Dhaka, July 29, 2023:  bKash, the country’s largest mobile financial services (MFS) provider, has received ‘Fintech Pioneer Award’ at Bangladesh Startup Summit-2023 for playing pioneering role in Bangladesh’s fintech sector.

To bring a huge number of unbanked population under financial inclusion, bKash is relentlessly working to empower and enable its customers in their daily transactions since its inception in 2011. With 70 million verified customers, 330,000 agents, and 550,000 merchants, bKash is now a member of every family in the country. Having policy support from the Bangladesh Bank, the company is entirely built by local talents – bKash is made in Bangladesh and made for Bangladesh.

bKash has set a unique example of financial inclusion in the world. The company has fetched USD 381 million worth of investment from globally renowned companies like BRAC Bank, US based Money in Motion LLC, International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Ant Group, and SoftBank Vision Fund. 

Kamal Quadir, founder and CEO of bKash, said, “The award came as a recognition of bKash’s 12-year-long endeavours of making peoples’ daily transactions convenient and secure through financial inclusion. Receiving the Fintech Pioneer Award will greatly inspire us and further accelerate our journey.”