{"id":65839,"date":"2020-05-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=65839"},"modified":"2020-05-21T14:47:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T09:47:49","slug":"bank-branches-open-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/bank-branches-open-tomorrow.html","title":{"rendered":"Banks to reopen select branches tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday announced its agreement to the reopening of select commercial and microfinance bank branches across the country tomorrow (May 27), based on the concerned banks&#8217; discretion, according to a news report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-directs-bank-provide-refinancing-businesses.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> SBP directs banks to provide refinancing facility to businesses for employee retention<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SBP made this decision in light of the extended Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, where banks will remain closed from May 22. The decision allows the public to have access to limited banking services during these \u2018off days\u2019. Therefore, the banks will select which branches to reopen in various commercial hubs and business centres at their own discretion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-banks-association-shares-coronavirus-safety-guidelines-for-clients.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pakistan Banks\u2019 Association shares coronavirus safety guidelines for clients<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) services and clearing through the National Institutional Facilitation Technology (NIFT) will not be functional \u2013 these services will reopen from May 28. Meanwhile, the SBP instructed  the banks to deploy the minimal number of staff necessary to carry out the operations tomorrow to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/customers-advised-approach-banks-helplines.html\" target=\"_blank\">prevent <\/a>the spread of coronavirus in bank branches. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday announced its agreement to the reopening of select commercial and microfinance bank branches across the country tomorrow (May 27), based on the concerned banks&#8217; discretion, according to a news report. Read: SBP directs banks to provide refinancing facility to businesses for employee retention The SBP made this decision in light of the extended Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, where banks will remain closed from May 22. The decision allows the public to have access to limited banking services during these \u2018off days\u2019. Therefore, the banks will select which branches to reopen in various commercial hubs and business centres at their own discretion. Read: Pakistan Banks\u2019 Association shares coronavirus safety guidelines for clients However, Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) services and clearing through the National Institutional Facilitation Technology (NIFT) will not be functional \u2013 these services will reopen from May 28. Meanwhile, the SBP instructed the banks to deploy the minimal number of staff necessary to carry out the operations tomorrow to prevent the spread of coronavirus in bank branches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":64432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[29982,6066],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-bank-branches","9":"tag-sbp","10":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Limited bank branches open tomorrow - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The SBP has permitted the opening of selected bank branches tomorrow (May 27), in order to facilitate the public with their banking needs.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/bank-branches-open-tomorrow.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Limited bank branches open tomorrow - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The SBP has permitted the opening of selected bank branches tomorrow (May 27), in order to facilitate the public with their banking needs.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/bank-branches-open-tomorrow.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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