There is no visible logic to allow Banks to make profit by buying and selling FE. They should be happy with bank charges of remittances. Bangladesh should go back to wage earner scheme introduce by Bangabandhu government and give back the legitimate profit of sale to wage earners for the hard earned foreign currency and improve remittance through banking channel and sell the FE to importer and banks as per choice of wage earners.
Punjab National Bank Fraud (Nirav Modi Scam) ppt presentation slideshareFatema Tandiwala
A case study presentation on Punjab National Bank scam (Nirav Modi)
India's second largest state-owned lender Punjab National Bank disclosed on Feb. 14, 2018 that it was the victim of the country’s largest bank fraud.
PNB revealed that fraudulent transactions by billionaire jeweler Nirav Modi and related entities amounted to $1.77 billion or over Rs 11,400 crore.
The key accused in the case were jeweler and designer Nirav Modi, his maternal uncle Mehul Choksi, and other relatives and some PNB employees.
Nirav Modi and his relatives escaped India in early 2018, days before the news of the scam became public.
PNB scam has been dubbed as the biggest fraud in India's banking history.
1) 11400 Crores Fraud
2) Nirav Modi, the billionaire jeweler who along with others scammed Punjab National Bank (PNB) of over 11400 crore’s has fled the country.
3) Apparently Nirav modi spotted in which placeWE DON’T KNOWBut What exactly is this scam?
4) The CBI has registered a case against Nirav Modi on January 29. Punjab National Bank registered a case against Nirav Modi, His Brother Neeshal & His Uncle Mehul Choksi on February 13.
5) The Bank initially reported a scam of rupees 280 crores. But it was later realized to be rupees 11400 crores. This is a lot of money. So how does one get away with a scam of such magnitude? Possibly it is one of the biggest in Indias’s banking history.
6) Nirav Modi is an importer of diamonds. Basically importers prefer to take loans in foreign currencies as interest rates on that are lower. In this case a loan that is taken from any overseas bank guaranteed by PNB. Then what Modi had to do was approach PNB & ask for buyers credit?In order to do this PNB had to issue a “letter Of Undertaking” to an overseas bank. Basically LoU guarantees an overseas bank that if it gives money for a specified period to identified by the home bank (in this case PNB) then the home bank will assure that the money will be returned to the overseas bank.
7) Most of these overseas banks are Indian Banks with foreign branches. So the overseas bank directly give to loan PNB not Nirav Modi. An account has to create by PNB called a NOSTRO account where the overseas bank gives the loan.
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Significant FCRA Amendments: What they are and How they affect you !!Suhel Goel
This document summarizes the various amendments brought about through the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2015 under the FCRA Laws applicable to Foreign Grants received in India by NGOs and other entities.
China’s currency, the renminbi (RMB), is already internationalised: it ranks fourth globally by value of payments, behind only the US dollar, the euro and the British pound. The size of China’s economy and its dominant position in international trade mean that its use in transactions is already commonplace. Yet it is still not comparable to the four major denominations (including the Japanese yen) as an investment currency—i.e. one that is freely usable and enjoys the full confidence of international investors and the companies that service them. Without their support, the RMB cannot reach full maturity.
Until recently it seemed inevitable that China would take the steps necessary to win their confidence and that the RMB would soon join this elite band of global investment currencies. Yet the events of the summer of 2015, during which China’s authorities sought unsuccessfully to prop up a collapsing stock market and also suddenly devalued the RMB’s exchange rate anchor (ostensibly to take market forces more into account), raised questions about the country’s commitment to liberalising its capital markets. Doubts were reinforced by successive data points that suggested its economy was slowing far more rapidly than expected.
Looking beyond recent short-term volatility, the research asks about perceived demand for international usage of the RMB, what reforms are most urgently required, and what steps global financial services companies must take to prepare for a world in which the RMB vies with the US dollar.
The EIU also conducted in-depth interviews with a range of market participants and experts for this report, globally and in China, including with senior officials from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), China’s central bank.
What is Remittance Transfer and How Does it Work to Empower Global Connection...Pay10
In today's interconnected world, where families and communities are scattered across different countries,
remittance has emerged as a lifeline, fostering connections, and fueling economic growth. Remittance is money transferred by migrant workers to their people living in their home countries, which plays a
pivotal role in supporting the well-being of millions of individuals and shaping the economies of both sending and receiving nations.
