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TRADE CHRONICLE<br />

Banking & Insurance News<br />

NBP in process of adding<br />

Money Gram as another<br />

remittance tie-up<br />

National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and<br />

Money Gram formally shared the<br />

documents for finalising agreement to<br />

enter Money Gram as another<br />

important tie-up of NBP. The sharing<br />

agreement documents ceremony was<br />

held in NBP Exchange Company.<br />

This new addition in NBP tie-ups will<br />

help to meet the demands and<br />

changing market dynamics of<br />

remittances across world and<br />

specially Gulf Market.<br />

Khalid Bin Shaheen, SEVP/Group<br />

Chief, Global Home Remittances<br />

Management Group said that in<br />

Pakistan's economy Home<br />

Remittance is the second largest<br />

source of foreign exchange after<br />

export therefore remittances play an<br />

important and centric role in Pakistan<br />

economy and National Bank of<br />

Pakistan is one of main and key force<br />

Wahab, Managing Director (A) of NBP Exchange Company and Reza Samad<br />

Money Gram's Country Head for Pakistan and Afghanistan sharing documents<br />

to finalize an agreement. Khalid Bin Shaheen, SEVP/Group Chief, Global Home<br />

Remittance Management Group also present.<br />

behind the remittances. He further<br />

said, NBP having the most penetrated<br />

network in Pakistan, providing<br />

comprehensive domestic distribution<br />

of remittances to beneficiaries across<br />

Pakistan. A number of renowned<br />

international exchange houses and<br />

money transfer companies from<br />

across the world, including the Middle<br />

East, Europe, Asia-Pacific and<br />

America, have been using our services<br />

with utmost trust and satisfaction.<br />

NBP launches<br />

Bancassurance product<br />

in Karachi, Lahore<br />

National Bank of Pakistan (NBP)<br />

launched Bancassurance product in<br />

collaboration with State Life<br />

Insurance Corporation of Pakistan<br />

(SLIC) and GBA Services Ltd<br />

recently in Karachi and Lahore.<br />

Mudassir H. Khan - SEVP/Group<br />

Chief, CRBG, NBP, Izqar Khan<br />

Executive Director (SLIC), Gian<br />

Chand Kewalramani, Head<br />

Bancassurance (SLIC) and<br />

Muhammad Naseem Rawther CEO,<br />

GBA Ltd. graced the occasion.<br />

NBP had signed a tripartite<br />

agreement with SLIC and GBA<br />

Services (Private) Limited for<br />

Bancassurance products and<br />

services. The agreement was inked<br />

for the distribution of insurance<br />

products<br />

through NBP<br />

branches and<br />

SLIC will<br />

p r o v i d e<br />

insurance risk<br />

cover, products,<br />

services and<br />

benefits.<br />

Mudassir H.<br />

Khan - SEVP/<br />

Group Chief, CRBG-NBP said that<br />

NBP will act as a distributor for<br />

Bancassurance products through<br />

NBP branch network and introduce<br />

a cross sales culture throughout the<br />

organisation.<br />

<strong>Trade</strong> <strong>Chronicle</strong> - <strong>Sep</strong>tember - <strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2015</strong> - Page # 29

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