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Chapter-5
Banking Sector Performance, Regulation and Bank Supervision
measures initiated by BB for banks and financial institutions and also the industry statistics of the banking sector and the performances trends.
5.1
Bangladesh Bank (BB) continued to focus on strengthening the financial system and improving functioning of the various segments.
The broad parameters of the reforms undertaken during the year comprised ongoing deregulation of the operation of institutions within the BB's regulatory ambit, tightening of prudential regulation and improvement in supervisory oversight, expanding transparency and market disclosure, all with a view to improving overall efficiency and stability of the financial system. The following paragraphs highlight the recent regulatory and supervisory
A. Banking Sector Performance
5.2
The banking sector of Bangladesh comprises of four categories of scheduled banks. These are state-owned commercial banks (SCBs), state-owned development finance institutions (DFIs), private commercial banks (PCBs) and foreign commercial banks
(FCBs). The number of banks remained
Table 5.1 Banking system structure
(billion Taka)
2006
2007
Bank Number Number of types of banks branches
Total assets % of industry assets
Deposits
% of
Number Number of Total deposits of banks branches assets
SCBs
DFIs
PCBs
FCBs
Total
786.7
187.2
1147.8
284.9
2406.7
32.7
7.8
47.7
11.8
100.0
654.1
100.2
955.5
150.8
1860.6
35.2
5.4
51.3
8.1
100.0
4
5
30
09
48
3384
1354
1776
48
6562
unchanged at 48 in 2007. These banks had a total number of 6717 branches as of December
2007. The number of bank branches increased from 6562 to 6717 owing to opening of new branches by the PCBs during the year. Structure of the banking sector with breakdown by type of banks is shown in Table 5.1.
4
5
30
09
48
3383
1359
1922
53
6717
917.9
201.7
1426.6
227.7
Banking Sector Performance, Regulation and Bank Supervision
measures initiated by BB for banks and financial institutions and also the industry statistics of the banking sector and the performances trends.
5.1
Bangladesh Bank (BB) continued to focus on strengthening the financial system and improving functioning of the various segments.
The broad parameters of the reforms undertaken during the year comprised ongoing deregulation of the operation of institutions within the BB's regulatory ambit, tightening of prudential regulation and improvement in supervisory oversight, expanding transparency and market disclosure, all with a view to improving overall efficiency and stability of the financial system. The following paragraphs highlight the recent regulatory and supervisory
A. Banking Sector Performance
5.2
The banking sector of Bangladesh comprises of four categories of scheduled banks. These are state-owned commercial banks (SCBs), state-owned development finance institutions (DFIs), private commercial banks (PCBs) and foreign commercial banks
(FCBs). The number of banks remained
Table 5.1 Banking system structure
(billion Taka)
2006
2007
Bank Number Number of types of banks branches
Total assets % of industry assets
Deposits
% of
Number Number of Total deposits of banks branches assets
SCBs
DFIs
PCBs
FCBs
Total
786.7
187.2
1147.8
284.9
2406.7
32.7
7.8
47.7
11.8
100.0
654.1
100.2
955.5
150.8
1860.6
35.2
5.4
51.3
8.1
100.0
4
5
30
09
48
3384
1354
1776
48
6562
unchanged at 48 in 2007. These banks had a total number of 6717 branches as of December
2007. The number of bank branches increased from 6562 to 6717 owing to opening of new branches by the PCBs during the year. Structure of the banking sector with breakdown by type of banks is shown in Table 5.1.
4
5
30
09
48
3383
1359
1922
53
6717
917.9
201.7
1426.6
227.7