ICB Islamic Bank explained

ICB Islamic Bank
Type:Private
Industry:Banking
Foundation:1987
Location:Dhaka, Bangladesh
Area Served:Bangladesh
Key People:[1] [2]
Services:Banking
Financial services

ICB Islamic Bank is a second generation commercial Islamic Bank in Bangladesh listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange.[3] Muhammad Shafiq Bin Abdullah is the managing director of ICB Islamic Bank Limited.[4]

History

ICB Islamic Bank was established in 1987 and started operations on 20 May 1987 as Al-Baraka Bank.[5] [6] The bank listed on Dhaka Stock Exchange in 1990.[7] By 1994, the bank ran into financial troubles. In 2004, the bank was reorganized and renamed to Oriental Bank.

In 2006, Bangladesh Bank dissolved Oriental Bank's board of directors and auctioned majority of the shares. The ICB Banking Group bought majority of the shares and renamed it ICB Islamic Bank in 2008.

In 2014, Bangladesh Bank rescheduled the payment plan of ICB Islamic Bank to the depositors' of Oriental Bank.[8]

By 2018, ICB Islamic Bank had failed to return 4.44 billion taka to the depositors' of Oriental Bank, a condition set by Bangladesh bank, and sought a change in the repayment plan from the central bank.

In January 2021, seven officers of Oriental Bank were sentenced to jail for embezzlement.[9] ICB Islamic Bank reduced staff salary due to losses.[10] It suffered losses that year and the bottom line remained in the red.[11]

ICB Islamic Bank had an accumulated loss of nearly 20 billion taka in 2022. The bank had been running at a loss for years and had failed to pay dividends to shareholders for the last few years.[12] Bangladesh High Court summoned an investigator of Anti-Corruption Commission, Md Jahangir Alam, after he removed the names of 25 officials of Oriental Bank from a embezzlement case.[13]

Board of directors

!Name!Position!Reference
Mohd. Nasir Bin AliChairman[14]
Md. Fariduddin AhmedDirector
Hashimah Binti IsmailDirector
Lee Ooi KimDirector
Aklif Bin AmirIndependent Director

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Icb Islamic Bank Limited . icbislamic-bd.com . 4 July 2022.
  2. Web site: Icb Islamic Bank Limited . icbislamic-bd.com . 4 July 2022.
  3. News: Islamic banks' market share rises to 28.21pc in Q1 . 2022-07-04 . New Age . en.
  4. News: Muhammad Shafiq Bin Abdullah, Managing Director of ICB Islamic Bank Limited (ICBIBL) and Forkan Hossain, General Manager of Bangladesh Bank (BB), exchanging document after signing an agreement Automated Challan System (ACS) at BB head office in the capital on Thursday. Ahmed Jamal, Deputy Governor of BB and other executives from both sides were present. . 2022-07-04 . The New Nation . en.
  5. Web site: Icb Islamic Bank Limited . 4 July 2022 . icbislamic-bd.com.
  6. News: Uddin . AKM Zamir . 2018-03-12 . ICB Islamic Bank hit by fresh liquidity crisis . 2022-07-04 . The Daily Star . en.
  7. News: ICB Islamic Bank accumulates loss over Tk 19.23 billion . 2022-07-04 . The Financial Express . en.
  8. News: Bangladesh Bank gives more time to ICB Islamic Bank for repaying Oriental Bank's debt . 2022-07-04 . bdnews24.com.
  9. News: 2021-01-28 . Embezzling Tk 1.61cr: 7 including ex-DMD of ICB Islamic Bank sentenced to 10 years . 2022-07-04 . The Daily Star . en.
  10. News: Habib . Ahsan . 2021-12-27 . Six banks cut salary costs to safeguard profits . 2022-07-04 . The Daily Star . en.
  11. News: Uddin . AKM Zamir . 2022-04-12 . Scams, higher expenses keep 9 banks in the red . 2022-07-04 . The Daily Star . en.
  12. News: 2022-03-27 . ICB Islami Bank's losses double in 2021 . 2022-07-04 . The Business Standard . en.
  13. News: High Court summons ACC official over exemption of all accused in graft case . 2022-07-04 . The Financial Express . en.
  14. Web site: Icb Islamic Bank Limited Bangladesh . 2022-11-09 . www.icbislamic-bd.com.