PICIC Commercial Bank

PICIC Commercial Bank

Type	Private
Industry	Banking
Founded	Karachi, 1993 (as Schön Bank Limited)
Headquarters	Karachi, Pakistan
Products	Loans, Credit Cards, Savings, Consumer Banking etc.
Revenue	PKR
Slogan	The Bank With All Financial Solutions
Website	www.picicibank.com.pk

PICIC Commercial Bank Limited was a bank based in Pakistan. Pakistan Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation (PICIC) acquired it as Gulf Commercial Bank Limited in early 2001. The bank was renamed as PICIC Commercial Bank Limited. In 2007, the bank and its operations were merged into NIB Bank.

History

PICIC Commercial Bank Limited was incorporated in 1993 as Schön Bank Limited and commenced its business on 4 April 1994, with a paid-up capital of PKR 500 Million.

In 1997, Al Ahlia Portfolio Securities Company, Sultanate of Oman acquired the major shareholding and changed the bank’s name to Gulf Commercial Bank Limited. Thereafter, in February 2001, the bank’s management again changed when Pakistan Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation acquired 60% controlling shares from Al-Ahlia and changed its name to PICIC Commercial Bank in May 2001. Since acquisition, the bank performance has turned around and it is now among the fastest growing private commercial banks in Pakistan.

At the time of takeover by PICIC in February 2001, the Bank had only 15 branches. Now it is the 6th largest bank in the country. On December 31, 2007, the operations of PICIC Commercial Bank were merged with and into NIB Bank Limited.

Functions

Services

• Commercial Financing
• Home Financing
• Car Financing
• industrial financing
• Home Financing
• Telebanking
• Mobile Banking
• Motorcycle Financing
• Islamic Banking
• Deposit & Saving Products

Internet banking

As technology advances, PICIC Commercial Bank is set to use it and make the best of it. Now introducing for its customers, Online Banking solutions. With that customers can access their accounts for deposits, withdrawals or inquiries from any branch nationwide.

Branches

PICIC has over one hundred and twenty branches in over forty four cities including the main cities and towns of Pakistan.

Board of directors

• Chief Executive Hilal Khan
• Mr. Afghan Badshah CEO chairman
• Mr. Ahsan Bashir
• Mr. KASHIF BASHIR
• Mr. Muhammad Ali Khoja
• Mr. Sulaiman Ahmed Saeed Al Hoqani
• Mr. Kamal Afsar (*)
• Mr. Manzoor Ahmed (*)
• Mr. Waseem Haqqie

(*) Subject to State Bank of Pakistan approval under review test

External links

• PICIC Commercial Bank
• Pakistan Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation Official Site