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Going cashless

Cash transactions continue to dominate Pakistan’s economy, with much of the activity occurring in the informal...

Published 08 Dec, 2024 02:56am

Markets

KE, SBP collaborate to enable seamless bill payments via Raast

KARACHI: Accelerating the digitisation of payments, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and K-Electric (KE) have made a...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 07:31am

Business & Finance

‘Govt committed to transform Pakistan into a cashless economy’

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for IT and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja said that the present government is...

Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Technology

Pakistan’s DealCart announces $3mn seed round led by international investors

DealCart, a Pakistani social e-commerce startup, announced on Thursday that it has successfully raised $3 million in...

Updated 05 Jul, 2024 07:09pm

Business & Finance

PFA advocates strong governance, compliance measures for Raast

KARACHI: The Pakistan Fintech Association (PFA) is calling on all fintech companies, both regulated and...

Published 23 Jun, 2024 02:50am

Business & Finance

Service offerings easypaisa adds Raast P2M system to its platform

KARACHI: easypaisa has elevated its service offerings by integrating the Raast P2M (Person to Merchant) payment...

Published 13 Jun, 2024 06:22am

Business & Finance

Payments at cattle markets: JazzCash partners with SBP to enable interoperable RAAST QR codes

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to streamline financial transactions at cattle markets ahead of Eidul Azha, JazzCash has...

Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am

Business & Finance

Remittance inflows critical to supporting current account balance: PIAF

LAHORE: The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) on Monday said that foreign remittances flows...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

Digital payments: SBP launches ‘Raast P2M’ service

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has launched an interoperable Raast Person to Merchant (P2M) service to...

Updated 06 Dec, 2023 09:50am

SBP, AMF sign MoU to facilitate cross-border remittances

KARACHI: The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) and the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding...

Updated 04 Nov, 2023 04:10pm

Business & Finance

SBP, CDC launch RAAST payment facility for mutual funds

KARACHI: Central Depository Company (CDC) has collaborated with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for allowing...

Published 02 Nov, 2023 03:15am

Raast platform: SBP set to launch ‘P2M’ payment system

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is all set to launch the person-to-merchant (P2M) online payment system on...

Updated 27 Sep, 2023 10:40am

SBP to help FBR run ‘SWAPS’ thru RAAST

ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will facilitate the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in fully...

Updated 22 Jun, 2023 08:55am

Opinion

Digital and payment system in Pakistan: Future landscape

Pakistan is at a critical juncture of its journey of digital financial inclusion. It is critical that the Central...

Updated 14 Jun, 2023 10:09am

Business & Finance

SBP unveils PSR: E-banking transactions reach Rs44trn mark by Q3-end

KARACHI: Digital payments and infrastructure of the banking sector continues to expand and e-banking transactions...

Updated 30 May, 2023 09:22am

Business & Finance

Payment Systems Review unveiled: Q2 Raast transactions soar 82pc

KARACHI: Pakistan’s instant payment system – Raast - launched by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), has witnessed...

Published 12 Apr, 2023 06:11am

WB board to consider $78m ‘digital economy’ project next month

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors will consider the “Pakistan: Digital Economy Enhancement...

Updated 05 Feb, 2023 09:15am

Business & Finance

Payments from customers: SBP plans to launch QR Code-based ‘P2M’ system by 2023

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmed Wednesday announced plans to launch Quick Response or QR...

Published 24 Nov, 2022 04:28am

Business & Finance

Digitisation of country’s financial landscape highlighted

KARACHI: In the 15th episode of State Bank of Pakistan’s Podcast series, Sohail Javaad, the executive director of...

Published 23 Nov, 2022 06:58am

Business & Finance

ePay Punjab being linked to Raast: minister

LAHORE: The Punjab finance department’s online payment solution app, ePay Punjab, is being linked to the federal...

Published 16 Nov, 2022 05:50am

Business & Finance

RDA customers: SBP issues service standards on mobile apps

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued service standards for enablement of minimum set of services on...

Published 17 Aug, 2022 06:30am

Pakistan

University of Balochistan: MMBL establishes financial literacy camp

ISLAMABAD: The Mobilink Microfinance Bank Ltd (MMBL), Pakistan’s largest digital bank, set up a financial literacy...

Published 02 Jun, 2022 06:19am

Business & Finance

National Savings integrates with SBP’s Raast

Customers of CDNS can receive their payments directly into their bank accounts without going to branches, says central bank

Published 23 May, 2022 03:42pm

Business & Finance

Over 10mn customers sign up for SBP’s Raast payment service

The aggregate value of P2P transactions on Raast has crossed Rs36 billion

Published 16 May, 2022 05:59pm

Business & Finance

JazzCash aims to expand its user base to 100m in five years: CEO

ISLAMABAD: JazzCash has been playing a pivotal role in supporting Pakistan’s financial inclusion ambitions and ...

Updated 13 May, 2022 10:06am

Technology

Careem Pay gets SBP’s In-Principle Approval for EMI licence

Careem says fintech affiliate plans to invest $50mn to leapfrog the fintech ecosystem in Pakistan

Published 30 Mar, 2022 03:55pm

‘Roshan Equity’, ‘RAAST’ well executed by banks, CDC: SBP governor

KARACHI: State Bank Governor Dr Reza Baqir Tuesday visited CDC House to mark the successful operationalisation of...

Updated 30 Mar, 2022 10:22am

Business & Finance

SBP removes transactional limits for Raast app payments

The latest measure to facilitate Raast users will come into effect from April 1

Updated 16 Mar, 2022 02:53pm

Business & Finance

Raast Person-to-Person: PM believes SBP's latest initiative to enhance formal economy

Says launch will facilitate people in availing banking services

Updated 15 Feb, 2022 06:03pm

SBP introduces Raast instant payment system

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced to implement Pakistan’s Instant Payment System “Raast”...

Updated 04 Feb, 2022 09:32am

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
Petrol/Litre / Dec 21	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585

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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