The State Bank of Pakistan is taking all necessary initiatives to provide an enabling environment for the information and technology startups and women financial inclusion, the central bank’s governor said on Monday.
“The SBP is working on gender mainstreaming policy titled ‘Banking on Equality: Reducing the Gender Gap in Financial Inclusion’.
The proposed policy aims to introduce a gender lens within the financial sector through identified pillars and specific measures, to bring a shift towards women friendly business practices,” the SBP’s Governor Reza Baqir said at an event organised by Sehat Kahani, a telemedicine startup that has raised $1 million in a Pre-Series A round. READ MORE