{"id":7191,"date":"2020-10-27T11:40:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T11:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/?p=7191"},"modified":"2020-10-27T11:40:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T11:40:55","slug":"meezan-bank-inks-deal-with-bpc-banking-technologies-to-accommodate-pakistans-digital-payments-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/meezan-bank-inks-deal-with-bpc-banking-technologies-to-accommodate-pakistans-digital-payments-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"Meezan Bank Inks Deal With BPC Banking Technologies To Accommodate Pakistan’s Digital Payments Boom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BPC<\/a> Banking Technologies, the leading provider of digital payment solutions, has partnered with Pakistan\u2019s Meezan Bank to deliver its digital transformation agenda starting with theupgrade of its payment infrastructure. BPC\u2019s SmartVista platform has been selected by Meezan to deliver state-of-the-art issuing and acquiring services for the bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meezan Bank is Pakistan\u2019s first and largest Islamic bank with over 800 branches andpresence in more than 240 cities. With the pandemic driving rapid adoption of digital services, and the fast growth of e-commerce in Pakistan, the bank is expected to foresee massive growth in channels and transaction volume. The bank\u2019s move to invest in its digital payment infrastructure forms a part of its strategy to support both consumers and businesses during these challenging times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BPC\u2019s SmartVista Switch solution will be used by Meezan Bank to manage the authorisation of payment transactions in real-time, across all channels. With an aim to provide frictionless digital banking and payment experience for its customers, the bank will rely on the solution\u2019s instant routing of payment transactions. Using BPC\u2019s SmartVista Card Management and Issuing solution, Meezan Bank will also strengthen the delivery of new payment instruments to its customers mainly used upon account opening,while also offering a more secure e-commerce experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. FaizurRehman,Group Head of Information Technology and Digital Banking at Meezan Bank said:<\/strong> \u201cPakistan has seen massive growth in its digital payment market, driven by the shift to go digital during the Covid-19pandemic. We need to have the right digital payment infrastructure in place to offer new payment experiences to consumers, as well as payment acceptance capabilities to companies. Leveraging BPC\u2019s years of expertise and its robust solutions will help us adapt to these changes fast. We are confident that by combining the latest technology with our product offering, we can deliver excellent customer experience in this fast-moving landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pakistani Government has targeted to achieve $5 billion in e-commerce sales in the next three years. As a result, the Government is investing into enhancinge-commerce payment gateways, which enable merchants to accept credit, debit and prepaid card payments on their websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thecountry\u2019srapidly growing digital payment marketalso exposes its banks to the risk of Card Not Present (CNP) fraud. BPC\u2019s advanced Enterprise Fraud Prevention solution will help Meezan Bank combat this growing threat by monitoring 100% of transactions online in real-time and across all channels. The solution uses machine learning and neural network models to ensure genuine transactions can pass through, while fraud attempts are identified and blocked at their earliest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Angelo Bertini,SVP Managing Director, Middle East, Africa and South East Asia at BPC said:<\/strong> \u201cAs we increasingly shift to a digital-first economy; payment switches, management of merchant services and fraud prevention have become incredibly important to enable seamless digital transactions.At BPC, we know flexibilityand the ability to scale are paramount to create a solution that can adapt with Pakistan\u2019s electronic payment landscape. We look forward to continuing to support Meezan Bank as it navigates this exciting time in digital payments in Pakistan.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BPC Banking Technologies, the leading provider of digital payment solutions, has partnered with Pakistan\u2019s Meezan Bank to deliver its digital transformation agenda starting with theupgrade of its payment infrastructure. BPC\u2019s SmartVista platform has been selected by Meezan to deliver state-of-the-art issuing and acquiring services for the bank. Meezan Bank is Pakistan\u2019s first and largest Islamic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Meezan-Bank-in-Pakistan.jpg",2048,1371,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Meezan-Bank-in-Pakistan.jpg",2048,1371,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Meezan-Bank-in-Pakistan.jpg",2048,1371,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Meezan-Bank-in-Pakistan-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Meezan-Bank-in-Pakistan-300x201.jpg",300,201,true],"large":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Meezan-Bank-in-Pakistan-1024x686.jpg",1024,686,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Meezan-Bank-in-Pakistan-1536x1028.jpg",1536,1028,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Meezan-Bank-in-Pakistan.jpg",2048,1371,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Meezan-Bank-in-Pakistan.jpg",627,420,false],"graptor-sq-xs":["https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Meezan-Bank-in-Pakistan.jpg",100,67,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/author\/admin\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"Uncategorized<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"BPC Banking Technologies, the leading provider of digital payment solutions, has partnered with Pakistan\u2019s Meezan Bank to deliver its digital transformation agenda starting with theupgrade of its payment infrastructure. BPC\u2019s SmartVista platform has been selected by Meezan to deliver state-of-the-art issuing and acquiring services for the bank. Meezan Bank is Pakistan\u2019s first and largest Islamic…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7193,"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7191\/revisions\/7193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web3unplugged.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}