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Prevailing in adversity: UCBL
IN what has been a write-off year for most banks due to the lengthy political turmoil, United Commercial Bank Ltd managed to register 93.26 percent profit growth in 2013.
Such has been the impact of Muhammed Ali at the private bank since he assumed the position of managing director in November 2012.
"Innovative lending has been the key," Ali told The Daily Star in an interview recently, adding that the bank concentrated on providing loans to small and medium enterprises owing to its high recovery rate.
The bank provided Ik 8,000 crore in SME loans—more than 50 percent of the total funded portfolio of Tk 15,000 crore as of March.
Strong support from the bank's board members and the bank's Chairman MA Hashem is another reason behind last year's profit ofTk 307 crore, he said. The bank earned Tk 96 crore between January and March, returning from the net loss of Tk 99.98 crore in the same period a year ago.
The bank's outstanding performance did not go unnoticed: it has been named the Best Emerging Markets Bank of Bangladesh by the Global Finance magazine in an exclusive survey recently. "We are excited for the award. Our responsibility will reach new heights after such a prestigious accolade."
Global Finance editors - with input from industry analysts, corporate executives and banking consultants - selected the best emerging markets bank in the Asia-Pacific region and in 30 countries, according to the
website of Global Finance.
The criteria for choosing the winners include growth in assets, profitability, strategic relationships, customer service, competitive pricing and innovative products.
In addition, for the first time a poll of Global Finance's corporate readership was conducted in order to increase the accuracy and reliability of the results.
"Faced with slowing growth and volatile markets, these banks are star performers under increasingly challenging conditions," said Joseph D Giarraputo, publisher and
editorial director of Global Finance.
"The banks that Global Finance is honouring may not be the largest or oldest, but they are the best at targeting their products and offerings to the specific markets they serve," he added.
Ali is expected to receive the award at a ceremony scheduled to be held at Washington in October.
UCBL began operations in 1983 and now has 139 branches with plans to open eight new branches in 2014, he added. The bank also plans to double the number of ATM booths to 200 this year.