Banking service for child labourers

According to a Unicef report on child labour, over 6.3 million children under the age of 14 are working in Bangladesh. However, their income is often extorted by unscrupulous people. - EPA

Bangladesh central bank’s new service aims to help seven million child labourers save money and stop being a target for thieves

In Bangladesh, child labour is a fact of life: about 7.4 million children aged 5-17 are estimated to work to support their families, or simply to survive. Some of them return home at night while others live full-time on the streets, but all face an issue often overlooked by NGOs and policy makers focusing on their basic needs: how do they keep the money they earn safe?