Mr. Joe Bowerbank from Creditinfo visited the PBA office on March 30, 2022, to give an update to the PBA Technology Working Group on the Application scorecard and Income Estimation Model.
The second meeting of the Steering Committee (SC) on Environmental & Social Risk Management (ESRM) took place on March 03, 2022 which was also attended by Ms. Sima Kamil, Deputy Governor- DFS, FI, & IT.
Mr Amin Manji, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), made a presentation based on lessons learnt by NBP from their recent experience of handling a cyber-attack on October 30, 2021.
PBA was invited to participate in a seminar via Zoom, organized by the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) on ‘Innovation in Payments & Social Protection Programmes’ and to make a presentation on innovative payment models to help BISP improve on its existing payment model.
Ms. Teresa Daban Sanchez, the outgoing IMF Resident Representative to Pakistan, and her successor, Ester Perez Ruiz, visited the Pakistan Banks’ Association to meet with the PBA Executive Committee members. Matters pertaining to the economy and the banking sector were discussed.
Pakistan Banks’ Association on behalf of all its member banks and with the support of Ufone, formally launched its ‘Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar – Helpline’, a joint Call Centre of banks for the convenience of low cost housing borrowers across Pakistan.
Zoom meeting held between PBA senior management led by Mr Tawfiq Husain and SBP team led by Mr. Jameel Ahmad, Deputy Governor, SBP, to discuss the progress on the e-KYC project.
Mr. Philip M. Lovegren, US Treasury’s representative in Pakistan, based at the US Embassy, Islamabad, along with Mr. Fahd Zaidi, Economic Specialist, US Consulate General, Karachi,. . .
An SBP-PBA focus session was held in January 2021, on the policy initiative of SBP for promoting women’s financial inclusion. Banking industry’s input is being sought on the updated draft policy through PBA platform.
A meeting / information session was held between PBA CEO, Mr Tawfiq Hussain, and his team, along with officials of select banks from Risk, Corporate and Legal departments with the World Bank (WB) officials on January 20, 2021 in connection with. . .