Oil and gas cos, microfinance banks: FBR, all PRAs/Board agree to extend scope of SSTR ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and all the Provincial Revenue Authorities/Board have unanimously... Updated 07 Dec, 2024 04:46pm
Print 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 Products being offered by microfinance banks: CCP reviews terms & conditions for customers ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) Tuesday reviewed terms and conditions for customers of... Published 13 Mar, 2024 06:31am
Print SBP launches ‘SUNWAI’ portal to address complaints KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has launched “SUNWAI”- a facilitative portal for consumer to address their... Updated 30 Dec, 2023 09:22am
BR Research Microfinance in 1QCY23 Amid macroeconomic turmoil and hyper-inflationary pressures, the microfinance sector continues to post decent growth... Published 24 May, 2023 09:05am
Print SBP issues framework on outsourcing to CSPs KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday issued “Framework on Outsourcing to Cloud Service Providers... Updated 17 Jan, 2023 09:10am
Business & Finance Digital services: SBP issues guidelines for downtime KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued guidelines for downtime of digital services and directed the... Updated 11 Jan, 2023 08:54am
Business & Finance SBP’s MYPR covering H1CY22 unveiled: Banking sector shows robust performance, resilience KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued on Monday the Mid-Year Performance Review (MYPR) of the banking... Published 29 Nov, 2022 05:57am
Business & Finance SBP’s online portal to facilitate EMIs, PSOs, PSPs KARACHI: In order to promote digitalization and encourage eco-friendly practices, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)... Updated 07 Jul, 2022 11:11am
Print SBP restores Saturday as holiday for banks KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan will observe following working days and timings with immediate effect: Monday to... Published 07 May, 2022 05:46am
Print Office hours revised: Banks, MFBs and DFIs to work 6 days a week: SBP KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced to observe six working days in a week. As per the decision... Updated 14 Apr, 2022 10:39am
Business & Finance Digital bank licences: SBP gets ‘overwhelming’ response KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has received overwhelming response for digital bank licences as some 20... Published 07 Apr, 2022 05:15am
Business & Finance SBP announces office hours for Ramazan KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced office and business hours for the month of... Published 02 Apr, 2022 04:14am
Print Microfinance: Accountholders can invest in govt securities, says SBP KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed microfinance accountholders to invest in government ... Updated 17 Mar, 2022 12:36pm
Print Low-cost housing, microenterprises: Revised PRs to help MFBs boost access to finance KARACHI: Building on the measures taken in recent years to encourage financing to priority areas, the State Bank of... Updated 17 Mar, 2022 09:41am
BR Research Microfinance in 2021 It looks like the country’s microfinance sector closed out the year 2021 on a strong note. Going through the ... Published 17 Feb, 2022 10:27am
Print Subsidy scheme for Tier-1 housing finance: Markup rates revised downwards Updated 15 Feb, 2022 09:52am
Business & Finance Banks disburse Rs38bn loans among 12,000 applicants: NAPHDA ISLAMABAD: Commercial and micro finance banks disbursed Rs38 billion loans among 12,000 eligible applicants for... Published 13 Jan, 2022 07:17am
Print DRP criteria relaxed: MFBs to extend relief to Covid-hit borrowers: SBP KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Thursday relaxed the criteria for classification of assets and ... Updated 03 Dec, 2021 09:43am
BR Research Microfinance: uptick in credit Background discussions, anecdotal evidence and research studies all seem to suggest that the bottom of the pyramid... Published 31 Aug, 2021 07:30am
BR Research Kamyab Program: Bold, beautiful and workable? Kamyab Pakistan Programme (KPP) is an ambitious plan to promote financial inclusion by providing interest free and... Published 09 Aug, 2021 08:47am
Print SBP tells banks to boost consumers’ protection mechanism KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has directed banks to further improve the consumer grievance handling... Published 13 Jul, 2021 02:30am
Business & Finance PMIC closes second advisory, arrangement mandate for KMBL ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Microfinance Investment Company Limited (PMIC) is a wholesale finance entity and an important... Published 23 Jun, 2021 04:26am
BR Research IBFT waiver: Gone too soon One of the good steps taken by SBP to combat covid last year was waiving the fee on Inter-Bank Funds Transfers... Published 18 Jun, 2021 07:25am
BR Research Towards affordable housing Housing, especially affordable housing, is the Prime Minister’s dream. The government earlier came up with a ... Published 20 Apr, 2021 07:25am
