KARACHI: Silkbank held a Meet The Press Event at Pearl Continental hotel yesterday, the reason for holding this event was to announce the half yearly brilliant results the bank had gathered for this year 2017, Shuja Alvi Head of Investment Banking gave a brief overview on the banks wonderful performance and highlighting and showcasing Silkbank growth in the time to come.
Also at the Q & Session Shaukat Tarin (Advisor to the Chairman) spoke about the laurels Silkbank had achieved in a very short stint of time. Mr Tarin also spoke about the changing banking trends in Pakistan and how Silkbank is performing its role in providing cutting edge solutions for all its customers.
Mr Tarin also emphasized the importance of digital banking and how Silkbank is committed to provide more easy way solution or all its customers, Mr Tarin also mentioned Silkbank’s business momentum will get further augmented by the addition of 35 new branches this year. The new branches are expected to contribute significantly to further growth in low cost deposits.
The Bank’s newest initiative is the launch of the Digital Banking. Digital Silk has already been soft launched for the employees and is expected to be a game changer. Like credit cards the offering is not dependent on a branch distribution network. Digital Banking has the ability to reach a much wider market segment, generating low cost deposits and enable the bank to leap frog growth. News Desk
