BURO Bangladesh
microfinance · Dhaka
· verified (verified 2026-05-25)
Profile
- Chief executive
- Zakir Hossain
- Founded
- 1990
- Regulator
- multiple
- MRA-licensed
- yes
- Active members
- 3228000
- Loan portfolio
- ৳166,240,000,000
- Staff
- —
- Coverage
- nationwide; 64 districts, 482 upazilas, 41,000+ villages
Provenance & notes
BURO Bangladesh, established 1990 (originally BURO Tangail) by founder ED Zakir Hossain, the country's third-largest NGO-MFI. Registered with NGO Affairs Bureau (no. 610, 1992) and MRA-licensed (no. 00004-00394-00288, 2008), hence regulator='multiple'. Figures from the official 'About BURO' page: 3.228M+ active customers (used for active_members; 2.678M+ active borrowers), gross loan portfolio BDT 166.24 billion+, savings portfolio BDT 57.09 billion+, 1,576 branch offices; staff count not stated on that page (older sources cite ~6,000 but not current/dated, so left null). HQ at Gulshan-2, Dhaka.