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		<lang class="3" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" style="Headline1"  font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="32">IFIC Bank holds seminar on ‘Cashless Bangladesh Initiative’ in Patuakhali</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="BODY new" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">IFIC Bank PLC led an awareness programme to promote digital transactions under the “Cashless Bangladesh Initiative”, organised by Bangladesh Bank, in Patuakhali.
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="BODY new" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">As part of the nationwide initiative, IFIC Bank acted as the lead bank in the two-day event held at the Patuakhali Zilla Shilpakala Academy auditorium. Arief Hossain Khan, executive director of Bangladesh Bank, inaugurated the programme as the chief guest, according to a press release. 
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="BODY new" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">ANM Moinul Kabir, director of the Payment Systems Department-1 at the central bank, presided over the seminar.
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="BODY new" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">During the event, speakers discussed various aspects of digital transaction processes in detail and presented a collective action plan. 
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="BODY new" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">Visitors were also given hands-on experience of digital transactions, including the use of QR codes, at booths set up at the venue. Teachers, students and university staff took part in the programme, which encouraged the adoption of cashless, technology-based transactions in daily life.
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