PESHAWAR: Bank of Khyber (BoK) has entered into a strategic partnership with Habib Bank Limited (HBL) for government to personnel (G2P) and personnel to government (P2G) payments across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) through HBL Konnect’s branch-less banking channel.

According to an official statement, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard was signed by BoK conventional banking group head Sher Mohammad and HBL head of sales and distribution Agha Israr Ahmed.

The signing ceremony was attended among others by Irfan Saleem Awan, MD/CEO (A) & CFO, Asim Bashir, group head digital banking, Ihsanullah Ihsan, group head remedial assets management group, Mohammad Asif, group head HRDG, Shaikh Mashhoodur Rehman, CIO, Ali Khan Arbab, group head IBG (A), Asad Mehmood Siddiqui, head digital banking from BoK, and Asghar Ali, regional business head, North, I&FI, from HBL.

The statement said that by leveraging HBL Konnect’s extensive network, a significant number of individuals would gain improved access to banking services.

Published in Dawn, May 17th, 2024

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