A total of 90 bankers from 19 banks, including Bangladesh Bank, 18 commercial banks and Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM), are going to participate in the workshop, said a press release on Tuesday.
This is for the first time that ICC-B is organising such a workshop outside the country. Some 50 bankers of Malaysian banks will be participating in the same workshop along with Bangladeshi ones.
The main objective of the workshop is to allow the Bangladeshi bankers to interact with their counterparts in Malaysia and also learn more about the latest rules and tools of international trade finance.
The workshop will also help understand international trade finance scenario based on real life cases and guide them to undertake secure and successful international trade and finance as well as to avoid risks in cross-border transactions.
The workshop will also help the bankers in understanding the new provisions as well as how the changes impact users with the confidence and legal certainty to trade in unfamiliar markets and save both time and money. Besides, it will help the bankers on how to achieve maximum practical benefit in everyday Documentary Credit Operations and Risk Management.
Meanwhile, the Bangladeshi bankers will visit Maybank on Wednesday and have interactions with senior officials of Bank Negara Malaysia and Maybank.
Source: UNB Connect