Atiur Rahman (Bengali: আতিউর রহমান; born 3 August 1951)[2] is a Bangladeshi development economist, author, and banker.

[4] Achievements during his tenure include the creation of the National Payment Switch; introducing automated check clearing for banks using local currency cheques; starting mobile banking; establishing the Bangladesh Electronic Funds Transfer Network (BEFTN); and installing the Bangladesh Automated Clearing House (BACH).

Thus he could continue at the college, where he passed the SSC and HSC examinations, securing positions in the merit list both times.

[9] His thesis later came out as a book under the title Peasants and Classes, published by the Oxford University Press.

He worked at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies in different capacities for nearly 28 years and retired as Senior Research Fellow on 4 April 2006.

[14][15] In 2006,[citation needed] he joined the University of Dhaka in the Department of Development Studies as a professor.

[16] He was involved in the management of a number of socio-cultural organisations including Credit Development Forum, Monajatuddin Smriti Sangsad, Bangladesh Economic Association and Asiatic Society and Bangla Academy.

[19] Rahman worked to bring automation and digitization into the banking sector by creating the National Payment Switch.

[1] Two days after his resignation, he returned to his position as professor at the Department of Development Studies at the University of Dhaka.