DHAKA: For outstanding contribution in pioneering policy making for mobile banking, Bangladesh Bank has been selected to for the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Policy Award.

The award was declared on Tuesday at AFI Global Policy Forum in Trinidad and Tobago’s capital Port of Spain.

AFI is a global network of financial policymakers from developing and emerging countries working together to increase access to appropriate financial services to the poor.

According to their website, AFI achieves its mission by administering several types of financial inclusion policy related activities including a membership program, the convening of Working Groups, the provision of grants, and a Policy Champion Program.

BDST: 1424 HRS, SEP 10, 2014