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| Sep 2, 2024 | Meet 04 Bangladeshi Startups Tackling Sustainable Packaging, Healthcare, E-commerce Cashbacks, and Micro-insurance | As the startup ecosystem in Bangladesh continues to evolve, fascinating companies are emerging regularly that are worth watching closely. This iteration of our startups to watch report highlights 4 such startups that are making notable stri... |
| Aug 13, 2024 | The Active Early-Stage Investors In Bangladesh Startup Ecosystem 2024 (Q1 & Q2) | Meet the investors backing Bangladeshi startups at pre-seed, seed, and Series A.
2023 wasn’t a good year for the early-stage deal count in the Bangladesh startups. In fact, it was not good for most markets across the world. Global economic ... |
| Aug 12, 2024 | These Startups Aim To Disrupt Financial Services, Real Estate Investment, MSME Financing, Retail and Blue Economy | Bangladesh's startup ecosystem is rapidly evolving, with a diverse set of fascinating companies emerging to address pressing challenges and drive economic growth. Of course, Bangladesh is currently going through a challenging political tran... |
| Jan 5, 2023 | How financial institutions ensure stability and uninterrupted customer service through complex risk management initiatives | Risk management is cultural. Organizations that have cultural imperatives for transparency and accountability control and manage risks better.
People today want to understand how financial institutions manage risks and ensure uninterrupted... |
| Aug 29, 2022 | Financing Happiness: Inside IDLC’s distinct long-term oriented CSR philosophy | Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) evolved from the concept of corporate giving over the past few decades. While the concept has existed for a long time, the practice is the same all over the world, including in Bangladesh. The idea is r... |
| Aug 15, 2022 | FS Weekly 45: How to define your priorities after product/market fit + other readings | Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Society | 15 August 2022 | No. 45
Hi there: I'm Ruhul. I convene Future Startup Weekly to help you understand entrepreneurship and the technology landscape in Bangladesh and beyond. If you enjoy this, feel... |
| Apr 20, 2022 | Bangladesh emerges as a unique digital financial services market | Faruq, a twenty-something RMG worker living in Dhaka’s outskirts, receives his salary into his Mobile Financial Service (MFS) account, sends money to his mother in the village in less than 5 minutes, pays his corner shop dues, and plans to ... |
| Feb 27, 2022 | FSW 33: Finding growth and the power of accepting our limitations | AamarPay, Chaldal, GoZayaan, Sheraspace look for new avenues for growth, Roots Edu unbundles edtech, new interview on building lasting brands, the power of accepting our limitations, and finding your center in a distracted world, list of ac... |
| Feb 21, 2022 | On building lasting brands, the power of accepting our limitations, and finding your center in a distracted world: Jane Alam Romel, Group CMO, IDLC Finance Limited | Jane Alam Romel is the Group Chief Marketing Officer of IDLC Finance Limited, Bangladesh’s largest NBFI. Mr. Romel is a voracious reader of both books and reality, and one of the finest thinkers we have had the privilege to interview of lat... |
| Feb 13, 2022 | FSW 32: Personal renewal, future of communication, technology policy, SM² accelerator, air pollution and economy, and more | In this edition:
On Personal Renewal, Open Broadcasting, Future of Communication, and Building Purposeful Brands: Jane Alam Romel
DBID is a Good Idea but All Policies Involve Trade-offs
Pickaboo Experiments with 3 Hours Delivery in Dhaka
SM... |
| Feb 13, 2022 | IDLC’s digital savings program for bKash app users to bring Bangladesh’s unbanked population under financial inclusion | IDLC’s specialized digital savings program designed for bKash app users can change the financial habits of the unbanked population.
Bangladesh’s largest non-banking financial institution, IDLC Finance has introduced the country’s first Dig... |
| Feb 5, 2022 | On Personal Renewal, Open Broadcasting, Future of Communication, and Building Purposeful Brands: Jane Alam Romel, Group Chief Marketing Officer, IDLC Finance Limited | Jane Alam Romel is the Group Chief Marketing Officer of IDLC Finance Limited, a voracious reader of both books and reality, and a clear thinker. IDLC is Bangladesh’s largest NBFI and is one of its finest financial brands.
