Karachi, February 15, 2021: Currently applicants face difficulties in obtaining housing finance, especially for low cost housing, as banks are reluctant to take the risk of the house not being completed or documentation completion. The completion of housing unit and mortgage creation takes time. In order to address this issue for applicants and banks, the…
Karachi, October 20, 2020: Governor SBP Dr. Reza Baqir inaugurated the Polyculture Forest at Pakistan Security Printing Corporation (PSPC) Karachi. He was briefed about the project in detail by the management. The Polyculture Forest is inspired by the incumbent government’s priority of encouraging people, communities, organizations, businesses and civil society to collectively plant trees and…
Karachi, October 17, 2020: Dr. Reza Baqir launched the SBP FX Regulatory Approval System (RAS) for end-to-end digitalization of Foreign Exchange (FX) related case submission process today in a ceremony held in Karachi. At the invitation of Governor Baqir, Dr. Ishrat Husain, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Institutional Reforms and Austerity and the Governor State…
Karachi, October 02, 2020: To enlarge the scope of Shariah compliant financial services in the country, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has taken another important step by issuing guidelines for Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) to undertake Shariah compliant businesses and operations. Further, keeping in view the various developments, such as changes in the licensing and…
Karachi, August 11, 2020: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has enhanced the limits for housing finance and microenterprise loans up to Rs3 million from the existing limit of Rs1 million for borrowings from the microfinance banks. Likewise, the maximum size of general loans has been enhanced from Rs150,000 to Rs350,000. Further, to commensurate with enhanced…