Dhaka, Sept. 27 -- Bangladesh Bank (BB) has expanded the scope of financial incentives for Bangla QR code-based transactions, bringing all trade-licensed merchant points under the incentive framework alongside small and marginal vendors to boost digital payments nationwide.

The central bank issued Payment System Department (PSD-2 Circular Letter No. 07' on Sunday, replacing Paragraph 2 of its previous 'PSD-2 Circular No. 03' issued on August 10, 2026.

According to the revised instruction, acquiring institutions will receive a monthly incentive of 0.10 percent and issuing institutions will receive 0.20 percent on each Bangla QR code-based transaction up to Tk 2,000 conducted through the National Payment Switch Bangladesh (NPSB) platform....