Built for seafarers to receive, hold, and use foreign currency (USD) directly from their employers without conversion to BDT — offering both security and convenience.
Overview
Eligibility
- Minimum age: 18 years
- Bangladeshi mariners or seafarers working for foreign shipping companies and salary credited in FCY.
Features
- Account opened in USD.
- Salary or remittance can be credited directly from overseas employers.
- Funds can be held, withdrawn, or converted into BDT as per Bangladesh Bank regulations.
- Online and mobile banking via Citytouch with 24/7 support.
- No minimum balance requirement.
- 1st cheque book free.
- Free international debit card.
- No account maintenance fee.
- No SMS alert fee.
- 50% waiver on first year locker charge.
- 50% waiver on child’s student file opening.
Required Documents
- Valid NID (or Birth Certificate where applicable)
- Valid passport
- Seaman’s Book or Seafarer’s Record Book (SRB) or Discharge Book or Continuous Discharge Certificate (CDC)
- Two recent passport-size photographs
- Nominee’s NID/Passport/Birth Certificate
- One passport-sized photograph of nominee
- Proof of income/employment: Letter from local agent/association/employer confirming next date of joining vessel or current work contract.
- ‑TIN certificate (where applicable)