IBBL launches Visa Hajj Agent Card

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has launched Visa Hajj Agent Card with a maximum transaction facility for the first time in Bangladesh, reads a press release.

Muhammad Qaisar Ali, additional managing director of the bank introduced the card as the chief guest at a ceremony in Dhaka on Tuesday.

Md Omar Faruk Khan, additional managing director, Mohammad Jamal Uddin Mazumder, deputy managing director of IBBL, Soumya Basu, country head of Visa card and Siraj Siddiki Shakil, director (Product and Solution) of Visa card attended the event as special guests.

Presided over by Abul Faiz Muhammad Kamaluddin, deputy managing director, Mizanur Rahman, senior executive vice president of IBBL delivered the welcome speech.

Proprietors of prominent Hajj agencies along with executives of both the organisations attended the programme.

The card can be used for shopping, rent payments and cash withdrawals in Saudi Arabia. In addition, a maximum of one lac and fifty thousand US dollars worth of Riyal cash can be withdrawn daily from ATMs in Saudi Arabia with the facility of depositing money equivalent to a maximum of seven lac and fifty thousand US dollars. There is no charge for card issuance and renewal.