Company · Analysis · 03 Nov 2026
AB Bank: 56.5% of loans classified, equity of minus BDT 48.6bn and a BDT 16,875 crore provision gap
AB Bank pays more than ten taka of interest for every taka it earns, lost BDT 37.1bn in 2025 and BDT 16.3bn in the first half of 2026, and now runs on Bangladesh Bank liquidity support. This note sets out what the filings show.
Updated 3-Nov-2026: added the business model and industry forces; trade volumes and interest per taka of loans and deposits for five years; loan concentration by industry and by customers above 10% of capital; deposits by holder and interest paid by deposit type; the provision, write-off…