Leveraging Telecommunication Services for Financial Inclusion

Donors and policymakers in developing countries have placed a key focus on Financial Inclusion in the development policy agenda. The rationale for financial inclusion is simple; through inclusivity, marginalized segments of the society e.g. lower income strata, women and youth are provided with an effective interface to access financial services, allowing them to be linked…

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PSO announces financial results, declares Rs 10.6 billion in Profit-after-Tax

Karachi, September 25, 2019: Pakistan State Oil (PSO), the leading oil marketing company of the country, convened its Board of Management (BoM) at PSO Headquarters in Karachi to review the performance of the company during the financial year ended June 30, 2019. Despite the challenging economic scenario, reduction in the size and the increasing competition…

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Macroeconomic imbalances impacted some segments of financial sector review CY19

Karachi, September 5, 2019: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued today its flagship annual publication viz. Financial Stability Review (FSR) for the calendar year 2018. The Review presents performance and risk assessment of various segments of the financial sector including banking, non-banking financial institutions, financial markets, exchange companies, non-financial corporates and financial market…

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