Popular mobile financial service provider upay and United Commercial
Bank PLC have recently organized a freelancer meetup to highlight the
growth of the industry, discuss on the different struggles of those
involved in freelancing and the need for addressing the issues through
time-befitting solutions and banking services.
The meetup was
organized at the Comilla Club located in Kandirpar, Cumilla. Around 100
freelancers from adjoining areas took part in the event and shared their
woes. Along with the freelancers, upay and UCB banks local branch
officials were present at the event, says a press release.
Themed
as Freelancers Contribution to Building Smart Bangladesh and MFS as
Growth Facilitator, the event focused on different pertinent issues
related to freelancing. Freelancers in our country have to face
different problems including payment issues through banking channels and
lack of recognition
Speakers
at the event underscored the need for giving due importance to the
freelancers for materializing Smart Bangladesh vision and at the same
time talked about the role of bank & MFS providers in facilitating
the freelancers.
During
the session, freelancers shared how they often face different issues
related to payment and recognition. upay and UCB strongly support
freelancers and feel that their problems must be minimized for the
betterment of our country.
Through the UCB Swadhin Account
(Foreign Currency Account for the freelancer) and MFS platform,
freelancers will find convenient solutions to address their problems and
the concerned authorities are committed to continue to do so in future
as well.
Other topics such as the overall situation of the
freelancing industry, its prospects, development areas and how UCB &
upay has been stepping up its efforts to help freelancers through
various services were discussed at the meetup.
It is mentionable
that upay has brought in UCB-upay co-branded prepaid card, through
which freelancers can utilize the fund for foreign currency
transactions, make merchant payments (online and offline) and complete
global ATM cash withdrawals with the help of this card. They can also
receive payments from Payoneer and avail cashout service at the lowest
charge using upay account. These tailored features have the potential to
make the lives of freelancers more easeful.
The event came to an end with the distribution of crests and gifts among the guests and participating freelancers.