City Bank PLC (ATM) - City Bank ATM Uttara in Sector - 1, Uttara

City Bank, established in 1983, is a first generation private commercial bank in Bangladesh. City Bank is considered as one of the best banks in terms of adopting global best practices by doing away with age-old traditional decentralized banking practices and culture. The bank, with 3500+ employees, is the best example of “bank transformation” this country has seen so far. Previously it used to follow traditional and orthodox banking methods, but the bank has undergone massive restructuring in 2007 and has implemented centralized business model, serving its customers through four distinct business divisions namely Corporate & Investment Banking, Retail Banking, SME Banking and Treasury and Market Risks. The focus of the “transformation” project was also on improving the overall quality of assets; re-launching the brand anew; leveraging the technology potential; improving the quality of product offerings and placing much higher benchmarks for customer service. The bank has implemented several innovative initiatives to turn itself into a modern financial supermarket using modern technologies.

City Bank is a real time online bank having 106 online branches includes full-fledged Islamic Banking operations, more than 250 own ATMs spread across the country that. The bank, in collaboration with American Express, has launched the prestigious American Express Credit Card in Bangladesh and is the sole caretaker of the brand overseeing all local operations. City Bank is also the first bank in Bangladesh to have issued Dual Currency Credit Card and holds a principal membership of VISA and MasterCard franchises.

In 2014, City Bank has been named as ‘Best Bank in Bangladesh 2014’ by Euromoney, ‘Best Commercial Bank in Bangladesh 2014’ by FinanceAsia and ‘Best Consumer Internet Bank in Bangladesh 2014’ by Global Finance. Besides winning these prestigious awards, City Bank also received ‘Best Bank in Bangladesh 2012’ from FinanceAsia, ‘The Strongest Bank in Bangladesh 2010’ from The Asian Banker, ‘American Express Marketing Award 2010’ for Outstanding New Card launch from American Express, MoneyGram International’s ‘Best Corridor Collaboration – South Asia in 2011’ in recognition of its inward remittance growth and the ISO 9001:2008 certification from Moody International, for its entire back end and technology operations. Recently the Bank became an IFC (International Finance Corporation) client, the fourth such bank from Bangladesh.

Recently, the Bank has launched Priority Banking services ‘Citygem’ for high net worth individuals; fully fledged Internet Banking platform ‘Citytouch’ and the country’s first Business-to-Business (B2B) card payment solution. Major products, such as mobile banking for unbanked people, are in the pipeline. The vision of the bank is: “The Financial Supermarket with a Winning Culture Offering Enjoyable Experiences”. City Bank brand is already recognized as the “most reputed transforming institution in the country” and is poised to become the “Most Reputed Financial Institution Brand” soon.