{"id":67742,"date":"2020-07-09T09:52:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T04:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=67742"},"modified":"2020-07-08T17:55:04","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T12:55:04","slug":"shift-e-payments-help-create-4-mn-jobs-boost-gdp-sbp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/shift-e-payments-help-create-4-mn-jobs-boost-gdp-sbp.html","title":{"rendered":"Shift to e-payments can help create 4 mn jobs, boost GDP: SBP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has stated in a recent report that a shift to an e-payments funds transfer arrangement could help create nearly 4 million jobs, boost the GDP by USD 36 billion, and shore up the country\u2019s economy by as much as 7% by 2025 \u2014 a news source reported earlier today (July 8). The country\u2019s e-commerce and digital economy has witnessed a boost since the coronavirus pandemic forced people to shift their shopping to the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/reforms-needed-ecommerce-sectors-growth-pakistan-wb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reforms needed for e-commerce sector\u2019s growth in Pakistan: WB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan has also seen its digital industry rise steadily with sales of local and international e-commerce outlets nearly doubling from PKR 20.7 billion in 2017 to PKR 40.1 billion in 2018, according to data provided by the Ministry of Commerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/e-commerce-policy-to-prioritise-smes-promotion-development.html\">E-commerce policy to prioritise SMEs promotion, development<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per Ministry of Commerce Joint Secretary Aisha Humera Moriani, these numbers still do not include post-paid and cash-on-delivery transactions that are estimated to be nearly 60% of all the transactions in Pakistan\u2019s e-commerce sphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government is also looking to introduce a comprehensive international payment system that will integrate with online payment systems like PayPal \u2014 with the initiative expected to provide a huge boost to Pakistan\u2019s e-commerce sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has stated in a recent report that a shift to an e-payments funds transfer arrangement could help create nearly 4 million jobs, boost the GDP by USD 36 billion, and shore up the country\u2019s economy by as much as 7% by 2025 \u2014 a news source reported earlier today (July 8). The country\u2019s e-commerce and digital economy has witnessed a boost since the coronavirus pandemic forced people to shift their shopping to the internet. Read: Reforms needed for e-commerce sector\u2019s growth in Pakistan: WB Pakistan has also seen its digital industry rise steadily with sales of local and international e-commerce outlets nearly doubling from PKR 20.7 billion in 2017 to PKR 40.1 billion in 2018, according to data provided by the Ministry of Commerce. Read: E-commerce policy to prioritise SMEs promotion, development As per Ministry of Commerce Joint Secretary Aisha Humera Moriani, these numbers still do not include post-paid and cash-on-delivery transactions that are estimated to be nearly 60% of all the transactions in Pakistan\u2019s e-commerce sphere. The government is also looking to introduce a comprehensive international payment system that will integrate with online payment systems like PayPal \u2014 with the initiative expected&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":64432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15019],"tags":[34122,14405,34121,21853],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-67742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-research-analysis","8":"tag-boost-gdp-sbp","9":"tag-e-commerce","10":"tag-shift-to-e-payments-can-help-create-4-mn-jobs","11":"tag-state-bank-of-pakistan-sbp","12":"cat-15019-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shift to e-payments can help create 4 mn jobs: SBP - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has stated in a recent report that a shift to an e-payments funds transfer arrangement could help create nearly 4 million jobs, boost the GDP by USD 36 billion, and shore up the country\u2019s economy by as much as 7% by 2025 \u2014 a news source reported earlier today (July 8).\" \/>\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\/shift-e-payments-help-create-4-mn-jobs-boost-gdp-sbp.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shift to e-payments can help create 4 mn jobs: SBP - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has stated in a recent report that a shift to an e-payments funds transfer arrangement could help create nearly 4 million jobs, boost the GDP by USD 36 billion, and shore up the country\u2019s economy by as much as 7% by 2025 \u2014 a news source reported earlier today (July 8).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/shift-e-payments-help-create-4-mn-jobs-boost-gdp-sbp.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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