Prime Bank and Crown Cement Seal New Deal

Industry: Bank, Cement
Company: Crown Cement PLC., Prime Bank Limited
Company Intelligence Tag: Partnership Insights

Prime Bank PLC has signed an agreement with Crown Cement PLC to offer preferential banking services to the cement company’s employees. The agreement was signed by Md Nazeem A Choudhury, deputy managing director of Prime Bank, and Mohammad Ahasan Ullah, group CFO of Crown Cement, at Prime Bank’s corporate office in Dhaka.

Under the agreement, Crown Cement employees will benefit from exclusive access to credit card and loan facilities from Prime Bank. They will also gain access to “PrimePay,” Prime Bank’s digital portal, which allows for automated salary and corporate payments anytime, enhancing convenience for both employee and company transactions

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