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The financial system of Bangladesh is comprised of three broad fragmented sectors:

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1. Formal Sector,
2. Semi-Formal Sector,
3. Informal Sector.

Bank & FIs

Capital market

The sectors have been categorized in accordance with their degree of regulation.
The formal sector includes all regulated institutions like Banks, Non-Bank Financial Institutions (FIs), Insurance
Companies, Capital Market Intermediaries like Brokerage Houses, Merchant Banks etc.; Micro Finance Institutions
(MFIs).
The semi formal sector includes those institutions which are regulated otherwise but do not fall under the jurisdiction
of Central Bank, Insurance Authority, Securities and Exchange Commission or any other enacted financial regulator.
This sector is mainly represented by Specialized Financial Institutions like House Building Finance Corporation
(HBFC), Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), Samabay Bank, Grameen Bank etc., Non Governmental
Organizations (NGOs and discrete government programs.

Insurance
Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs)
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The informal sector includes private intermediaries which are completely unregulated.
Financial System of Bangladesh

Formal Sector

Financial Market

Semi Formal Sector

Informal Sector

Regulators & Institutions

Specialized Financial Institutions:

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Money Market
(Banks, NBFIs,Primary
Dealers)

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Capital Market
(Investment banks, Stock
Exchanges, Credit Rating
Companies etc.)

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Bangladesh Bank
(Central Bank)

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Foreign Exchange Market

(Authorized Dealers)

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Banks
56 scheduled & 4
non-scheduled banks

NBFIs
31 NBFIs

Insurance Companies
18 Life and 44 Non-Life
Insurance Companies

Securities & Exchange

Commission
(Regulatory of capital market
Intermediaries )

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House Building Financial Corporation(HBFC)

Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation(PKSF)
Samabay Bank
Grameen Bank

Insurance Development &

Regulatory Authority
(Insurance Authority)

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Stock Exchanges, Stock Dealers

& Brokers, Merchants Banks,
AMC s, Credit Rating Agencies
etc.

Microcredit Regulatory
Authority
(MFI Authority)

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Micro Finance Institutions

599 MFIs

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