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
Promising as it may be, its current universe is rather limited since it caters to only payment cards, of which there are 56.4m in Pakistan.
Updated31 Mar, 202512:38pm
Pakistan’s female labour force participation of 24.5pc significantly lags behind regional peers and other comparable countries.
Updated10 Mar, 202510:03am
Market-driven solutions that align incentives with improving service delivery can lead the way to formalising the real estate.
Updated03 Mar, 202502:29pm
