Mr. Sohail Javaad, Executive Director, Digital Financial Services Group, talks about the digital evolution of Pakistan’s financial landscape. He explains SBP’s role in providing a nurturing framework/ platform for fintechs and other stakeholders to enhance their facilities, services and products. He highlights some unique achievements of Pakistan such as having two payment platforms i.e. 1 Link and Raast; the successful implementation of systemically important initiatives such as PayPak, RTGS, and the benefits they bring. He addresses important current issues such as why certain petrol pumps no longer accept card payments. He also addresses the future of cryptocurrencies in Pakistan, and why PayPal is not available in the country.

Host: Adeel Azhar 

Guest: Sohail Javaad   

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