In a significant stride towards fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in Pakistan, the National Science & Technology Park (NSTP) at NUST and U Microfinance Bank (U Bank) have reached an understanding to collaborate for NSTP’s flagship programs, including Hatch8 Incubation Programme and Rising Stars Startup Competition. Engr Javed Mahmood Bukhari, Rector NUST, and Mohamed Essa Al […]
Pakistan Banks’ Association (PBA) is pleased to announce that Mr Zafar Masud, President & CEO of the Bank of Punjab (BOP), has been elected as the new Chairman of the Association. This change is after Mr Muhammad Aurangzeb, the sitting PBA Chairman, assumed the role of Federal Minister of Finance and Revenue for Pakistan earlier […]
The news came as Germany’s biggest bank, seeking to put years of turmoil behind it and focus on steadier retail banking, reported a 30% drop in fourth-quarter profit that still beat analyst expectations. The bank had already announced plans to cut jobs, but this was the first time it had put a number on the […]
The foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank rose 0.45% on a weekly basis, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday. On October 23, the foreign currency reserves held by the SBP were recorded at $12,121.5 million; up $55 million compared with $12,066.6 million in the previous week. […]
