Remittances Hit Record $41.6bn in FY26: HBL, UBL in Focus
Overseas Pakistani remittances rose 9% to a record $41.6 billion in FY26, a modest tailwind for deposit growth and fee income at large remittance-handling banks like HBL and UBL.
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Show allOverseas Pakistani remittances rose 9% to a record $41.6 billion in FY26, a modest tailwind for deposit growth and fee income at large remittance-handling banks like HBL and UBL.
Bank Alfalah completed a record Rs20 billion AAA-rated Tier-2 Term Finance Certificate, a debt instrument that strengthens its regulatory capital base and supports future lending capacity.
SBP's foreign exchange reserves rose 1.944 billion dollars in a week to 23.989 billion dollars, a data point that mildly supports sentiment on large banks holding big government bond books.
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