From Bangladesh. For the World.
About FTCB
The institutional center of gravity for Bangladesh FinTech.
Every mature FinTech industry is anchored by a neutral national center — an institution that credentials the workforce, publishes research the market trusts, convenes regulators and operators on common ground, and represents the country in international forums. FTCB is that institution for Bangladesh.
Credentialed Talent
FTCB Global FinTech Education — twelve leading universities, four duration formats, one combined credential per scholar.
Neutral Research
The annual Bangladesh FinTech Policy Report, South Asia FinTech Index, and thematic studies across the twelve verticals.
Convening & Policy Voice
Bangladesh FinTech Summit, Policy Dialogues with Bangladesh Bank, BSEC, IDRA, and BFIU, and standing Working Groups.
Global Representation
Bangladesh's institutional voice before the IMF, World Bank, BIS, FATF, and IFSB; reciprocity with peer fintech centers.
Founding Chairman
Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur
Former Governor, Bangladesh Bank
A Letter from Our Founding Chairman
Dear friends,
Today I am pleased to announce the establishment of the Financial Technology Center Bangladesh, and to invite you to be part of it.
A word on why this matters. Bangladesh now runs one of the largest mobile money systems anywhere in the world. Our diaspora sends home more than thirty billion dollars a year through it. Our banks and regulators have, between them, built rules that quietly work — and that other countries have begun to copy.
What we have not had, until now, is a single place where this industry meets itself. A place to train the next generation of professionals. A place to publish the research our markets need. A place where banks, fintechs, regulators and academics sit at the same table. FTCB is meant to be that place.
Six things we intend to do
- 01
Build the research backbone — an annual policy report, a South Asia FinTech Index, and the FTCB Innovation Lab.
- 02
Open the door to world-class fintech education through the ScholarPASS Foundation, so that talent, not money, decides who gets in.
- 03
Bring women into this industry properly — as professionals, as agents, as founders. The numbers today are not where they should be, and we mean to change that.
- 04
Take Bangladesh into the conversations that have been happening without us. The IMF. The World Bank. BIS, FATF, IFSB. The peer fintech centers in Singapore, Dubai, London and elsewhere.
- 05
Treat all twelve fintech verticals seriously. Not one favored area with the rest as footnotes. Each one staffed and resourced.
- 06
Get capital flowing through FTCB Ventures, alongside investors who share our view of what this country can become.
A word on why your presence matters
If you run a bank, a mobile money service, a payments business, a lending platform, or any of the new digital firms now coming up — this is your institution. It will work only if the people building the industry are also the people building the center.
I would also say this to colleagues abroad: Bangladesh is not a small story. What works here will be useful in many other countries that are still some way behind us. The lessons travel. So does the talent. Joining FTCB is, in part, a way of helping that travel happen.
Founding members will shape the agenda. They will see the research first. And in time, I hope, they will look back on this period as the one in which something durable was built.
I would be honored if you joined us.
With warm regards,
— Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur
Founding Chairman, FTCB
Former Governor, Bangladesh Bank
Operating Model
Five reinforcing pillars. Each produces a distinct institutional output.
- 01
FinTech Education
Credentialed professionalsFTCB Global FinTech Education delivers curriculum sourced from twelve leading universities in four duration formats. Every scholar receives one combined credential — the FTCB Badge plus the originating University Certificate.
- 02
Research & Innovation
Intellectual authorityAnnual Bangladesh FinTech Policy Report. South Asia FinTech Index. Thematic studies across the twelve verticals. The FTCB Innovation Lab seeds applied research with industry and regulators.
- 03
Convening & Policy
Domestic relevance, global voiceBangladesh FinTech Summit, Policy Dialogues with BB / BSEC / IDRA / BFIU, Working Groups. Internationally, reciprocity with peer centers and representation before the IMF, World Bank, BIS, FATF and IFSB.
- 04
Industry Infrastructure
Operating capacity for the sectorCorporate Membership tiers, Sandbox coordination, the FTCB Fintech Passport for cross-border expansion, and the standing FTCB Alumni Network across all credentialed cohorts.
