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World Bank okays $435m loans for Punjab | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has approved three loans totaling $435 million for the housing sector in Punjab, said the local office of the lender on Friday – the day Prime Minister Imran Khan once again blamed his political rivals…
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Bank of Canada to act aggressively | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] OTTAWA: The Bank of Canada said on Thursday it would act “with determination” to rein in soaring prices, saying a failure to act decisively would make it much more painful to bring inflation back to target. Bank of Canada…
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State Bank issues QR code standards | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued standards for quick response (QR) code-based payments in Pakistan to accelerate digitisation of retail payments. According to a press release issued on Wednesday, the standards are to be met for…
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World Bank does not verify growth | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Contrary to the claims made by Prime Minister Imran Khan and his cabinet ministers, the World Bank has not verified the 5.6% provisional economic growth rate for Pakistan for the previous fiscal year. Pakistani authorities are misstating the…
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$55m penalty imposed on local bank | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] KARACHI: The US authorities have imposed a fine of $55 million on a local bank for alleged violation of anti-money laundering (AML) laws and repeated failure to operate its New York branch in compliance of the US laws. The…
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World Bank warns of growing debt crisis | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Delays in dealing with the growing debt burden in poor countries seem unlikely to be resolved by the G20, a top World Bank official warned. As interest rates are starting to rise around the world, putting more pressure…
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State Bank reserves soar $1.61b to $17.34 billion | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] KARACHI: The foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank surged 10.23% on a weekly basis, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday. On February 4, the foreign currency reserves held by the…
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Bank deposits fall Rs1 trillion in January 2022 | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] KARACHI: As the race among financial institutions for accumulating deposits before the close of year comes to an end, the deposits in banks showed a drop of Rs1 trillion (around 5%) to Rs19.95 trillion in January 2022. The deposits…
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Minister seeks World Bank advice | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: The new industrial policy will focus on increasing production, export promotion and import substitution to step up industrialisation in Pakistan, declared Federal Minister for Industries and Production Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar. In a meeting with World Bank Country Director…
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Miftah Ismail chides govt, terms SBP ‘State Bank of IMF’
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[ad_1] PML-N leader and former finance minister Miftah Ismail addressing a press conference alongside PML-N leader Musadik Malik (not pictured) in Karachi on December 31, 2021. — YouTube KARACHI: After the PTI-led government unveiled the SBP Amendment Bill in the…