FOR MORE INFO:- https://www.pay10.com/blog-what-is-remittance-transfer-&-how-does-it-work.php
Punjab National Bank Fraud (Nirav Modi Scam) ppt presentation slideshareFatema Tandiwala
A case study presentation on Punjab National Bank scam (Nirav Modi)
India's second largest state-owned lender Punjab National Bank disclosed on Feb. 14, 2018 that it was the victim of the country’s largest bank fraud.
PNB revealed that fraudulent transactions by billionaire jeweler Nirav Modi and related entities amounted to $1.77 billion or over Rs 11,400 crore.
The key accused in the case were jeweler and designer Nirav Modi, his maternal uncle Mehul Choksi, and other relatives and some PNB employees.
Nirav Modi and his relatives escaped India in early 2018, days before the news of the scam became public.
PNB scam has been dubbed as the biggest fraud in India's banking history.
1) 11400 Crores Fraud
2) Nirav Modi, the billionaire jeweler who along with others scammed Punjab National Bank (PNB) of over 11400 crore’s has fled the country.
3) Apparently Nirav modi spotted in which placeWE DON’T KNOWBut What exactly is this scam?
4) The CBI has registered a case against Nirav Modi on January 29. Punjab National Bank registered a case against Nirav Modi, His Brother Neeshal & His Uncle Mehul Choksi on February 13.
5) The Bank initially reported a scam of rupees 280 crores. But it was later realized to be rupees 11400 crores. This is a lot of money. So how does one get away with a scam of such magnitude? Possibly it is one of the biggest in Indias’s banking history.
6) Nirav Modi is an importer of diamonds. Basically importers prefer to take loans in foreign currencies as interest rates on that are lower. In this case a loan that is taken from any overseas bank guaranteed by PNB. Then what Modi had to do was approach PNB & ask for buyers credit?In order to do this PNB had to issue a “letter Of Undertaking” to an overseas bank. Basically LoU guarantees an overseas bank that if it gives money for a specified period to identified by the home bank (in this case PNB) then the home bank will assure that the money will be returned to the overseas bank.
7) Most of these overseas banks are Indian Banks with foreign branches. So the overseas bank directly give to loan PNB not Nirav Modi. An account has to create by PNB called a NOSTRO account where the overseas bank gives the loan.
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More.........
Significant FCRA Amendments: What they are and How they affect you !!Suhel Goel
This document summarizes the various amendments brought about through the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2015 under the FCRA Laws applicable to Foreign Grants received in India by NGOs and other entities.
China’s currency, the renminbi (RMB), is already internationalised: it ranks fourth globally by value of payments, behind only the US dollar, the euro and the British pound. The size of China’s economy and its dominant position in international trade mean that its use in transactions is already commonplace. Yet it is still not comparable to the four major denominations (including the Japanese yen) as an investment currency—i.e. one that is freely usable and enjoys the full confidence of international investors and the companies that service them. Without their support, the RMB cannot reach full maturity.
Until recently it seemed inevitable that China would take the steps necessary to win their confidence and that the RMB would soon join this elite band of global investment currencies. Yet the events of the summer of 2015, during which China’s authorities sought unsuccessfully to prop up a collapsing stock market and also suddenly devalued the RMB’s exchange rate anchor (ostensibly to take market forces more into account), raised questions about the country’s commitment to liberalising its capital markets. Doubts were reinforced by successive data points that suggested its economy was slowing far more rapidly than expected.
Looking beyond recent short-term volatility, the research asks about perceived demand for international usage of the RMB, what reforms are most urgently required, and what steps global financial services companies must take to prepare for a world in which the RMB vies with the US dollar.
The EIU also conducted in-depth interviews with a range of market participants and experts for this report, globally and in China, including with senior officials from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), China’s central bank.
What is Remittance Transfer and How Does it Work to Empower Global Connection...Pay10
In today's interconnected world, where families and communities are scattered across different countries,
remittance has emerged as a lifeline, fostering connections, and fueling economic growth. Remittance is money transferred by migrant workers to their people living in their home countries, which plays a
pivotal role in supporting the well-being of millions of individuals and shaping the economies of both sending and receiving nations.
FOR MORE INFO:- https://www.pay10.com/blog-what-is-remittance-transfer-&-how-does-it-work.php
India is facing demonetization problem then what is affect on development of human life. Main thing What is contribution's our.
It is not first time our country is facing demonetization probele.But important thing we should face this problem with a unity.
