DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) asked all the commercials banks to keep enough money at Automated Teller Machine (ATM) booths during the vacation of Eid-ul-Fitr.

Besides, it asked to ensure smooth and uninterrupted transactions through the Point of Sale (POS), e-Payment Gateway or internet banking and Mobile Financial Services (MFS).

A notification, issued by Payment System Division of Bangladesh Bank, was sent to all chiefs of commercials banks on Thursday (May 23).

The BB instructed the banks to ensure adequate security at the ATM booths, create awareness among the merchants and clients to prevent forgery in POS services, keep on running the Two Factor Authentication (2FA) on Card not Present transaction for online e-Payment Gateway and inform the clients about transactions through SMS service.

It also instructed the banks to provide Help Line services during the vacation, if any client faces harassment.

BDST:  1634 HRS, MAY 23, 2019

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