- 05
Women in FinTech
Cross-cutting flagship100,000 women onboarded as MFS entrepreneurs and agents by 2031, with 10,000+ women credentialed as career fintech professionals. At least 45% of every cohort across all twelve verticals.
Full Stack, Not Just MFS
The Twelve FinTech Verticals of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh FinTech is more than mobile money. FTCB tracks the full stack — from everyday payments to AI-native finance — so policy, capital, and talent reach the full breadth of the industry.
- 12
- Verticals
- 100%
- Stack Coverage
- 1
- Center
- 01
Mobile Financial Services
- 02
Digital Banking
- 03
Payments & PSO/PSP
- 04
Remittance Tech
- 05
Personal Lending Tech & BNPL
- 06
SME Lending & Inclusion Finance
- 07
InsurTech
- 08
WealthTech & Capital Markets
- 09
Islamic FinTech
- 10
Digital Assets, Blockchain & Stablecoins
- 11
RegTech, SupTech & Open Banking
- 12
AI-Native FinTech
FTCB Global FinTech Education
World-leading institutions. Remote courses. Bangladeshi scholars.
Courses have been selected from twelve world-leading universities and are delivered remotely, combined with the FTCB Local Lab on Bangladesh regulation. Every scholar earns one combined credential — the FTCB Badge plus the originating University Certificate. Affordability is delivered through ScholarPASS Foundation.
Weekly Micro-Credential
Compliance, MFS, payments and security teams
Monthly Foundation
Mid-career professionals across all twelve verticals
Quarterly Specialist
Senior bank executives, founders, regulator staff
FTCB Senior FinTech Fellow
Senior leaders, regulator and ministry staff
Twelve Selected Education Partners
World-leading institutions delivering FTCB-accredited FinTech courses.
- MIT
- Harvard
- Stanford
- Wharton
- Oxford
- Cambridge
- LSE
- INSEAD
- IITs
- NUS
- Tsinghua
- Peking
Cross-Cutting Flagship
Women in FinTech runs through every vertical.
FinTech Center Bangladesh (FTCB)
Bangladesh has 1.83 million MFS agents nationwide — fewer than 4% are women. FTCB's Women in FinTech flagship is the measurable answer: skills, scholarships, entrepreneurship, and opportunity, embedded in every cohort regardless of vertical.
- 100,000
- Women onboarded as MFS entrepreneurs and agents by 2031
- 10,000+
- Women credentialed as career FinTech professionals
- ≥ 45%
- Women in every FTCB cohort, every vertical
- ≥ 35%
- Scholars from outside Dhaka
Global Network
FTCB joins the global network of FinTech centers.
Bangladesh's institutional voice — collegial, complementary, never duplicative.
- Asia Pacific
Singapore
GFTN / Singapore FinTech Festival
- Asia Pacific
Hong Kong
Cyberport
- South Asia
Gandhinagar, India
GIFT City / IFSCA
- Middle East
Dubai, UAE
DIFC Innovation Hub
- Middle East
Manama, Bahrain
Bahrain FinTech Bay
- Middle East
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
FinTech Saudi
- Europe
London, UK
Level39
- Americas
Medellín, Colombia
Ruta N
Join FTCB
Six Ways to Join FTCB.
Every relationship is tier-based and transparent — published benefits, equal access for every counterparty.
Peer FinTech Centers
Reciprocity MOU — sandbox recognition, fellow placement, the FTCB Fintech Passport.
connect@fintechcenterbd.org
Corporate Members
Patron, Anchor, or Associate tier — Summit, Working Groups, scholar pipeline.
connect@fintechcenterbd.org
Donors & Philanthropists
ScholarPASS Foundation — global donor pool or Bangladesh CSR.
connect@fintechcenterbd.org
Women in FinTech Partners
100,000 Women Agent Initiative — recruit, train, onboard, support, uplift.
connect@fintechcenterbd.org
Universities
Curriculum partnership — license, affiliate enrollment, or co-design.
connect@fintechcenterbd.org
Investors
FTCB Ventures — Founding LPs, Strategic LPs, or co-investment.
connect@fintechcenterbd.org