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]]>The SC Sahar Women’s Account will enable women to avail services that include but are not limited to, no initial deposit or minimum balance requirement, free debit card and cheque book issuance, with free account statements and bank certificates. This account can be conveniently operated through the Bank’s 24/7 digital banking. The Account is also offered to Business Customers, along with a ‘waiver’ on installation charges and monthly fee of ‘Straight-to-Bank’ (S2B) payment platform designed for businesses where the user can make payments and track business transactions, even on the move. SC Sahar Women’s Account, is also available in Islamic Banking.
SC Sahar’s asset products offer rate breaks on personal finance and cash back on credit card spend with a first year annual fee waiver. Fee-waiver on ‘home finance’ processing fee can also be availed, along with amazing giveaways. The SC Sahar asset proposition includes ‘Easy Credit’ (Revolving-Finance) at preferential rates and corporate card for business owners. Through the SC Sahar wealth proposition women may avail specialised advisory services on investment and insurance products, along with cash backs on mutual funds and discount on insurance investments.
Saadya Riaz, Head of Consumer, Private and Business Banking at Standard Chartered Bank, said, “SC Sahar Women’s Account facilities are based on advanced financial technologies to provide financial security, digital accessibility, and economic freedom to the largely unbanked female population of Pakistan. We hope to inspire them to manage their own finances through regulated banking channels, by availing a wide range of benefits and opportunities. We are enabling Pakistani women to unleash their true potential and make valuable contribution to the nation’s progress.
To facilitate client experience, female staff (Sahar Champions) have been deployed at customer touch points such as SCBPL branches and our contact centres. SC Sahar Women’s Account holders can also access video tutorials for financial literacy and banking products.”
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]]>Karachi:Standard Chartered Bank (SCBPL), in partnership with INNOVentures Global (Private) Limited, announced winners of #SCWomenInTech Cohort 4, 2022. SCWomenInTech is a global programme aimed at supporting gender-representation within technology-based entrepreneurship.
Shortlisted from over 1400 applicants, seven winners have received upto PKR 1,500,000, in seed-grant funding for their businesses to grow through technology. These businesses were selected from a pool of the top 22 teams that have been through the #SCWomenInTech incubator for three months. During this time, they were offered coaching and mentoring in business-management skills, to accelerate their business-growth to the next level. SaniaNishter, member of the senate along with Claire Dixon, Global Head Corporate Affairs and Brand and Marketing graced the graduation ceremony.
Rehan Shaikh, CEO, Standard Chartered Pakistan commented, “Four years ago, Standard Chartered Pakistan committed to lift participation through our #SCWomenInTech programme which focuses on greater financial inclusion and gender equality for female entrepreneurs across Pakistan. The programme was curated with a simple objective of removing barriers, providing opportunities and furthering financial inclusion for women in Pakistan, which is a key priority of the Government and State Bank of Pakistan as well. Over the years this programme has surfaced to be a great platform for aspiring female entrepreneurs in Pakistan by helping them realise their true potential. This initiative further builds upon Standard Chartered’s focus on increasing access to entrepreneurial finance and lifts participation of women in the economy through capacity building. It encapsulates the essence of the Bank’s sustainability strategy of Futuremakers, enabling the next generation to learn, earn and grow.
With the most diverse portfolio to date, the #SCWomenInTech 2022 had start-ups representing 14 Business Verticals. This year the programme attracted entrepreneurs and founders who are focused on many social issues focused on sustainable development goes including tackling issues of ‘Female Reproductive Health’, ‘Access to Feminine Hygiene products’ through Fem-Tech, improving ‘Air-Quality through a locally built product’ which are focused on SDG Goal-3 – ensuring good health and wellbeing.
The main verticals also included Agri-Tech, Health-Tech, Ed-Tech, Mental-Health, Fin-Tech, Prop-Tech, as well as Art & Design, along with start-ups working to put together an aggregate market-place and Web 3.0. The winners will be supported with extended mentoring and milestone-based disbursement of the winnings, for a period of 9 months.
The seven winning companies for 2022 are:
Standard Chartered launched Women in Tech in Pakistan in March 2019. This programme aimed to promote the economic and social development of women in Pakistan, through innovation or technology-led entrepreneurship. To-date, the programme has touched the lives of over 100 female led entrepreneurs, many of whom have seen their businesses grow and expand.
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]]>This resourceful alliance will create a one window solution catering to the customers’ evolving needs, including features like instant Policy issuance. This revolutionary solution promises to lodge instant claims through TPLI’s mobile app. It has disrupted the traditional concepts of insurance, to achieve growth, by digitally enabling TPLI’s business partners and customers.
The signing ceremony for this Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was recently held at the Standard Chartered Head Office in Karachi. The event was chaired by the CEO of Standard Chartered Bank, Rehan Shaikh and the CEO of TPL insurance, Muhammad Aminuddin. Others representing the bank included Faheem Elahi, GM Affluent Segment, Kailash Kumar, Head of Wealth Management and Mohammad Ali, Head of Wealth Management Products. The guests representing TPL Insurance included Syed Ali Hassan Zaidi, Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer and Aurangzeb Javed Siddiqui, Head of Financial Institutions Group (FIG).
Speaking on the occasion, Rehan M. Shaikh, CEO, Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan said: “This alliance is yet another great milestone on our journey towards digitization and unmatched customer care, offering a complete eco-system of products and solutions to our clients. We are inspired to enrich our offerings through strategic engagements and create synergies with leading progressive enterprises. Today, we feel honoured to partner with a premium insurance provider, TPL Insurance to continue this momentum.”
Muhammad Aminuddin, CEO, TPL Insurance expressed his commitment to nurture this new relationship with Standard Chartered Bank to protect and empower the consumers. He stated, “At TPL Insurance, we are singularly focused on digitizing the process of buying and servicing of insurance. We have a vision to exceed the expectations of the customers of Standard Chartered and other prestigious banks, who can access our services through multiple platforms. Hence, we have deployed cutting edge technologies to provide seamless services through our first ever Insurance Mobile Application in Pakistan, backed by a 24/7 call-centre.”
TPLI offers all lines of general insurance, including Health and Travel, while providing both Conventional and Takaful (Islamic insurance) solutions, to match the needs of every retail segment, along with creating awareness about the advantages of reliable insurance services for the socio-economic wellbeing of the masses.
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