First Security Islami Bank PLC

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First Security Islami Bank PLC
TypePublic Limited Company
DSE:  FASTSECURITYISLAMIBANK
Industry Banking
Foundedin Dhaka, Bangladesh
Headquarters
Dhaka
,
Bangladesh
Key people
Mohammad Saiful Alam (Chairman) [1]
Products Banking services
Consumer Banking
Corporate Banking
Investment Banking
Website fsiblbd.com

First Security Islami Bank PLC is a public limited bank in Bangladesh which was founded on 29 August 1999 provides sharia compliant banking. [2] Mohammed Saiful Alam, chairman of S. Alam Group of Industries, is the chairman of First Security Islami Bank Limited. [3] The bank experienced a cash crunch in 2022 after proving large unsecured loans. [4] [5]

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History

First Security Islami Bank Limited was incorporated on 29 August 1999 as a commercial bank. [6] It started operations on 25 October 1999 with an authorized capital of 1 billion taka. [6]

From 2009 the bank started sharia banking. [6]

Bangladesh Sports Press Association (BSPA) in 2014 awarded the bank best sponsor. [7] The Bank sponsored the National School Hockey Tournament. [8]

The Bank saw profits decline in 2018 along with other listed banks on the Dhaka Stock Exchange. [9]

In September 2021, First Security Islami Bank Limited issued shares to raise its paid up capital. [10] It declared a 10 per cent dividend that year. [11]

On 4 December 2022, Bangladesh High Court ordered Criminal Investigation Department, Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit, Bangladesh Bank, and Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate Social Islami Bank Limited, Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, and First Security Islami Bank Limited. [12] The chairman of S. Alam Group, Mohammed Saiful Alam, is chairman of the First Security Islami Bank Limited while his group controls Social Islami Bank Limited, and Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited. [12] According to Ahsan H Mansur, director of Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh, told The Daily Star that S. Alam Group had taken 800 billion BDT from Banks controlled by S. Alam Group. [12] [13] On 13 December, Bangladesh Bank appointed observers at Islami Bank Bangladesh and First Security Islami Bank. [14] On 29 December, Social Islami Bank Limited, Global Islami Bank, First Security Islami Bank Limited, and Union Bank took loans of 67 billion BDT from Bangladesh Bank in emergency cash infusion. [15] Before them Islamic Bank Bangladesh took 80 billion BDT in emergency loans from Bangladesh Bank. [15] Bangladesh Bank imposed restricts on the five banks providing major loans. [16] S. Alam Group filed a Digital Security Act case against an executive of Golden Life Insurance who posted posters and social media posts accusing the group of embezzling money from their own banks including First Security Islami Bank Limited. [17]

Charity

The bank provides scholarships for meritorious students through its corporate social responsibility. The bank has established a charity hospital and school. [18]

Subsidiaries

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References

  1. ↑ "Corporate Information". fsiblbd.com. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "First Security Islami Bank grows from strength to strength". The Daily Star. 2021-10-25. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  3. ↑ "Board of Director". First Security Islami Bank Ltd. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  4. ↑ "New loan scams, dollar crunch hit banks in Bangladesh". New Age. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  5. ↑ "Loan repayment further relaxed with banks under liquidity stress". The Business Standard. 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
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  7. ↑ "FSIBL gets best sponsor award". The Financial Express. Dhaka. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Negre inaugurates school hockey". The Daily Star. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  9. ↑ Habib, Ahsan (2018-11-04). "Most listed banks' profits tumble in Q3". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  10. ↑ "First Security Islami Bank to issue rights share". The Daily Star. 2021-09-19. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  11. ↑ "First Security Islami Bank declares 10pc dividend". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  12. 1 2 3 Mortoza, Golam (2022-12-06). "Islami Bank's loan scams were not unknown to policymakers". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  13. ↑ "S Alam Group lifts Tk 30,000cr loans from IBBL alone". New Age. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  14. ↑ "BB sends observers to Islami Bank, FSIBL". The Daily Star. 2022-12-13. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  15. 1 2 Uddin, AKM Zamir (2023-01-03). "Four more Islamic banks take BB emergency loans". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  16. ↑ "Five Islami banks asked to update BB daily on big loans". The Business Standard. 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  17. ↑ "S Alam Group files DSA case over slapping posters". New Age. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
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