During the program, participants engaged with leading institutions, regulators, Shariah scholars, and financial sector professionals, gaining firsthand exposure to Pakistan’s advancements in Islamic banking, Shariah governance, microfinance, fintech, capital markets, and agricultural finance.

State Bank of Pakistan seeks to learn from Reserve Bank of New Zealand– one of a small group of central banks currently spearheading climate-smart agriculture financial regulation – how it can protect its smallholder farmers from climate risks and support banks eager to finance climate-friendly farming.

The MoU is aimed at capacity building, mass awareness and collaborative research for expanding financial services to the under-served by leveraging expertise, networks, and resources of the partners to drive meaningful and lasting impact.

How can financial literacy and numeracy help women break cycles of dependence and gain financial security?

This transaction marks Symbiotics first sukuk issuance and the first gender-based sukuk to be deployed in Pakistan’s microfinance sector. 

The funding under WIF’s second sub-program targets four critical areas: fostering a supportive regulatory and policy framework for women’s financial access, expanding financing options for women, enhancing female entrepreneurial capabilities, and building inclusive work environments within the financial sector.

The Pakistan Financial Literacy Week 2025 will feature 260 financial literacy camps, 350 outreach programs at schools and universities, 400+ interactive workshops and awareness sessions targeting women, youth, and persons with disabilities.

Pakistan-based financial platform ABHI and Pakistan-based insurtech TPL have completed the acquisition of FINCA Microfinance Bank, aiming to expand access to financial solutions and accelerate financial inclusion across Pakistan.

The policy framework mandates that in next five years 70 percent of all new clients onboarded by the NBFMCs shall be women.

Mobilink Bank is actively promoting climate finance in Pakistan, enabling individual borrowers and SMEs to access financing for solar energy products.