Key data of banking system: around 60 million bank accounts

KARACHI: Around 60 million bank accounts are in the country having a population of 208.31 million, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said in a report.

The SBP in its report on payment system released this week said that the currency circulation by September 30, 2020, was at Rs6,422 billion.

According to the central bank the payment system infrastructure as on September 30, 2020:

کراچی: اسٹیٹ بینک آف پاکستان (ایس بی پی) نے ایک رپورٹ میں کہا ہے کہ ملک میں تقریبا 60 ملین بینک اکاؤنٹس ہیں جن کی مجموعی آبادی 208.31 ملین ہے۔

 

اسٹیٹ بینک نے رواں ہفتے جاری کردہ ادائیگی کے نظام سے متعلق اپنی رپورٹ میں کہا ہے کہ 30 ستمبر 2020 تک کرنسی کی گردش 6،422 ارب روپے تھی۔

 

مرکزی بینک کے مطابق 30 ستمبر 2020 تک ادائیگی کے نظام کا بنیادی ڈھانچہ:

 

Number of Banks (Branches)	44(16,121)
Commercial/ Specialized Banks Branches	14,938
Microfinance (Branches)	1,183
Number of Real Time Online Branches (RTOBs)	15,978
Number of banks having ATM machines	35
Number of banks having open-looped POS machines	5
Number of banks having closed-looped POS machines	4
Number of banks providing Internet Banking services	27
Number of Banks providing Mobile Phone Banking services	27
Number of Banks providing Call Center Banking services	23
Total Number of PRISM System Participants	50
Total number of ATMs Interoperable Switches	1
Total number of Cash & Cheque Deposits Machines (CDMs)	184
Total number of Cash Deposits Machines with Cash Withdrawal facility	20
Multipurpose ATMs (With Cash & Cheque Deposit & Cash Withdrawal)	15