'Best Banking and Financial Services' by The Global Brand Congress.
November 28,2011 Incorporated with HK authority 'EBL Finance (HK) Limited', the fully owned first foreign subsidiary of EBL.
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.
July 25,2012 EBL CEO awarded 'CEO of The Year' by World HR Congress & World Brand Congress Hosted by Asian Confederation of Businesses.
October 01,2012 Annual Report 2011 Awarded 2nd prize as 'Best Presented Annual Report Awards' by ICAB.
October 05,2012 IFC awarded EBL the Best GTFP Issuing Bank in South Asia in 2012
March 22,2013 EBL wins the Best Retail Bank in Bangladesh 2013 awarded by the Asian Banker.
February 20,2014 EBL has been awarded the Best Partner for Working Capital Systemic Solutions in 2013 by IFC.
April 03,2014 Best Retail Bank in Bangladesh 2014 awarded by the Asian Banker
April 29,2014 EBL wins the ICMAB Best Corporate Award 2013
July 31,2014 Global Brand Excellence Award by The World Brand Congress
November 11,2014 Best Structured SME Bank of the Year 2014
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
April 19,2015 EBL wins the prestigious Best Retail Bank for Bangladesh2015 award.
November 10,2015 EBL won the 'ICSB National Award for Corporate Governance Excellence-2014' in the Banking Companies category
May 21,2016 EBL is the first bank in Bangladesh to be awarded Ba3 ratings by Moody's
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
November 28,2016 EBL wins 3rd prize best financial reporting at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh or ICAB awards
December 24,2016 Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) won the second prize at the 3rd ICSB National Award for Corporate Governance Excellence 2015.
March 17,2017 EBL won the prestigious Best Retail Bank in Bangladesh award for 2017 consecutively for fifth times by The Asian Banker.
June 29,2016 EBL was adjudged as the Best Bank in Bangladesh by FinanceAsia.
July 13,2017 EBL repeated the performance in 2017 by winning Euromoney Best Bank in Bangladesh award for the second consecutive year.
September 26,2017 EBL received Asiamoney Best Corporate and Investment Bank in Bangladesh Award for 2017.
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.
March 22,2018 EBL adjudged the 'Best Retail Bank in Bangladesh' award for 2018 consecutively for the sixth time by The Asian Banker.
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.
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.
July 18,2018 EBL became Euromoney Best Bank in Bangladesh by repeating the performance in 2018 for the third consecutive year.
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.
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.
December 08,2018 EBL won 2nd prize of ICMAB's 'Best Corporate Award 2017' under Traditional Private Commercial Bank Category.
March 25,2019 EBL received Asiamoney Best Corporate and Investment Bank in Bangladesh Award for 2018. EBL has been awarded for three consecutive awards.
June 27,2019 EBL won the 'Best Investment Bank Bangladesh' at the FinanceAsia Country Awards 2019, held in Hong Kong.
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.
December 15,2019 EBL has won the prestigious ‘ICMAB Best Corporate Award 2018’ securing the first position in the Private Commercial Bank Category.
December 16,2019 EBL has won the ‘Most Innovative Retail Bank – Bangladesh 2019’ by the International Finance Magazine.