Eastern Bank

DSE: EBL

Banking · EBL

Eastern Bank (EBL) is a private commercial bank positioned in corporate, retail and trade banking, with a reputation for relatively conservative credit and a focus on higher-end retail and corporate clients.

Business: Corporate and commercial banking, trade finance, retail and priority banking, cards and consumer credit, treasury, and SME lending.

Market data

Market capitalisation

41,257 mn BDT

Paid-up capital

16,437 mn BDT

Outstanding shares

1,643,687,789

Last price

24.8 BDT

Listed

1993

Market category

A

Source: Dhaka Stock Exchange, fetched 2026-05

Policy exposure

Heavy involvement in corporate lending and trade finance concentrates exposure to large corporate borrowers and import-LC counterparty risk. Single-borrower and large-exposure concentration is a prudential concern that ties the bank's stability to a handful of corporate groups. Source: analysis

Trade-finance dependence exposes the bank to foreign-currency settlement strain during reserve and exchange-rate stress. Constraints on a major trade-finance bank can ripple into importers' access to credit, a balance-of-payments transmission channel. Source: analysis

As an 'A'-category listed bank, its asset quality and dividend capacity are continuously tested by the sector-wide non-performing-loan environment. Sustained NPL pressure across the banking sector limits even relatively sound banks' lending and payout capacity, a fiscal-stability concern. Source: analysis