Rules need further reforms for smooth global trade financeM S Siddiqui
The beauty of modern trade finance is extending financing without a mortgage or third-party guarantee as those have in-built methods of security. BB's both-way payment method reforms are a major change in the foreign exchange policy. These conservative policies are not in conformity of trade finance of globally accepted standards. Both rules need further reform to allow smooth trade finance of other countries.
Unit 3.1 Regulatory Framework - Indian PerspectiveCharu Rastogi
This presentation discusses regulatory framework of international finance from the Indian perspective-FEMA and FERA, foreign trade policy, role of RBI, rupee convertibility, EOU/STPI, SEZ, EPZ.
A study on understanding the concept of demonetization with reference to MBA ...Syed Valiullah Bakhtiyari
This research is fully based on primary data and it has been collected first hand by the researcher itself, since the respondents were students pursuing master's in business administration it becomes very interesting to know the new age jargon of demonetization.
Tax justice from 100 years old income tax law.pdfM S Siddiqui
Roughly 94 per cent of income-tax revenue comes from tax deducted at source. The Tax deduct as source (TDS) has been imposed at border during release of imported goods and services, supply of goods and services to government and corporates entities. This deduction is on gross sales value but not on net profit. The advances taxes are non-refundable and considered as tax on income. In many cases the tax burden are more than 100 percent of the net income of the business enterprises.
Bangladesh’s cross border transaction in Chinese RMB.pdfM S Siddiqui
Banks are finally allowed to maintain accounts in Chinese currency RMB with their correspondents or overseas branches for cross-border transactions executed in Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, China has introduced cross-border interbank payments system (CIPS) with the RMB as an alternative trading currency. CIPS payment system offers clearing and settlement services for participates in cross-border RMB payment and trade.
Over the last decade the Chinese government has consistently strived to overcome China’s dependence on foreign supplies in the sector, and as a result China’s market share in semiconductors has increased from 5 percent in 2010 to 13 percent in 2020, more than doubling in ten years. China is moving along with the planned schedule to achieve supremacy in manufacturing semi-conductors.
Evaluation of Bangladesh’s Data Protection Bill.pdfM S Siddiqui
The draft Data Security Law did not make difference between data privacy and data security and a big concern was how to maintain the privacy of such data. The problem is that the government has expressed a controlling attitude to make the law a control mechanism rather than data security and data privacy.
Rights of the nominee vis-à-vis legal heirs.docxM S Siddiqui
Currently, the banks may follow the rule of Bangladesh Bank and the principle of the judgment of the High Court Division that the nominee is entitled to the money of the deceased person and pay to the nominee at the first instance to complete their responsibility. Subsequently, the nominee will be treated as a custodian in case of a succession certificate given by the court and distribute the amount accordingly.
Bangladesh bank’s rules of export documents require an amendmentM S Siddiqui
The Factoring services provide security of payment and financing through transfer of shipping documents along with ownership and rights over the payments. The circular no. 32 (dated October 03, 2021) restricting transfer of document will hamper smooth service of Factoring and export financing by trade finance companies. The BB should revisit the circular addressing the embargo over transfer of full set of documents.
Access to finance for the informal sectorM S Siddiqui
Bangladesh may formulate policies to use these sources to in credit reporting systems. There may be even legal framework like some other some economies to allow the sharing of information from non-traditional sources and authorised CRSPs to prepare CR for MSMEs.
Ad free channel ends unfair privileges to overseas manufacturersM S Siddiqui
The Clean Feed Strategy would give a level playing field to Bangladeshi manufacturers and foreign manufactures. Although late the government has taken a bold decision.
Pandemic recession and employment crisisM S Siddiqui
The policy of Bangladesh Bank and attitude of commercial banks have many challenges to overcome regarding these programmes. They require a change in mind-set and political will to recognize the crisis and probable solution. There should a recognition that informal workers and their livelihood activities represent the broad base of the economy producing essential goods and services not only for low-income customers but also for the general public and for the formal economy.
How to upgrade bangladesh’s banking almanacM S Siddiqui
The confidence of users is a big challenge for an almanac. The authentication of information is a basic criterion of a good almanac. The authority may take initiative to upload the almanac in their web-site and make easily accessible for the end users specially the FI in other countries.
Bangladesh needs rules on odourised lpgM S Siddiqui
It is impossible to detect the leak because of the lack of odour. This has led different countries to enact new regulations that require gas suppliers to odourise LPG.
