BB finds many banks not complying with security instructions

Bangladesh Bank has found many banks are not complying with the instructions to ensure the security of bank outlets and branches, reports UNB.

As a result, gold from bank lockers is disappearing and bank money is being looted by robbery. In such a situation, the BB has once again gave instructions to keep CCTV in operation at all times and sufficient armed guards for security in the bank branches.

On Monday, the Banking Regulations and Policy Department (BRPD) of BB issued a directive and sent it to the top executives of banks to ensure the security of bank branches.

According to this directive, to ensure the security of the bank outlet of all scheduled banks, the required number of CCTV or IP cameras or spy cameras should be installed at the entrance of the bank branch, inside the branch, outside the branch, and in all types of IT rooms.

Effective measures should be taken to keep the CCTV or spy cameras connected to the central information network of the bank, keep them under continuous monitoring, and the nearest police station can obtain the video footage recorded in the cameras, the directive stated.

The directive also states that a sufficient number of armed security guards should be kept for the security of the bank along with trained armed security guards should be arranged.

But the central bank said that some banks are not following these instructions properly.

In such a situation, the regulator has again given instructions to the banks to ensure the security of outlets and branches of the bank.

The central bank issued the notification after missing a client's 149 bhori gold worth approximately Tk15 million has allegedly went missing recently from a locker at Islami Bank's Chawkbazar branch in Chattogram.