Habib Bank Limited (Bangladesh Branches)

HBL opened its first Bangladesh branch in 1976 per BIBM and multiple press sources; established_year and license_year set to 1976. Branch count is 6 per the official HBL Bangladesh branch-location page as of May 2026: Country Office (Banani), Main Branch (Banani, Autograph Tower), Motijheel, Chattogram (Agrabad), Sylhet (East Zindabazar), and Uttara Sub Branch. BIBM entry states 5 branches; the HBL website lists 6 (includes the Country Office and Main Branch at the same address but different listings); 6 adopted as the more current primary-source count. Selim Barkat was Country Manager from August 2019; promoted to Regional General Manager (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives) per announcement dated May 9, 2024 (TBS News / Financial Express). Role title is Regional General Manager; md_ceo field captures the highest in-country executive per schema intent. CRISL AA-/ST-2 Stable, valid June 2, 2025 to June 1, 2026, sourced directly from hbl.com/bangladesh/information/credit-ratings. Financials are null: HBL Bangladesh's FY2024 Financial Statement (13.3 MB PDF at hbl.com/assets/documents/Financial_Statement_2024.pdf) exceeded the 10 MB fetch limit and is not indexed in extractable form by any public press source; no BDT total assets, deposits, loans, NPL, CAR, or profit figures were found in retrievable web sources. Parent HBL Pakistan FY2024 consolidated profit: PKR 57.8 billion after tax (not converted, not applicable to Bangladesh branch). Foreign ownership 100% as HBL is a wholly foreign-incorporated bank operating as branches in Bangladesh. Government ownership 0% (HBL Pakistan itself is not state-owned). Paid-up capital null: FCBs operating as branches in Bangladesh are required to maintain a 'fund deposited with Bangladesh Bank' rather than a traditional paid-up capital structure; exact BDT amount not found in public sources. OBU inauguration date April 24, 2025 confirmed by BSS News article. verification_status=partial: branch count, management team, credit rating, and OBU inauguration are verified from primary sources; all financial metrics are null due to inaccessible PDF. Activity evidence hold: removed 3 exact generated refresh event(s) on read. Generated scores, positions, activity actions and verification stamps are unavailable. Retained events and unmatched action text require source review; original raw records are unchanged. Financial fields matching legacy class defaults are unverified pending document review; a matching value alone does not establish that the original figure was false.