The experience of the other countries doesn’t support the fear of NBR officials. This conception of officials is a challenge of introduction of PCA in Bangladesh.
With the ratification of the TFA in 2016, Bangladesh has obligation to introduce PCA in the customs rule. The relevant SRO should be issues as early as possible.
Abrupt indian ban on onion seeds not legalM S Siddiqui
Bangladesh became self-reliant in Cattle production after restriction on cattle export / smuggling during last few years. Let's hope that the statistics of Bangladesh Agricultural Department are correct and Bangladesh will hopefully continue to be self-reliant of onion despite Indian ban on export of onion and onion seed.
Miniket may be branded for marketing by any company but cannot claim this as local variety of rich. It cannot be registered under patent act. The fate of Miniket is depends upon teste and demand of the consumers.
Psi of govt purchase contrary to import policyM S Siddiqui
The inspection by government official is against the Import Policy Order as well as it is expensive for the nation and not serving the real purpose. The inspectors are not liable for any incidence of wrong delivery.
Disappearance of border pillars and death from lightning strikeM S Siddiqui
In south Asia the casualties have been increases in recent years. But apart from climate change, the recent increase of death of lightning has linkage with the silent disappearance of Border pillars of Mouja installed by British rulers in South Asia.
The standard global practice of other countries, the credit information reports neither express any opinion about the borrower creditworthiness nor assign any rating to the borrowers.
Hashem foods fire determining the liability of regulatorsM S Siddiqui
Despite all the irregularities, how industries get fitness certificate from DIFE on yearly basis is a question. Hashem Food started their business in 1982 and DIFE has been certifying it on yearly basis since then.
Regional co-operation under SAARC may be an additional blessing to solve the problem. Bangladesh apparently failed to get mutual co-operation from neighboring countries. Bangladesh may shift the policy on prevention, education and training of all stakeholders to eradicate drugs from our society.
The European Unemployment Puzzle: implications from population agingGRAPE
We study the link between the evolving age structure of the working population and unemployment. We build a large new Keynesian OLG model with a realistic age structure, labor market frictions, sticky prices, and aggregate shocks. Once calibrated to the European economy, we quantify the extent to which demographic changes over the last three decades have contributed to the decline of the unemployment rate. Our findings yield important implications for the future evolution of unemployment given the anticipated further aging of the working population in Europe. We also quantify the implications for optimal monetary policy: lowering inflation volatility becomes less costly in terms of GDP and unemployment volatility, which hints that optimal monetary policy may be more hawkish in an aging society. Finally, our results also propose a partial reversal of the European-US unemployment puzzle due to the fact that the share of young workers is expected to remain robust in the US.
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@Pi_vendor_247
when will pi network coin be available on crypto exchange.DOT TECH
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USDA Loans in California: A Comprehensive Overview.pptxmarketing367770
USDA Loans in California: A Comprehensive Overview
If you're dreaming of owning a home in California's rural or suburban areas, a USDA loan might be the perfect solution. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offers these loans to help low-to-moderate-income individuals and families achieve homeownership.
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Location: The property must be located in a USDA-designated rural or suburban area. Many areas in California qualify.
Income Limits: Applicants must meet income guidelines, which vary by region and household size.
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Application Process:
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Pre-Qualification: Determine your eligibility and the amount you can borrow.
Property Search: Look for properties in eligible rural or suburban areas.
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BYD SWOT Analysis and In-Depth Insights 2024.pptxmikemetalprod
Indepth analysis of the BYD 2024
BYD (Build Your Dreams) is a Chinese automaker and battery manufacturer that has snowballed over the past two decades to become a significant player in electric vehicles and global clean energy technology.
This SWOT analysis examines BYD's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats as it competes in the fast-changing automotive and energy storage industries.
Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Shenzhen, BYD started as a battery company before expanding into automobiles in the early 2000s.
Initially manufacturing gasoline-powered vehicles, BYD focused on plug-in hybrid and fully electric vehicles, leveraging its expertise in battery technology.
Today, BYD is the world’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer, delivering over 1.2 million electric cars globally. The company also produces electric buses, trucks, forklifts, and rail transit.
On the energy side, BYD is a major supplier of rechargeable batteries for cell phones, laptops, electric vehicles, and energy storage systems.
where can I find a legit pi merchant onlineDOT TECH
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@Pi_vendor_247
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@Pi_vendor_247
Exploring Abhay Bhutada’s Views After Poonawalla Fincorp’s Collaboration With...beulahfernandes8
The financial landscape in India has witnessed a significant development with the recent collaboration between Poonawalla Fincorp and IndusInd Bank.
