Credits
Sources and photo credits.
Everything we assert, and where it came from. If a figure looks wrong to you, please tell us — we would rather correct it than defend it.
Data sources
Primary statistics come from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Bangladesh Bank, the World Bank and IFC. Where only the Bangladeshi business press had reported a figure, we cite the paper. Anything we calculated ourselves is labelled Our estimate wherever it appears.
- Digitising the supply chain for Bangladesh's 4.5 million retailersAccelerating Asia
- Bangladesh Flood 2024 responseActionAid
- Bangladesh floods strand 1.24 million familiesAl Jazeera
- Mobile Financial Services (MFS) statisticsBangladesh Bank
- Economic Census 2024 — economic units grew nearly 50% in a decadeBangladesh Bureau of Statistics, via UNB
- Registered MFS accounts stand at 239.3 million in JanuaryBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
- Micro, cottage industries drive 50% surge in economic units: BBSDaily Sun
- Bank CSR spending drops sharply amid profit squeezeDaily Sun
- Modern grocery retail in BangladeshESS & Partners
- The State of Mobile Financial Services in Bangladesh, 2025Future Startup
- MSMEs in Bangladesh face a $2.8b financing gapIFC, via The Financial Express
- MFS growth fails to dethrone cashNew Age
- Financial inclusionNew Age
- Number of mobile, internet subscribers riseNew Age
- Financial inclusion soars with agent banking in rural BangladeshNew Age Business
- Banks' CSR spending drops in education; rises in health, climateThe Business Standard
- Tk 6,000cr moves daily. But not every wallet is winningThe Daily Star
- Banks, MFS providers must adopt Bangla QR by June or face penaltiesThe Daily Star
- Shaping Bangladesh's cashless futureThe Daily Star
- The Global Findex Database 2025World Bank
- Digitizing Merchant Payments in Bangladesh: Building the Business Case for Small RetailersWorld Bank
- Women's financial inclusion is rising, but equal access and use still lagWorld Bank Blogs
A standing caveat
MFS statistics move monthly. The merchant-account and transaction figures here are the most recent we could source at the time of writing, and each carries its own date. Before relying on any of them for a decision, check the current month on Bangladesh Bank's MFS data page.
Photography
Every photograph on this site is freely licensed from Wikimedia Commons and used unmodified apart from resizing and compression. Attribution below as each licence requires. We have no commercial relationship with any photographer here, and none of them endorses Priyo Agent.




Bangladeshi grocery shop in Zinjira, Keraniganj
Marufish from Alor Setar, Malaysia





One woman selling her own collected vegetable at the Rajshahi Local Farmers Market
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Other credits
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