Meet Abrar Mir, digital payments and mobile banking pioneer. As an international executive, Abrar has paved the way for the future of banking in South Asia and beyond. Abrar has led organizations in winning many global awards from the likes of GSMA, Global Finance, IDC etc. Currently, Abrar is Chief Innovation & Financial inclusion officer at Habib Bank Limited (HBL). Having been around since 1941, longer than the country of Pakistan itself, HBL is the largest commercial bank in Pakistan and the largest domestic multinational bank with a global presence in over 20 countries spanning across four continents.
In his role as CIO & CFIO, Abrar has a keen interest in finding ways to leverage the evolving digital technology to significantly expand financial inclusion in a financially viable and sustainable manner. As such, Abrar and his team have created the ability for customers to do complete digital on-boarding where customers can walk away with a new account (or mobile wallet) within minutes, enabling an entire population to now formally become part of financial systems.