Profit: The year that was
The great land theft
By Farooq Tirmizi
If there is a single place that can be thought of as the foremost cathedral to free-market...
“Profit per branch” Ranking of banks in Pakistan – Year 2016
Notwithstanding the relative size and nature of operations, the profit per branch among Pakistani Banks depicts a peculiar picture.
Citi Bank Pakistan tops...
The cluelessness of Standard Chartered’s Pakistan strategy
Stand outside the branch of Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan on Karachi’s historic McLeod Road, and it is difficult to escape a sense...
Robin Hood of the Fintech world
In 2001, in Karachi, he forecast on the cell phone penetration in the country: by 2010 a hundred million people in Pakistan...
What happened at Habib Bank in New York?
The Grand Central Terminal in New York is, by some measures, the largest train station in the world, covering 48 acres in...
Inov8, Flying below the radar
PAKISTAN'S LARGEST FINTECH IS POISED TO CHANGE THE PAYMENT LANDSCAPE OF PAKISTAN
Founder and Co-CEO of Inov8 Limited, Hasnain Sheikh, is a man of...
No quick fixes
The rupee declined sharply against the US dollar during intraday trading on July 5 and neither the central bank nor the federal...
A major cyber attack soon to hit Pakistani banks + 4 other unsettling predictions about digital banking
“Pakistan’s first Unicorn will be a fintech, which will provide a platform play as opposed to a single app,” Planet...
The Turnaround King
The career of a banker typically starts from an entry level position and consists of many shifts that include working at a...
FINCA: Leading the way towards increased financial inclusion
Microfinance model was introduced four decades ago with the hopes of revolutionizing lending. There were high hopes of uplifting the not-haves of...
Pakistan’s Best-Performing Banks
Pakistani banks have long been criticized for making risk-free money by investing into securities, backed by Government of Pakistan, which remains their...
Big bucks but mediocre results
When it comes to stock market performance of last year, listed banks’ were at a distant south of benchmark KSE-100 Share Index...