The launch of the co-branded credit card, the IndusInd Bank Poonawalla Fincorp eLITE RuPay Platinum Credit Card, marks a major milestone for both entities.
This strategic move aims to redefine and elevate the banking experience for customers.
Falcon stands out as a top-tier P2P Invoice Discounting platform in India, bridging esteemed blue-chip companies and eager investors. Our goal is to transform the investment landscape in India by establishing a comprehensive destination for borrowers and investors with diverse profiles and needs, all while minimizing risk. What sets Falcon apart is the elimination of intermediaries such as commercial banks and depository institutions, allowing investors to enjoy higher yields.
1. https://dailyasianage.com/news/186464/re-introduction-of-wage-earners-scheme
EDEN BUILDING TO STOCK EXCHANGE
Published: 12:16 AM, 14 July 2019
Re-introduction of Wage Earners' scheme
M S Siddiqui
Bangladesh is a country that is running in trade deficit, i.e, the import payment is higher than
export receipt. The remittance of wage earners plays an important role to cover up the gap.
Though it is difficult to know an accurate figure of remittance that is sent through informal
channels, previous research shows that informal remittance to developing countries was 25% to
125% of official remittances. It indicates that the developing countries like Bangladesh are deprived
of their hard earned foreign currency due to remittance through informal channels.
There are two regulatory instruments that apply to remittance. These are Foreign Exchange
regulation Act, 1947 and Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2002. The FE act provisions authorized
dealers in foreign exchange. Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 is an all-encompassing
legislation that have control over all kinds of foreign exchange transaction. This act does not have
any specific section on migrant remittance.
Under the broad umbrella of the act, the Foreign Exchange Policy Department has framed
guidelines to manage remittance movement. The guidelines are very restrict on buying, borrowing,
selling, lending, conversion of FE etc. by any person other than an authorized dealer.
The act imposes jail sentence and/or penalty of certain amount decided by court as punishment for
violation of the act. Despite the strict FE law, the informal channels of remittance are different and
beyond the control of the central Bank due to practical reasons. The law is not suitable for present
day of global and local banking and financial system.
Formal remittances refer to those remittances which enter into the economy through legitimate
channels such as banks, exchange houses, money gram, western union etc. On the other hand an
informal channel includes those money transfers which occur through private, unrecorded and
illegitimate channels.
These informal channels are often termed as hundi or something else though the basic
characteristic of such informal channels of remittance are more or less same. The informal channel
also includes remittance carried by friends or relatives or the migrant himself or herself.
A study on Bangladesh wage earners in middle-East observed that 46% of the total volume of
remittance has been channeled through official sources, around 40% through hundi, 4.61% through
friends and relatives, and about 8 % of the total was hand carried by migrant workers themselves
when they visited home. Others include sell of work visas. Migrants sent work visa from his country
of destination. Their families either sent another member abroad with that visa, or sold it for cash.
2. Remittances by workers from abroad play a significant role in minimizing dependence on aid for
foreign exchange. The scheme aimed at conversion of remittances of the Bangladeshi workers at
exchange rates corresponding approximately to the open market rate. This scheme was known as
Wage Earners' Scheme (WES) was introduced in 1974 to provide incentives to the Bangladeshi
nationals working abroad in remitting their earnings to Bangladesh through official channel.
It got prominence when the allocation of foreign exchange for importers at official rate since newly
independent country has shortage of foreign currency.
Importers facing shortage of foreign exchange allocations tended to buy foreign exchange at rates
higher than the official rate from the wage earners' market, which was popularly known as the
secondary foreign exchange market. Remittances treated as earnings through 'manpower export'
have become the largest foreign exchange earner among the items in the balance of payment.
The FE earners were beneficiary of the open market price of foreign currency and remittance was
beneficial for the country during the crisis period immediately after independence. The FE earners
were the beneficiary of the secondary market and also supporting the nation in balance of
payment.
But the secondary FE market has been stopped and banks are authorized to purchase foreign
currency. The reason for such decision is not known why Bangladesh bank has taken such a major
policy decision.
Until 2003, the exchange rate was determined by Bangladesh Bank. Bangladesh has taken another
policy decision to go for floating exchange rate regime since 2003. IMF adviced the government to
open the FE market to improve the remittance through official channel.