In this excellent... |
| Jan 17, 2022 | Transforming SME Lending Landscape in Bangladesh | Bangladesh has close to 7.9 million small and medium enterprises. The sector makes up approximately 25 percent of the country's economy. SMEs combinedly generate 40 percent of the overall employment, are responsible for 11% of the industria... |
| Dec 28, 2021 | The 2021 Future Startup Year in Review | This year Future Startup published 250+ articles including 50+ interviews. Our weekly newsletter has grown significantly to over 20,000+ subscribers. And we started to run ads in the newsletter for the first time. Our branded content servic... |
| Oct 17, 2021 | Future Startup Weekly No. 20: SWAP, IDLC VC Fund, GP Accelerator, wagely, ToguMogu, Truck Lagbe | Partner: IDLC Finance Partner
IDLC Online Deposit allows customers to create accounts with IDLC and make deposits from anywhere, anytime, which means you will never have to visit an IDLC Branch again to create a deposit account. Learn more... |
| Oct 11, 2021 | On IDLC Venture Capital Fund, Investing in Startups in Bangladesh, and Lessons in Work, Management and Life With Syed Javed Noor, Deputy Managing Director, IDLC Finance Limited | Syed Javed Noor is the Deputy Managing Director of IDLC Finance Limited, the largest NBFI in Bangladesh. As part of his job at IDLC, Mr. Noor looks after an expansive portfolio and teams comprising Wealth Management, Treasury, Strategy, Cha... |
| Sep 29, 2021 | IDLC Launches Online Deposit, Looks to Greater Technology Adoption | Over the last decade, technology has taken over the world. Every aspect of our life today is dominated by technology. Finance is no different. Most people no longer want to go to the bank and stand in lines to make deposits or open an accou... |
| Aug 11, 2021 | The Power of SMEs: Insights From IDLC’s Initiatives to Empower SMEs In Bangladesh | The Washington-based International Institute of Finance (IIF) ranked Bangladesh among the "fastest-growing economies" in 2021. Every year since 2009, the country has experienced a consistent growth rate of more than 6 percent. Thi... |
| Jun 17, 2021 | Financial Institutions are Embracing Technology Leading to Digitalization of Bangladesh | “I don’t like going to the bank,” says Ahmed Faisal, a 28 years-old founder of an IT company in Dhaka. “Queues make me uncomfortable and it is an unnecessary waste of time.” Mr. Faisal has been doing all his banking transactions online, usi... |
| May 12, 2021 | Comprehensive Strategy Needed For SME Businesses Battered by The Pandemic. IDLC Strives to Support its SME Customers | The coronavirus pandemic has hit small and medium enterprises hardest. Lockdowns forced many businesses to remain closed. As the pandemic eats into the income of working-class people, it has tanked the demand. A recent Bangladesh Institute ... |
| Apr 11, 2021 | Making Affordable Housing a Reality for Low and Middle-Income People in Bangladesh: IDLC Affordable Home Loan | “The ache for home lives in all of us”, writes American poet Maya Angelou in All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes. “The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” Everyone wants a home. Without our abode, we are rootles... |
| Mar 8, 2021 | Rebooting Women Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh, Lessons from IDLC Finance | Bangladesh's economy has grown steadily over the last decade. There has been a parallel surge in the number of startups and new businesses. A plethora of government and private sector initiatives have brought a new pace to entrepreneurial a... |
| Feb 15, 2021 | The Future Startup Dossier: Rokomari | I first came to know about Rokomari in 2014. Home delivery outside Dhaka and cash on delivery payment, these things were not a common thing at the time. I still remember how surprised I was, when I got my ordered books from Rokomari, delive... |
| Mar 5, 2020 | Everything You Need to Know about IDLC’s BDT 450 Million Venture Capital Fund | The news: IDLC has introduced its long-anticipated IDLC Venture Capital Fund at a press conference held on Tuesday at the InterContinental Dhaka.
Details: The fund will be BDT 450 million in size. IDLC will contribute BDT 50 million and th... |
| Oct 11, 2017 | Career, Most in-demand Skills, and The Future of HRM: An Interview with Akhteruddin Mahmood, Group Head of HR, IDLC Finance Limited | Akhteruddin Mahmood is the Group Head of HR at IDLC Finance Limited – one of the finest financial organizations in the country. Mr. Mahmood has over 29 years of experience working in diverse sectors spanning multiple geographies. Prior to j... |
| Dec 28, 2016 | The Story of Rosy Begum Building A Textiles Company From Scratch And Rebuilding Her Reality In The Process | [su_note note_color="#ffffff" text_color="#050a45" radius="0"]This story is made possible in part by our friends at IDLC Finance Limited. IDLC helps SME entrepreneurs to focus on their business and grow by ensu... |
| Dec 24, 2016 | “We Want To Open 300 Outlets By 2020”: Inside Rasel’s Food Revolution | [su_note note_color="#ffffff" text_color="#050a45" radius="0"]This story is made possible in part by our friends at IDLC Finance Limited. IDLC helps SME entrepreneurs to focus on their business and grow by ensu... |
| Dec 21, 2016 | The Wholehearted Business Woman: The Story Of Tauhida Haider Reema and Her Company Mensen Media | This story is made possible in part by our friends at IDLC Finance Limited. IDLC helps SME entrepreneurs to focus on their business and grow by ensuring smooth financing and other supports. Learn more about IDLC SME Loan here
Owner and CEO... |
| Dec 13, 2016 | The Incredible Story of Nazma Khatun and Her Entrepreneurial Journey | [su_note note_color="#ffffff" text_color="#050a45" radius="0"]This story is made possible in part by our friends at IDLC Finance Limited. IDLC helps SME entrepreneurs to focus on their business and grow by ensu... |
| Dec 10, 2016 | Shiful Islam Started His Career At Tk 700 Monthly Salary, Today His Company Rimy Plastic Industries Brings In TK 10 Million A Year. This Is His Story. | [su_note note_color="#ffffff" text_color="#050a45" radius="0"]This story is made possible in part by our friends at IDLC Finance Limited. IDLC helps SME entrepreneurs to focus on their business and grow by ensu... |
| Oct 13, 2016 | An Interview With Jane Alam Romel, Group Chief Marketing Officer, IDLC | Group Chief Marketing Officer Of IDLC, Jane Alam Romel, reflects on how his years at North South University shaped his life, what initially drew him to marketing after studying Finance and HR, his experience of working in diverse industries... |
| Aug 10, 2016 | IDLC Launches New Portfolio Management Product For Retail Investors | IDLC Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of the IDLC Finance, launched a new portfolio management product called Easy Invest for the retail investors yesterday. The product, the first of its kind in the country, aims to help irregular an... |
| Sep 17, 2015 | IDLC Launches Comprehensive Financial Solution For ICT Entrepreneurs, Udhbhabon | IDLC Finance today launched a new financial solution for ICT entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. The product, named "IDLC Udhbhabon", is structured to meet both financial and non-financial needs of ICT Entrepreneurs. IDLC Udhbhabon, laun... |
