Shift even a tenth of the Rs54tr domestic stock out of banks and into retail hands at a yield just 150 basis points cheaper, and the annual saving runs into the region of Rs80bn.
Published08 Jun, 202607:15am
While demand-side incentives are great at developing depth in the mortgage markets, home ownership is a supply problem as low-cost
Published01 Jun, 202608:09am
In 2025, the campaign’s coverage increased fivefold in volume over 2024; this year nearly double that number of markets are covered.
Published25 May, 202607:50am
Trade execution remains inside the supervised intermediary; fiat entry and exit become visible at the banking layer, allowing for a better audit trail.
Updated27 Apr, 202609:53am
It is still early, and the retail economy has barely been scratched, but the right ingredients seem to be in place to move towards
Published30 Mar, 202607:29am
The relative safety of emerging market workers stems largely from their concentration in primary industries, which already...
Published02 Mar, 202607:02am
As the global venture capital world inches upward in dollar value, the race is not particularly suitable for a developing country.
Updated12 Jan, 202609:57am
In FY25, 21.7pc of all retail transactions processed through scheduled banks were digital — a record increase of 8.21 percentage points compared to the previous year.
Updated17 Nov, 202507:41am
The choice between economic opportunity and respiratory health shouldn’t define a generation’s future, yet for now, it remains Pakistan’s harsh reality.
Updated22 Sep, 202512:01pm
There were more fund transfers in a day through peer-to-peer transactions than through peer-to-merchants in the first quarter of the year.
Published15 Sep, 202506:29am
Almost 141.5m total financial accounts have been opened in Pakistan between FY17 and FY24, of which two-thirds were branchless.
Updated21 Jul, 202511:39am
Moving away from the bureaucratic nightmares of banks, telco mobile wallets have helped significantly boost access to financial.
Updated30 Jun, 202510:30am
What happens when you put accountants and commercial bankers in charge of the finance ministry instead of trained economists?
Updated16 Jun, 202501:32pm
With significant cuts in the PSDP, major chunks never translate into actual spending as key ministries utilise far less than what is available.
Updated10 Jun, 202510:52am
While the SBP sandbox guidelines are a welcome move for untested financial service models, their success will likely be underpinned by variables that go beyond regulation.
Published02 Jun, 202508:16am
