First Women Bank

First Women Bank Limited
Public
Industry Banking
Capital Markets
Founded Karachi, 1989
Headquarters Principal office
Karachi, Pakistan
Key people
 Ms Charmaine Hidayatullah, Acting President FWBL
Products Loans, credit cards, Savings, Consumer Banking etc.
Revenue Decrease PKR 685 million (2007) [1]
Slogan Giving Women the power to Succeed
Website www.fwbl.com

First Women Bank Limited (FWBL) is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. First Women Bank Ltd. is a unique financial institution, a Scheduled Commercial Bank and a development financial institution for the socio-economic empowerment of women.The Bank was set up in 1989 by the Islamic world’s first woman Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (Shaheed), who wanted a bank that would meet the banking needs of women entrepreneurs.FWBL was incorporated as a Scheduled Commercial Bank in the Public Sector as a Public Ltd. Company on 21 November 1989 under the Companies Ordinance, 1984.The Bank commenced its business on 2ndDecember, 1989 with a paid up capital of Rs. 100 Million; 90% of which was contributed in varying proportions by five leading Public Sector banks of the country. They were:National Bank of Pakistan, Habib Bank Limited, Muslim Commercial Bank Limited, United Bank Limited and Allied Bank Limited 10% of the remaining capital came from the Federal Government

Branches

The bank has a network of 41 branches in 28 cities - located in all major cities of Pakistan including;

Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Abbotabad, Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Hyderabad, Jhelum, Khairpur, Larkana, Mardan, Multan, Quetta, Rahim Yar Khan, Sargodha, Sialkot, Shikarpur, Sukkur, and Wah Cantt.

Board of Directors

References

  1. ↑ Profit & Loss Account, 2007

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