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Pakistan Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation (PICIC) is a financial institution in Pakistan, one of the first development finance institutions established with the World Bank Group assistance in 1957. [1] In 2007, PICIC Commercial Bank was bought by Singapore owned NIB Bank. [2]
Meezan Bank was founded as an Islamic investment bank in 1997 by Noor Financial, Pak Kuwait Investment Company, and Islamic Development Bank. [5] It was then known as Al-Meezan Investment Bank. [6] In 2000, Meezan Bank was listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange. [7] In 2002, Meezan Bank acquired Pakistan operations of Société Générale. [8]
This list of investment banks notes full-service banks, financial conglomerates, independent investment banks, private placement firms and notable acquired, merged, or bankrupt investment banks. As an industry it is broken up into the Bulge Bracket (upper tier), Middle Market (mid-level businesses), and boutique market (specialized businesses).
The bank started its operations on 7 April 2006 and began offering shariah-compliant retail banking, investment banking, consumer banking, and trade finance products. In May 2015, KASB Bank was acquired by BankIslami and later its branches were merged into BankIslami. [3] KASB Bank was formerly known as Platinum Commercial Bank. [4]
In 2002, the Islamic investment bank merged with the conventional bank, resulting in the loss of its Shariah-compliant status. [4] This decision was driven by management choices rather than shareholder demands and led to a significant decline in deposits, from Rs31.9 billion in 2001 to Rs24 billion by the end of 2002, representing a 23 percent drop. [4]
Bank Islami is the joint venture project of three groups namely Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Pakistan, Randeree family, & Dubai Bank. [14] The State Bank of Pakistan issued a No Objection Certificate on 19 August 2004 and Bank Islami Pakistan Limited, the second full-fledge Islamic commercial bank in Pakistan, was incorporated on 18 October 2004 in ...
According to the Economic complexity index, Pakistan is the 67th largest export economy in the world and the 106th most complex economy. [10] During the fiscal year 2015–16, Pakistan's exports stood at US$20.81 billion and imports at US$44.76 billion, resulting in a negative trade balance of US$23.96 billion.
This was a total investment of US$230.0 million in Pakistan's second-largest private commercial bank. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The Bank added 200 branches in 2011 and 2012, thus increasing its domestic network to over 1,300 online branches [ 15 ] with 800 ATMs.