Telenor Pakistan has won an accolade for Pakistan in the Wall Street Journal’s Financial Inclusion Challenge. This was a People’s Choice Category Award and Telenor Easy Paisa won by the maximum number of votes.
The competition was open for corporate as well as non-profit ventures from the Asia Pacific Regions. In order to participate, a short video was to be submitted which depicted how the Company’s solutions are facilitating people for solving the issue of financial access for poor people.
Take a look at Telenor’s Video Submission:
The judge for the challenge, Vipin Sharma stated this about the Company, “The company has a sustainable and scalable model that allows it to offer a wide variety of products.”
EasyPaisa was launched back in 2009 after Telenor collaborated with Tameer Micro-Finance Bank, as a mobile banking service. At present, there are over 60,000 retail outlets across the country. The service facilitates people for financial as well as health services.
