Meezan Bank recognized as Global Innovator in Islamic Finance for Meezan UPaisa – World’s First Islamic Branchless Banking

May 25th, 2016

New York, April 2016: Meezan Bank has been recently named as ‘Innovator in Islamic Finance 2016’ by Global Finance magazine for accelerating financial inclusion through Meezan UPaisa – World’s first Islamic Branchless Banking. Launched last year, Meezan Upaisa – a collaborated effort by Meezan Bank and Ufone, provides financial solutions to the unbanked population of the country.

This award recognizes the Bank’s critical focus on product and service innovation through technology; particularly the role of Meezan UPaisa in accelerating financial inclusion in Pakistan.

The Innovators 2016 is Global Finance Magazine’s first annual listing of Shariah-compliant financial institutions and service providers that recognizes innovators among both Islamic financial Institutions and technology companies that are helping to improve the infrastructure, banking and financing solutions and product offerings, benefiting both institutions and customers.  The selections were made on the basis of contribution to development of transformative products and solutions judged as per OECD’s (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Oslo Manual of Innovation, identifying four types of innovations, namely: product innovation; process innovation; marketing innovation and organizational innovation. Subjective criteria included key research and the input of experts in evaluating the banks and service providers. The mix of these evaluative factors yields leading banks that focus on boosting shared prosperity among their customers through strategies that include more responsible innovation.

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Reference link: https://www.gfmag.com/media/press-releasess/global-finance-names-innovators-2016