Technical Note

THE PAKISTAN BANKING INDUSTRY

Muntazar B.Ahmed, Ahsan Chughtai

INDUSTRY :BANKING

AREA :ACCOUNTING & CONTROL

ORGANIZATION :-

LENGTH :22

LUMS No :01-327-88-2

PUBLICATION YEAR : 1988

DESCRIPTION

ABSTRACT:

Commercial banks have traditionally acted as intermediaries between clients with surplus funds they wish deployed in a profitable and secure manner and clients in need of funds and willing to pay for their use. From this simple type of transaction has developed a diversified, complex and highly regulated financial industry which involves banks and near banks; insurance companies, co-operative banks, finance companies and investment deals. This note discusses the Pakistan banking industry in detail.