Chapter-1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

The MBA Dissertation program is a required course for the students who are completing MBA from Stamford University Bangladesh. In our economy, there are mainly three types of schedule commercial banks are in operation. They are Nationalized Commercial Banks, Local Private Commercial Banks and Foreign Private Commercial Banks. All Bank has discovered a new horizon in the field of banking area, which offers different General Banking, Investments and Foreign Exchange banking system. Globalization of the world economy for goods and services makes foreign exchange necessary for almost every citizen across the country. So I have decided to study on the topic Comparative Analysis of Foreign Exchange Activities: A case study on some selected banking companies in Bangladesh”.

1.2 Objectives of the Study:
The main objective of the study is to critical evaluation of Foreign exchange dealings of all Bank In order to attain the basic objective of the study, the following are the specific objectives: * To identify the various foreign exchange activities performed by Listed Banks. * To point out factors affecting the performance of foreign exchange dealings of the studied banks. * To identify the documents used in foreign exchange activities of the sample banks. * To analyze the trend of export, import and foreign remittance of the selected banks. * To suggest in order to improve the foreign exchange dealings performance of Listed Banks.

1.3 Methodology of the Study:
Methodology of the study is an essential part of the study. It is designed in a way so that it correspondent to achieve the objectives of the study. It includes designing samples, sources of data, collection procedure of data, analysis techniques data, etc. It was an exploratory study. So the methodology of this