Pakistan
Wallet-first, with a new instant rail underneath.
- Currency
- PKR
- Settlement
- T+1
- Methods
- 4
The market
Mobile money reached scale here before mainstream banking did. Easypaisa and JazzCash between them define consumer payments, while Raast — the central bank's instant rail — is steadily pulling bank-account flows into real time.
What we would tell you
Run both major wallets. Single-wallet coverage leaves roughly half the addressable base unable to pay you.
- Population
- ~255 million
- Market shape
- Wallet-dominant
- Indicative
- Raast adoption
- Growing
- Indicative
Moving value out
Materially constrained
Collecting here is not the hard part. This rating describes repatriation.
Foreign exchange availability is managed and outward flows face real friction. Repatriation should be planned around, not assumed.
Methods
4 local methods in Pakistan.
4 move money in both directions.
- EasypaisaWalletin · out
- JazzCashWalletin · out
- RaastBank transferin · out
- 1LINK Bank TransferBank transferin · out
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