The Annual Business Summit-2026 of Mercantile Bank PLC was held at the Pan Pacific Sonargoan, Dhaka on Saturday in line with the theme ‘Redefined Growth with Compliance, Quality & Innovation’.

Md Anwarul Haque, chairman of the board of directors, was chief guest while managing director Mati Ul Hasan presided over the program.

The heads of 153 branches and 48 sub-branches, deputy managing directors, all head of divisions, the regional heads and other senior executives of the bank participated in the event.

Vice chairman Md Abdul Hannan, chairman, executive committee MA Khan Belal, chairman, risk management committee Mohammad Abdul Awal, directors ASM Feroz Alam & Mosharref Hossain, and DMD & CFO Tapash Chandra Paul took part of the summit.

DMDs Md Zakir Hossain, Shamim Ahmed, Ashim Kumar Saha, Md Zahid Hossain, & Shah Md Sohel Khurshid delivered speech in the business session.

Mercantile Bank’s chairman Md Anwarul Haque expressed sincere appreciation to the branches, sub-branches, and divisional heads for their dedicated efforts in achieving the bank’s overall objectives.

He said: “Despite the ongoing instability at both national and global levels, Mercantile Bank’s operating profit in 2025 has been achieved as expected. Moreover, bringing the level of non-performing loans down to a tolerable limit over the past year is a major success for us, reflecting the bank’s firm commitment to good governance, integrity, and safeguarding customers’ interests.”

Bank’s managing director Mati Ul Hasan provided important guidelines regarding the necessary actions to achieve the bank’s business targets for 2026.

At the same time, he urged increasing the growth of Agriculture and SME loans to accelerate the rural economy.

He emphasized enhancing the quality of customer service by effectively utilizing advanced technological solutions and, above all, instructed everyone to be more proactive in achieving sustainable growth through smart and innovative banking.