Being the nation’s bank, NBP constantly strives for attaining greater customer satisfaction and the recent addition of NBP Foree Remittance Account in the Foree Remittance family of remittance product range offered by NBP is described as a step toward providing convenience to customers without compromising on the efficiency of remittance delivery.

National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has introduced Foree Remittance Account. Customers are no longer required to visit branches and wait in lines for receiving remittances.

Home remittances are now immediately credited to the customer’s account upon receipt from the overseas and a SMS alert is sent on the customer’s designated mobile number with the option of withdrawing cash either from ATMs across Pakistan at their convenience or by visiting NBP’s nearest branch.

Syed Iqbal Ashraf, president, NBP, said NBP Foree Remittance Account is a dedicated account for remittance customers. It provides quick, convenient, reliable and absolutely free remittance transfer facility to customers. This account offers free remittance facility from over 35 leading overseas banks and money service businesses across the globe.

Khalid bin Shaheen, acting president/coordinator, NBP, said the features of NBP Foree Remittance Account include check book, free debit card, 24/7 cash availability on all 1 link/MNET ATMs across Pakistan, 24/7 support through NBP call center, SMS alerts on receipt of overseas remittance, and on making transactions and attractive gift schemes as offered from time to time.

In order to facilitate overseas Pakistanis at their doorsteps, NBP has aggressively extended its remittance correspondence base across the globe.

The extended correspondent base is aimed to facilitate overseas Pakistanis and discourage the use of illegal hawala and hundi channels. Further, NBP has established the first dedicated, extensive and efficient compliant handling system for home remittances to address queries and grievances of remitters and beneficiaries on timely basis.