“We are noticing a 30% decrease in the branch banking footfall as customers adopt digital channels to ensure social distancing”, said Shehryar Bakht Ali, Head of Retail Banking, Bank One Limited – Mauritius, during an exclusive Q&A session with our editor in Chief on the impact of COVID-19 on overall financial sector. 1. How is […]

Omer Bin Ahsan, Chief Executive Officer, Haball shared his insights on impact of pandemic out-break on digital financial services in Pakistan with our editor in Chief during an exclusive Q&A session on COVID-19. 1. How do you think the financial industry change post COVID-19? They will read the writing on the wall on their insourced […]

“The COVID-19 has accelerated the demise of brick and mortar financial services and the regulator is eyeing this as an opportunity”, expressed Arsalan Asif H. Soomro, Managing Director, KASB Securities, during an exclusive Q&A session with our Editor in Chief and had more to say on the overall economic landscape of Pakistan amidst COVID-19. 1. […]

“Companies will need to modernize and optimize their current business while also looking to create their business for the future – one that aligns to a new mindset of buyers, risks, behaviors and expectations during and post COVID-19”, expressed Nilofer Sohail, AGM & Head Channel Strategy & Execution at EFU Life during an exclusive Q&A […]

“As part of our focused  campaign on Askari Digital, our objective is not only on enhancing digital channel utilisation, but we are also working on creating the necessary awareness regarding these mediums to hand hold our customers during this paradigm shift”, said Asim Bashir, Country Head – Digital Banking at Askari Bank Limited, while discussing the landscape of […]

Press release: IPO oversubscribed by 1.07x with more than 80% of the applicants subscribed through E-IPO. KARACHI, 28th MARCH, 2020: The Initial Public Offering of Bank Islami Ehad sukuk has been successfully closed. Despite the ongoing COVID–19 pandemic, significant interest was received from both institutional and retail investors with PKR 320.6 million subscriptions received against […]

Mastercard has signed an agreement with Askari Bank Pakistan for a multifaceted partnership to enhance customer experience and launch new products for a growing number of the bank’s customers. The agreement is part of Mastercard and Askari bank’s commitment to bring innovative payment solutions to more people across the Middle East and Africa region and […]

Karachi, Pakistan – 28th March, 2020 – In order to discuss the challenges faced by the banking sector in Pakistan in the time of COVID-19, a virtual one-day conference was conducted on March 28th, 2020 by co-hosts and organisers, Abdul Basit and M. Umair Khan. The event brought together industry experts, practitioners and regulators and […]

  Syed Ahsan Aslam, Head of Disruption at 1LINK discusses the recent initiatives taken by the organization with Daily NewsPK.  

  Dato’ Arif Siddiqui, Chief Digital Officer at Faysal bank Limited shares the journey of digital transformation with Daily NewsPK and discusses the future initiatives that will be taken under his leadership.