The SBP said the data is compiled and disseminated for information only. These exchange rates are estimates that quoted by various commercial banks to their clients.
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday launched an end-to-end digital regulatory approval process known as the Regulatory Approval System (RAS).
The central bank now achieved another milestone by launching a module pertaining to banking policy and regulations.
With the launch of this module in RAS, banks, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and Microfinance Banks (MFBs) can now submit their request letters/ proposals on a dedicated online portal to SBP’s Banking Policy and Regulations Department whereby SBP, after digitally processing them, would also be in a position to disseminate the regulatory decisions to them through the same portal.
Earlier in October 2020, Governor SBP Dr. Reza Baqir had launched the SBP FX RAS for end-to-end digitization of Foreign Exchange (FX) related case submission process.
The system turned out to be a huge success as it enabled the customers to lodge their FX-related requests from the location of their convenience thereby sparing their valuable time previously spent in navigating the paper-based processes. It also enabled banks to submit FX-related cases electronically for regulatory approval of SBP and SBP-Banking Services Corporation (BSC).
Implementation of RAS for Banking Policy and Regulation-related issues will be effective from November 24, 2021. It will enable banks, DFIs and MFBs to digitally submit their requests and receive regulatory decisions through a single window. Nevertheless, in addition to online submission, banks, DFIs and MFBs shall also continue with the manual submission of their cases that will cease after a brief transitory period till December 31, 2021.
Implementation of SBP’s RAS is expected to conserve precious resources, contribute towards SBP’s Green Banking initiative and bring efficiency in the communication between the banking sector and SBP. Moreover, this arrangement will also replace paper-based submissions that are prone to logistic and storage issues, and cause inadvertent and unnecessary delays for relevant stakeholders.
RAS is a regulatory initiative under SBP’s Vision 2020 aiming at the digital flow of information amongst the stakeholders to improve the service standards through leveraging upon digital techniques.
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has unveiled the latest Karachi Interbank Offered Rates (KIBOR) on November 15, 2021, providing insights into the prevailing interest rates in the interbank market.
The SBP said the data is compiled and disseminated for information only. These exchange rates are estimates that quoted by various commercial banks to their clients.
KARACHI: Analysts are surprised over the sudden move of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for revising Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) and they termed the measures to control overheating in the economy.
KARACHI: The dollar declined by Re1 against the Pak Rupee (PKR) at the opening in the interbank foreign exchange market on Monday. The dollar is being traded at Rs174.73 at the time of reporting this news article.
The foreign currency made a non-stop gain during the last week. This gain resulted in a fall in rupee value to the record low of Rs175.73 on November 12, 2021, in the interbank foreign exchange market.
Market experts said that the latest recovery in the rupee was due to measures taken by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) a day earlier.
The SBP on Sunday, November 14, 2021, decided to increase the average Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR), to be maintained during a period of two weeks by scheduled banks, from 5 percent to 6 percent and minimum CRR to be maintained each day from 3 percent to 4 percent.
CRR is the amount of money that banks are required to keep with the State Bank of Pakistan and is applicable on demand liabilities and time liabilities with tenor of less than a year.
KARACHI: Pakistani workers living abroad have sent $2.52 billion as remittances to their homeland in the month of October 2021, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Sunday.
The SBP said that the workers’ remittances continued their strong streak as inflows recorded $2.5 billion in October 2021, up 10.2 percent (y/y) and only marginally lower compared to last month (5.7 percent).
In addition to remaining above $2 billion since June 2020, this is the eighth consecutive month when remittances have been close to or above $2.5 billion.
On a cumulative basis, remittances have risen to $10.6 billion during the first four months of FY22 (July-October 2021), which is 11.9% higher than the same period last year.
Remittance inflows during the first four months of FY22 have mainly been sourced from Saudi Arabia ($ 2.7 billion), UAE ($ 2.0 billion), UK ($ 1.5 billion) and USA ($ 1.1 billion).
Proactive policy measures by the Government and SBP to incentivize the use of formal channels and altruistic transfers to Pakistan amid the pandemic have positively contributed towards the sustained improvement in remittance inflows since last year.
The SBP decided to increase the average (CRR), to be maintained during a period of two weeks by scheduled banks, from 5 percent to 6 percent and minimum CRR to be maintained each day from 3 percent to 4 percent.
CRR is the amount of money that banks are required to keep with State Bank of Pakistan and is applicable on demand liabilities and time liabilities with tenor of less than a year.
Time liabilities with tenor of more than one year shall continue to be exempted from maintenance of cash reserves.
With the economy recovering briskly from last year’s acute Covid shock, there is a need to gradually normalize policy settings, including the growth of monetary aggregates.
In recent months, real money supply growth has drifted above its trend. Today’s measure will moderate this growth as well as domestic demand, thereby helping to sustain the current economic recovery, achieve the government’s medium-term inflation target, and reduce pressures on the Pak Rupee (PKR).
In addition, this measure is likely to have positive impact on deposit mobilization as the banks would be encouraged to generate more deposits to cope with additional liquidity requirements for their operations.
This would incentivize banks to offer better returns on deposits to attract these funds; thus serving the SBP objective of encouraging savings.
It may also be highlighted that waiver of CRR on Time liabilities with tenor more than a year will encourage banks to raise more long-term deposits, which will facilitate asset-liability matching and enable banks to extend long term loans for construction and housing financing.
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday issued customers’ exchange rates for November 12, 2021. The exchange rate is on the basis of weighted average rates of commercial banks.
