Ø Foreign investors do not have the opportunity of availing credit facilities from the Different Financial Institutions (DFI) of Bangladesh.

Ø In order to cater the need of financial support off-shore Banking facilities is being provided to the foreign owned/ Join Venture unit in the EPZ’s of Bangladesh.

Ø Presently Foreign Banks in Bangladesh have licentiated for doing off-shore banking like:

1.      Standard Charter Bank Ltd.

2.      HSBC Ltd.

3.      Woori Bank Ltd.

4.      Citi N.A. Bank Ltd.

5.      Commercial Bank of Ceylon.

6.      Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd.

7.      State Bank of India

Ø Apart from that local bank of Bangladesh also provide off-shore banking like:

1.      Prime Bank Ltd.

2.      Dhaka Bank Ltd.

3.      South-East Bank Ltd.

4.      National Bank Ltd.

5.      Estern Bank Ltd. (EBL).

6.      Bank Asia Ltd.

7.      Shahjalal Bank Ltd.

8.      The City Bank Ltd.

9.      The Premier Bank Ltd.

10.     IFIC Bank Limited

11.     BRAC Bank Ltd.

12.     AB Bank Limited

13.     Mutual Trust Bank Ltd.

14.     Jamuna Bank Ltd.

15.     One Bank Ltd.

16.     Pubali Bank Ltd.

17.     Standard Bank Ltd.

18.     National Credit and Commerce Bank Ltd.

19.     Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd.

20.     Trust Bank Limited

21.     Mercantile Bank Ltd.

22.     United Commercial Bank Ltd.

Ø More local Bank in the pipe-line to have off-shore Banking license from Bangladesh Bank (Central Bank).

Ø Schedule of standard charges are being practiced among the off-shore Banking units of DFI (Different Financial Institutions) of Bangladesh.