SBP completes awareness campaign

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) completed its four-day SME finance awareness campaign in Sialkot, Gujranwala, and Gujrat on Saturday wherein meetings and interactions were held with over 2,000 representatives of various SME clusters, a statement said.

Over 300 senior bankers, including regional and zonal heads of the banks participated in these programmes. Seven separate sessions were held from March 13-16 in these cities, whereas a large SME Finance Mela was organised in Gujranwala in coordination with Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority.

In the inaugural session of the mela, Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce President addressed the participants and assured full support of the chamber for continuing the awareness programmes on SBP’s policies for SMEs.

On-spot solutions to the problems being faced by participating SMEs were provided at the event. Number of banks showed their interest in providing SME finance.

Banks also showed their interest in visiting Wazirabad Cutlery market to workout financing solutions for over 900 SME vendors working in that market.