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bKash Limited (bKash) is a Bank-led Mobile Financial Service Provider in Bangladesh operating under the license and approval of the Central Bank (Bangladesh Bank) as a subsidiary of BRAC Bank Limited. bKash provides safe, convenient and easy ways to make payments and money transfer services via mobile phones to both the unbanked and the banked people of Bangladesh. At present, bKash is one of the leading Mobile Financial Services Provider in the world. bKash started as a joint venture between BRAC Bank Limited, Bangladesh and Money in Motion LLC, USA in 2010. In April 2013, International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, became an equity partner and in March 2014, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation became the investor of the company. In April 2018, Ant Financial (Ali Pay), an affiliate of globally reputed Alibaba Group, became an investor in bKash. The ultimate objective of bKash is to ensure access to a broader range of financial services for the people of Bangladesh. It has a special focus to serve the low income masses of the country to achieve broader financial inclusion by providing services that are convenient, affordable and reliable.
Overview
Location
Bangladesh, Dhaka Division, Dhaka
Employees
1001-5000
Founded date
2010
Mentions in press and media 22
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| Aug 27, 2026 | SBVA Appoints Two Global Investment Veterans as Venture Partners to Strengthen Portfolio Growth Support | - Two former SoftBank Vision Fund investment professionals join SBVA, expanding its global network across the U.S., Japan, and Southeast Asia - SBVA to deepen support for portfolio companies, from identifying promising companies globally to... |
| Jul 21, 2026 | An Investigation Into How Markets Actually Form and Evolve in Bangladesh Garments Pharmaceuticals Mobile Money The Facebook Layer Pathao's Grey Zone The Invisible Chain The Same Elsewhere | Somewhere in Sirajganj or Bogura, probably around 2015 or 2020, a rickshaw puller did a calculation. A neighbour had switched to an easy bike, an electric three-wheeler assembled in a local workshop, powered by a lead-acid battery pack from... |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Timetics AI Launches AI Scheduling Platform That Turns Bookings Into Sales – A Calendly Alternative | an AI scheduling platform developed by Arraytics, today announced the general availability of Timetics AI 2.0, introducing a sales-first alternative to traditional scheduling tools like Calendly and Cal.com. The platform combines an AI sche... |
| Jan 14, 2026 | Meet the startup digitizing Bangladesh’s $6b pharmacy market | |
| Jun 29, 2025 | FS Weekly 108: Lead Academy, Kamal Uddin Gazi Jishan, Lessons from BeshiDeshi, Implementing AI in Business, and bKash | In Business Deep Dive/Brand Story, we take a deep dive into how Dhaka-based Edtech startup Lead Academy has developed a unique model for delivering high quality online education. In The Art of Enterprise, we have Kamal Uddin Gazi Jishan, Co... |
| Jun 15, 2025 | FS Weekly 106: Boring Strategies, BVCL CEO Shawkat Hossain Interview, MFS Industry, bKash | Most effective strategies are boring in nature—talking to customers, being critical about cost, doing weekly WBR, following up with potential customers, writing down the processes, and so on. We feature two fascinating articles on what effe... |
| Apr 22, 2025 | A Brief History of bKash: Trajectory, Funding, and Lessons | bKash is a fascinating company for many reasons beyond the obvious. Yes, it is Bangladesh's largest MFS provider, has transformed the country's financial services landscape, and become its first tech unicorn. As we have noted in these pages... |
| Dec 9, 2024 | Mobile Money Services: How FinTech Is Empowering Developing Economies | Share Tweet Share Share Email In recent years, mobile money services have emerged as a transformative force in developing economies, revolutionizing how people manage and move money. Powered by financial technology (FinTech), these services... |
| Aug 20, 2024 | TerraPay forms council with leading Digital Wallets to accelerate Cross-Border Payments interoperability | LONDON, Aug. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- TerraPay, a global money movement company, announced a collaboration with 5 of the leading wallet operators to establish the "Wallet Interoperability Council", aiming to leverage TerraPay's te... |
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FAQ about bKash
When was bKash founded?
bKash was founded in 2010.
What has the press written about bKash?
Parsers VC has collected 22 articles mentioning bKash, among them “SBVA Appoints Two Global Investment Veterans as Venture Partners to Strengthen Portfolio Growth Support” (Aug 27, 2026) and “An Investigation Into How Markets Actually Form and Evolve in Bangladesh Garments Pharmaceuticals Mobile Money The Facebook Layer Pathao's Grey Zone The Invi...” (Jul 21, 2026).
Is bKash still active?
Yes, bKash is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 11, 2026.