So the exchange rate is determined by the interaction of demand of supply of foreign currency. In
this new system, the nominal exchange rate is set by the market forces but keeps discretion for the
central bank to intervene in the foreign exchange market to keep the rate within certain limit of
appreciation or depreciation. This is known as 'managed float' system.
There are several reasons behind the popularity of such informal channel. First of all the hosting
countries government policies and regulations, such as foreign exchange control, monetary policy,
high tariffs and taxes, bureaucratic licensing process for financial institutions etc.
The strict foreign exchange regulation of Bangladesh is mainly responsible for such informal
remittance. There are lots of restrictions for outflow of foreign exchange. So, citizens need foreign
currency to spent abroad they are not getting the currency in formal way.
They have to depend on Hundiwala for foreign currency. For example the cost of medical treatment
in other country is very high and payment should be in foreign currency. Though the cost is very
high, due to regulations the patient would get limited amount of foreign currency. So, they buy
foreign currency from other illegal sources.
Bangladesh has an informal economy and source of income is bribe, kick-back from government
contracts, smuggling and informal business. The strict and non-friendly regulatory and taxation
system encourage the businesses use to remain in informal sector although they are in fair business
but unable to bring the income into formal sector.
3. The black-money holders transfer their money to safe places in other countries. Sometime the black
money holders use international trade to transfer or legalize the black money. They are also in need
of money for settlement in other country, education of children and medical expenses.
Therefore, the demand of foreign exchange to transfer to other country is very high. These rich
people of different professions are buyer of foreign currency from wage earners through
Hundiwala. Hundiwala transfer the foreign currency to account of Bangladeshi corrupt persons or
their children / relatives. These black money holders are promoter and protector of hundi system
of FE transactions.
These transfer of FE is highly trust based, informal remittance systems have a long history of being
reliable, inexpensive, speedy, accessible and a convenient way of transferring funds in Asia, where
they are thought to have originated, and many other parts of the world following waves of
immigration, using minimal or no documentary requirements. The element of trust is a defining
characteristic of most informal remittance systems.
On the other hand the currency in informal FE market is relative cheaper in informal market
organized by Hundiwala. It is believed and in some cases studies showed that informal channels of
remittance are even cheaper than that of formal ones. The absolute monetary transaction cost of
remitting money across borders using formal channels is estimated at approximately 13 percent of
the remittance value.
On the other hand if a person chooses to remit by using informal channel such as Hundiwala, the
cost is estimated to be less than 2 percent of the value of principal. There are 7 other studies in
relation of this. For example, one researcher reports the average cost of remitting at 3-5 percent
globally, although they can be higher in specific cases. Some other reported of the costs from 1 to 5
percent.
Many studies find that costs of informal channels in Bangladesh are about 45 percent of formal
costs. They found one important factor causing migrants to remit through informal channels is the
high cost of transferring funds through banks and transfer agencies.
The costs and time of receiving remittance through official and hundi channels were made the
hundi lucrative calculated. For official channel this included service charge, speed money,
conveyance and other costs. The average cost per official transaction was found to be Tk.136.50.
For hundi, at the receiving end, the costs involved phone charges, conveyance and remittance lost.
Under official transaction, the time required for receiving cash after depositing the draft in the bank
was 12.83 days, while for hundi, the average time per transaction following receipt of information
was 3 days.
With the closure of Wage Earner Scheme (WES), banks are now enjoying "monopoly and huge
profit" without any efforts what so ever.
At present the profit of bank is around Tk1.00 to Tk2.00 per Dollar. This is the legitimate income of
wage earners taken over by Banks. The remitters started look for alternate route of remittance for
better price of their hard earn Foreign currency and hundi came prominently in to the FE
transaction.
4. There is no visible logic to allow Banks to make profit by buying and selling FE. They should be
happy with bank charges of remittances. Bangladesh should go back to wage earner scheme
introduce by Bangabandhu government and give back the legitimate profit of sale to wage earners
for the hard earned foreign currency and improve remittance through banking channel and sell the
FE to importer and banks as per choice of wage earners.
The wage earner will earn more Taka from official channel than selling to risky informal market.
The FE will be costlier for corrupt persons to siphon off from Bangladesh.
The corrupt persons of different professions and banks are beneficiaries of closure of WES and
operation of hundi system but victims are the poor wage earners workers in ME and other
countries.
The writer is a legal economist.
Email: mssiddiqui2035@gmail.com