PayPal's zoom service has been officially launched in Bangladesh. Prime Minister's Information Technology Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy inaugurated this service on the second day of the ICT Exposure organized at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the city.
The service was inaugurated on the occasion of Pepple-Zoom Connectivity Launch in Bangladesh and Freelancers Conference held at the Hall of Fame.
Chief Minister's Information Technology Advisor Sajeeb Wazed said, "So many expatriates have sent their hard earned money to different channels across the country. As it is the cost of the money, the victim is being victimized.
From now on, PayPal's Zoom service will easily send money from PayPal account to Bangladesh within 40 minutes to two hours.
Sajeeb Wazed said, initially money from abroad can be sent to PayPal via Zoom service. I personally pledged to introduce PayPal's service to the freelancers. Today the service is inaugurated. Although this service has been launched in There were experimental transactions.
President of the program Junaid Ahmed Palak said that the expatriates of the US can send money from their PayPal accounts through eight branches of Sonali Bank. This is the first step of our success. In the meantime, through the zoom, there is a remittance of money from the foreign bank in foreign banks.
Fazle Kabir, the governor of the Bangladesh Bank, said today, PayPal's zoom service was officially inaugurated in the country. Through this, expatriates can send money in the country at low cost. At the same time, freelancers can bring their earned money to the country.
Zoom money will be accepted in eight banks including SonaliBank. He urged to start the service in another bank soon.
Imran Ahmed, chairman of parliamentary standing committee on postal and telecommunications, said that many days of the freelancers were sought by PayPal. Today, PayPal's Zoom service has been introduced. This will increase remittance in the country.
Assistant Secretary Subir Kishore Chowdhury said 13 thousand youths have been trained in freelancing training from the Government's Learning and Arining Project. Among them, 8,000 youths are working in different marketplaces. PayPal's zoom service was introduced to bring this freelancer's money to the country easily.
At the beginning, it was announced that at the beginning, the cost of sending less than $ 1 thousand in foreign dollars will cost 4.99 dollars. But sending more than one thousand dollars to Bangladesh will not cost.
Not only the freelancer, this service can be used by everyone.
State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak said that the long-term freelancers of Bangladesh have been waiting for Pepal services. This will benefit the freelancers of Bangladesh. Besides, the rate of remittance will increase. Digital transaction will increase.
PayPal services are available in 203 countries around the world. Of these, full service in 29 countries and inbound service in 103 countries has been started. With the introduction of the Zoom service, PayPal's account holders could not send money back to Bangladesh. From now on, US PayPal account holders can send their maximum 10 thousand dollars each time using their PayPal wallet. It will cost 4.99 dollars for sending one thousand dollars per transaction. And no more than one thousand dollars to send money, no fees. The service is being started primarily in Sonali Bank, Rupali Bank, Agrani Bank, Janata Bank, Social Islami Bank, Uttara Bank, Pubali Bank, City Bank and Islamic Bank.
Freelancer Salauddin Eishad, responding to a question that the zoom service will be introduced in the country, said those who work on various US clients will get the benefit of bringing money to some of the country through zoom service. But those who use PayPal to pay or pay someone will not get the service. It would be beneficial to start full PayPal service. But you will get benefits in bringing foreign money.
Freelancer Shakib, who worked on graphic design, brought his team to the fair. I came to know about the interest of paypal-zoom and freelancing. Not fully aware of the zoom service. But hoping to get the money from zoom will help. Till now, spending more than two percent is required to bring money through scril or other means. I heard that Jumo would cost $ 5000 for one thousand dollars. Quick money can be found. It would be good.
Saidur Mamun Khan said, through the introduction of zoom service, money can be made quick and easy in the country. If the client has a bank account in the United States. Special features like PayPal are not available here for now. But I have heard that the government will add many features to zoom or more.
According to the Zoom website, they have their money transfer services in 67 countries including Bangladesh. This is the accepted medium of online money transfer in the United States. On July 1, 2015, PayPal acquired Zoom for $ 890 million. Zoom was introduced in 2001.
Regarding the full service of PayPal, Sajeeb Wazed said, there are policies of Bangladesh Bank to send money abroad. For this reason, sending money abroad via zoom is not possible right now. This service will also be introduced if Bangladesh is economically self-sufficient.