21 ventures honoured at the 4th Bangladesh Fintech Award
Thirteen ventures won in 13 categories and eight received honourable mentions. The 6th Bangladesh Fintech Summit, held the same day, focused on AI, digital banking and secure payments.
The 4th Bangladesh Fintech Award 2026 recognised 21 fintech ventures at a ceremony on 10 October at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel in Dhaka. Thirteen ventures won in 13 categories, and eight received honourable mentions.
In his welcome speech, Shariful Islam, founder and managing director of organiser Bangladesh Brand Forum, said fintech innovation should be judged by how much positive change it brings to people’s lives and businesses. He hoped recognising ventures that make financial services accessible, reliable and effective would attract more investment into new innovation.
Fintech summit on the same day
The 6th Bangladesh Fintech Summit took place at the same venue, bringing together banking and fintech executives, investors, regulators, technology experts, entrepreneurs and academics.
The programme included two keynote sessions, three panel discussions, an expert deep dive, an insight session and a case study. Keynote speakers were Nawshad Hussain, chief banking and network officer at Transfi Global, and Khuan Yu Lee, regional head of products at GXBank and GXS Bank.
Topics discussed
- Artificial intelligence in financial services
- Digital banking and cashless payments
- Interconnected financial services and secure infrastructure
- Financial inclusion, customer trust and principles for responsible innovation