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CBDC

From tariffs to tokens

Published 28 Aug, 2025 06:11am

With America’s obsession to gain revenue by restricting trade through customs and tariffs, a historical similarity...

Digital rupee set to transform Pakistan’s financial landscape

Published 17 Jul, 2025 03:32am

Pakistan is undergoing a profound digital transformation towards digital finance in the financial system with the...

New banknotes to be released by year-end: SBP governor

Published 28 Jan, 2025 06:45am

KARACHI: Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, Jameel Ahmed, announced that the new design currency notes are...

IMF chief urges more proactive push for central bank digital currencies

Published 16 Nov, 2023 05:39am

LONDON: The head of the International Monetary Fund has urged countries to make a more proactive push to develop...

Raast platform: SBP set to launch ‘P2M’ payment system

Updated 27 Sep, 2023 10:40am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is all set to launch the person-to-merchant (P2M) online payment system on...

BOJ to launch pilot programme in April for issuing digital yen

Published 17 Feb, 2023 10:07am

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan (BOJ) said on Friday it has decided to launch a pilot programme in April for issuing a...

Where you need trust, you need PKI

Published 07 Dec, 2022 06:30am

TEXT: Imran Ashraf is helping companies to leverage the power of PKI and blockchain. His area of intrest is CBDC,...

Digitisation of country’s financial landscape highlighted

Published 23 Nov, 2022 06:58am

KARACHI: In the 15th episode of State Bank of Pakistan’s Podcast series, Sohail Javaad, the executive director of...

China’s digital yuan stands out in cross-border pilot

Published 28 Oct, 2022 05:58am

HONG KONG/ SHANGHAI: China’s digital yuan took the centre stage in the world’s largest cross-border central bank...

SWIFT sets out blueprint for central bank digital currency network

Published 05 Oct, 2022 08:06pm

LONDON: Financial messaging system SWIFT has laid out its blueprint for a global central bank digital currency ...

20 applications received for licences of digital banks: Sima Kamil

Published 17 Jun, 2022 08:20am

KARACHI: As many as 20 entities (both local and foreign) have applied for the licenses of digital banks under the...

Govt seeks $21bn support from China

Updated 08 Mar, 2022 06:43pm

Requests rollover of existing loans of $ 10.735 billion and $ 10 billion as deposit fund

A digital dollar is years away as Fed kicks issue to Congress

Published 25 Jan, 2022 05:03am

While the Federal Reserve’s paper on potentially adopting a central bank digital currency (CBDC) will advance...

Fed says central bank digital dollar could offer benefits

Published 22 Jan, 2022 05:46am

WASHINGTON: An official US digital currency could offer potential benefits to American consumers and businesses, but...

Thai central bank to test retail digital currency later than planned

Published 24 Dec, 2021 02:30pm

BANGKOK: Thailand's central bank said on Friday it expects to test its retail central bank digital currency (CBDC)...

Japan keen to speed up digital yen launch as China adds geopolitical twist

Published 01 Dec, 2021 12:11pm

TOKYO: Japan's new political leadership is calling on the country's financial bureaucrats to ramp up efforts toward...

China will advance development of eCNY

Published 10 Nov, 2021 05:47am

BEIJING: China will continue to advance the development of its central bank digital currency and improve its design...

G7 finance leaders lay out guidelines for central bank digital currencies

Published 14 Oct, 2021 12:17pm

Group of Seven advanced economies said on Wednesday that any digital currency issued by a central bank must "support...

French and Swiss central banks to trial wholesale digital currencies

Published 10 Jun, 2021 05:58pm

The experiment will focus on the bank-to-bank 'wholesale' lending market rather than everyday public transactions but will be the first time a digital euro and Swiss franc have been fully tested.
The eurozone is adapting to a "strong trend" towards the digitalisation of payments," said Bank of France Deputy Governor Sylvie Goulard.

Bank Indonesia joins global push for digital currencies

Published 31 May, 2021 03:12am

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s central bank is planning to launch a digital rupiah currency and is assessing which platform...

Digital Dollar Project to launch five US central bank digital currency pilots

Published 03 May, 2021 04:58pm

A partnership between Accenture and the Digital Dollar Foundation, the Digital Dollar Project was created last year to promote research into a US central bank digital currency (CBDC).
CBDCs are the digital equivalent of banknotes and coins, giving holders a direct digital claim on the central bank and allowing them to make instant electronic payments.

