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Behavioral Finance: The Psychology of Investing

This report is intended to shed light on the emotional and psychological influence that can impact financial decisions and how this influence can result in irrational behavior. It also explores how to avoid the pitfalls that investors commonly face.

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Meezan Bank Limited

Meezan Bank, Pakistan's first and largest Islamic bank, is one of the fastest growing financial institutions in the banking sector of the country. With its Vision of establishing ‘Islamic banking as banking of first choice’ – the Bank commenced operations in 2002, after being issued the first-ever Islamic commercial banking license by the State Bank of Pakistan. Meezan Bank has an impressive growth rate, excellent credit rating and a strong Shariah Advisory board including reputed scholars from around the world...

OTHER WHITEPAPERS

Probinex: Freedom of Exchange

whitePaper | March 24, 2023

Probinex offers a comprehensive ecosystem of products that provide a safe and worry-free way to access cryptocurrency trading and leverage its potential. Our goal is to achieve widespread adoption of digital assets among the general public.

Review of 2019 Credit Trends

whitePaper | January 9, 2020

The United States played a starring role as the rest of the world watched the President become the third leader in history to be impeached by the House in December. Our chief protagonist kept investors guessing by prolonging the ongoing US-China trade wars while simultaneously applying a slew of tariffs across Europe, South America, and elsewhere in Asia.

Payments outsourcing – pros, cons & considerations that should be on your radar

whitePaper | February 28, 2020

Payments has seen much change and innovation in the last years and will continue to evolve at the same pace. Just two examples are the introduction of Instant Payments in Europe and the launch of Open Banking/PSD2. On the infrastructure side, SWIFT has introduced gpi, setting the new standard for cross-border payments. The other major event was the introduction of Request to Pay.

Moving Payment Services Out of CORE Banking - Payments Unplugged

whitePaper | September 10, 2022

The Global Payments Revenue is expected to reach $2.5 trillion by 2025 overcoming the pandemic induced decline in 2020/2021, when revenues stood at $1.5 trillion.

Embedded finance: The move towards invisible banking

whitePaper | April 1, 2023

“Banking is necessary; banks are not,” said Bill Gates in 1994. As financial services become increasingly embedded into everyday life, the truth of this statement has never been clearer. Customers are increasingly accessing financial services through channels other than the bank. Embedded finance is changing the banking landscape and is expected to have an estimated market value $138 billion by 2026, according to Juniper Research.

INTERCONNECTEDNESS REVISITED

whitePaper | May 24, 2022

DTCC’s 2015 white paper, Understanding Interconnectedness Risks, underscored the importance of looking at the global financial system as a complex network of interdependent components. Building on efforts by academics and researchers to apply network theory and other insights to financial risk management, the paper highlighted how the failure of a large and highly interconnected entity can impact the financial system and the real economy to the point where it can cause worldwide financial instability.

Behavioral Finance: The Psychology of Investing