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Digital channels drive 87pc of retail payments

State Bank of Pakistan highlights significant strides in Pakistan’s journey toward a cashless and digitally inclusive economy

Updated 21 Dec, 2024 02:47pm

FBR will now share income tax returns data with banks

According to Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill 2024 introduced in NA, exchange of banking and tax information related to high-risk persons has been allowed between banks and FBR

Updated 19 Dec, 2024 11:49am

DPF jumps 48pc to Rs148bn by FY24-end

KARACHI: In a significant milestone reflecting robust financial health, the Deposit Protection Fund (DPF), managed...

Updated 14 Dec, 2024 02:26pm

Banking sector: ADR-based tax system alternatives discussed

ISLAMABAD: A high-level meeting was held Tuesday under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister...

Updated 11 Dec, 2024 09:25am

Mobile apps: SBP issues new guidelines for transaction security

KARACHI: In a significant step to improve the security of digital payments, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has...

Updated 11 Dec, 2024 09:19am

34 banks declared withholding agents

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has declared 34 banks as withholding agents for the purpose of...

Updated 11 Dec, 2024 09:11am

All scheduled banks: Hajj applications can be submitted till Tuesday

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Religious Affairs has announced that Hajj applications can be submitted in all scheduled...

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 09:36am

Opinion

Islamic banking and finance in Pakistan: challenges and roadmap

“Allah has permitted trade and forbidden usury”. Al Baqarah. The creation of Pakistan was indeed based on the...

Updated 06 Dec, 2024 08:31am

Banks urged to provide soft loans to KP SMEs

PESHAWAR: Business community urged commercial banks to provide soft loans for promotion of small and medium...

Updated 02 Dec, 2024 09:37am

Pakistan Banking Awards: SBP governor appreciates role of FIs

KARACHI: The ninth edition of Pakistan Banking Awards 2024 was held on Friday evening with Governor State Bank of...

Updated 30 Nov, 2024 02:35pm

Pakistan

Hajj dues collection: Banks to remain open this weekend

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that the branches of designated banks will remain open on...

Published 29 Nov, 2024 08:42am

Jul 1 to Nov 15: Record Rs880bn credit disbursed to private sector

KARACHI: Banks are aggressively ramping up credit disbursement to the private sector, driven by a pressing need to...

Updated 28 Nov, 2024 02:30pm

Opinion

Banking malpractice: penalising depositors and undermining economic growth

The recent decision by several banks in Pakistan to levy fees on high-value deposits has sparked nationwide debate...

Published 27 Nov, 2024 07:13am

Key requirement for conventional banks removed

Banks will now pay negotiated rates to corporate sector

Updated 27 Nov, 2024 04:00pm

Banks start scrapping monthly fee on large deposits

KARACHI: Banks have begun reversing their arbitrarily imposed five percent monthly charges on all accounts with...

Updated 27 Nov, 2024 09:35pm

Income of banks: IHC restrains govt from collecting tax

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has restrained the government from collecting tax on income of banks....

Updated 16 Nov, 2024 09:02am

Islamic banking operations: Senate body to call CII scholars

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue Wednesday decided to call scholars of Council of Islamic...

Updated 14 Nov, 2024 09:04am

Business & Finance

Customer services: Banks mandated to address complaints within 30 days

KARACHI: In a major move towards better customer services, the response period to banking customers in respect of...

Updated 13 Nov, 2024 09:02am

Pakistan

Senate body told: Non-renewal of LDI licences can impact telecom ecosystem

ISLAMABAD: The non-renewal of Long Distance International (LDI) licences on account of outstanding dues of around Rs...

Published 09 Nov, 2024 07:33am

Banks and other financial institutions: SECP launches electronic mortgage register

KARACHI: Securities Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) on Tuesday launched Electronic Mortgage Register for...

Updated 06 Nov, 2024 09:25am

IBIs: SBP adopts two AAOIFI Shariah standards

KARACHI: With a view to further strengthening Shariah compliance framework and harmonize the Shariah practices in...

Updated 30 Oct, 2024 09:06am

Duties, taxes on transhipment: Bank guarantees mandatory for Iranian transporters

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has made it mandatory for Iranian transport operators/bonded carriers...

Updated 25 Oct, 2024 09:24am

‘No proposal under study on ADR tax exemption for banks’

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance Ali Perveiz Malik said Wednesday that there is no proposal under...

Updated 24 Oct, 2024 09:36am

Sugar export to Tajikistan: SBP asks banks to process transactions

KARACHI: Pakistan is set to export 40,000 tons of sugar to Tajikistan under bilateral trade arrangements on a...

Updated 19 Oct, 2024 02:55pm

Export of 0.5m tons of sugar: Banks authorised to process cases

KARACHI: In accordance with federal government directives, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has authorized banks to...

Updated 17 Oct, 2024 09:02am

Banking customers: Mohtasib provides over Rs1bn relief

KARACHI: The monetary relief of over Rs 1.06 billion, by disposing of 18,836 complaints, has been provided by the...

Updated 16 Oct, 2024 09:26am

Opinion

True riba-free Islamic banking

The motivation to provide interest- (riba) free financial services is derived from the desire of Muslim communities...

Updated 11 Oct, 2024 08:20am

Remittances: Two incentives available to banks and ECs now

KARACHI: To enhance the flow of home remittances, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has revamped the incentive...

Updated 09 Oct, 2024 09:04am

Business & Finance

Regulatory retail portfolio: SBP ups limit for banks to Rs300m

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced an increase in the regulatory retail portfolio limit for...

Published 09 Oct, 2024 06:26am

Business & Finance

Europe needs bigger banks to compete with US, Chinese rivals: Lagarde

FRANKFURT: Europe needs bigger and stronger banks that can compete with their US and Chinese rivals, European ...

Updated 07 Oct, 2024 08:05am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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