'Britcoin' not bitcoin? UK considers new digital currency

Published 19 Apr, 2021 04:27pm

UK creates BoE-Treasury taskforce to look at 'digital pound'.
Sunak focused on boosting London's competitiveness after Brexit.
Britain will lift curbs on who can trade shares in London.
Britain will ease limit on off-exchange share trading.

BoJ sees scope to set common rules on CBDCs with major central banks

If necessary, the central bank will launch a pilot programme that involves payment service providers and end users, BOJ Executive Director Shinichi Uchida said last month.

BOJ must prepare 'thoroughly' on digital currency, says Kuroda

Published 16 Mar, 2021 12:03pm

While the BOJ currently has no plan to issue CBDC, central banks must not wait idly until the need to roll out its own digital currency arises, he told a seminar.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 3	278.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 3	278.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 4	159.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 4	0.79
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 4	1.34
Euro to USD / Jun 4	1.16
SOFR % / Jun 3	3.63

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 3	7,553.68
Nasdaq / Jun 3	26,853.97
Dow Jones / Jun 3	50,687.07
India Sensex / Jun 4	74,289.24
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 4	67,399.25
Hang Seng / Jun 4	25,221.79
FTSE 100 / Jun 4	10,349.70
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 4	24,899.30
France CAC40 / Jun 4	8,185.81

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 3	401,030
Petrol/Litre / Jun 4	381.78
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 4	95.52
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 4	4,475.32
Diesel/Litre / Jun 4	380.78
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 4	80.34

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Dawood Prop. / Jun 4 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	5.19 ▲ 0.62 (13.57%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jun 4 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	8.40 ▲ 0.97 (13.06%)
Escorts Bank / Jun 4 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	13.59 ▲ 1.24 (10.04%)
First IBL Mod. / Jun 4 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	11.41 ▲ 1.04 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jun 4 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	18.67 ▲ 1.7 (10.02%)
Tri-Star Power / Jun 4 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	15.38 ▲ 1.4 (10.01%)
Ansari Sug. / Jun 4 Ansari Sugar Mills Limited(ANSM)	15.72 ▲ 1.43 (10.01%)
Grays Leasing / Jun 4 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	22.98 ▲ 2.09 (10%)
Ideal Spinning / Jun 4 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	79.73 ▲ 7.25 (10%)
Kohat Textile / Jun 4 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	90.73 ▲ 8.25 (10%)

Stock	Price
Crescent Cotton / Jun 4 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	36.91 ▼ -2.69 (-6.79%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Jun 4 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	32 ▼ -2.25 (-6.57%)
Shams Textile / Jun 4 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	39.03 ▼ -2.58 (-6.2%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Jun 4 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	28.06 ▼ -1.72 (-5.78%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jun 4 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	33.25 ▼ -1.89 (-5.38%)
Mughal Energy / Jun 4 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	21.30 ▼ -1.18 (-5.25%)
Shadman Cotton / Jun 4 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	47.43 ▼ -2.45 (-4.91%)
Premier Sugar / Jun 4 The Premier Sugar Mills(PMRS)	423.01 ▼ -20.78 (-4.68%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jun 4 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	7.06 ▼ -0.32 (-4.34%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Jun 4 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	6.60 ▼ -0.28 (-4.07%)

Stock	Volume
Beco Steel Ltd / Jun 4 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	112,742,147 ▲ 0.26
Pak Int.Bulk / Jun 4 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	32,085,063 ▲ 0.65
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 4 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	30,602,865 ▼ -0.01
Hascol Petrol / Jun 4 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	29,547,446 ▲ 0.88
TPL Properties / Jun 4 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	22,915,829 ▲ 0.56
P.T.C.L. / Jun 4 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	21,952,752 ▲ 2.38
Dewan Cement / Jun 4 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	21,604,812 ▲ 0.03
Kohinoor Spinning / Jun 4 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	20,173,269 ▼ -0.13
Maple Leaf Cement / Jun 4 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	18,998,070 ▲ 1.39
B.O.Punjab / Jun 4 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	18,802,886 ▲ 0.24

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