{"id":7536,"date":"2020-05-20T10:28:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T10:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/?p=7536"},"modified":"2020-05-20T10:29:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T10:29:54","slug":"daraz-and-hbl-to-fuel-growth-in-pakistans-sme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/2020\/05\/20\/daraz-and-hbl-to-fuel-growth-in-pakistans-sme\/","title":{"rendered":"Daraz And HBL Partner To Fuel Growth In Pakistan\u2019s SME Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Daraz and HBL have signed a strategic partnership agreement\nto enable the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) by inviting SMEs to\nset up online shops on Daraz, and avail HBL\u2019s extensive banking solutions to\nmeet their financial needs. HBL is Pakistan\u2019s largest bank and a leader in the\nSME segment while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daraz.pk\/\">Daraz<\/a> is the country\u2019s leading e\u2013commerce platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the partnership, HBL is encouraging its SME\nclients to set up their online ventures on Daraz thereby availing the business\nand financial support the platform is offering under the recently launched\nDaraz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daraz.pk\/sell-on-daraz\/\">Humqadam program<\/a>. The Humqadam program includes commission fees waiver for\nMay and June, free-of-cost educational support&nbsp;\nand training on <a href=\"https:\/\/university.daraz.pk\/\">Daraz University<\/a>, express sign-ups and free marketing to promote SME\nbusinesses and setting up their online shops within days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daraz with its online retail footprint in more than 500\ncities, towns and districts and over 5 million monthly active users nationwide\nis in a unique position to empower SMEs and facilitate their transition towards\nonline retail. Combined with HBL\u2019s national presence, largest distribution\nnetwork, extensive financing solutions and investment in technology, the\npartnership presents an excellent opportunity for SMEs to reach millions of\ncustomers nationwide, increase demand for their products and invest in their\nbusiness growth. The partnership aims to boost the national economy in the long\nterm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ehsan Saya, Managing Director-Daraz Pakistan said, \u201cHBL and\nDaraz have a rich history together and have enabled thousands of Pakistanis to\nparticipate in Digital Payments. As a continuation of our partnership with HBL,\nwe aim to offer the same level of service to our rapidly growing seller base.\nAt Daraz, we take full ownership of fueling Pakistan\u2019s economy during this\ndifficult economic period and there is no sector that fuels growth like the SME\nsector. We are very proud to have joined hands with HBL to work towards this\ngoal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on the partnership with Daraz, Aamir Kureshi, Head Consumer, Rural and SME Banking &#8211; HBL, said, \u201c\u201cSME is a key pillar of growth for the economy as well as for providing gainful employment opportunities to the wider population of the country. Our expanded partnership with Daraz to support SMEs is in line with our commitment to this key economic sector. HBL continues to focus on technology-based solutions for financial inclusion. We look forward to working with Daraz on a sustained basis to play our part in the economic development of Pakistan.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daraz and HBL have signed a strategic partnership agreement to enable the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) by inviting SMEs to set up online shops on Daraz, and avail HBL\u2019s extensive banking&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[186,181],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7536"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7538,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7536\/revisions\/7538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digitaldips.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}