The Pak Banker - 2020-01-02

• Asia's central banks ahead in race to develop digital currencies
• China lowers import tariff with Pakistan, other nations
• 2020 to begin golden decade of banks: Analyst
• CPI inflation grows 12.6pc in December
• Takasbank's blockchain platform goes live
• Provinces agree on uniform standards for packaged food
• All duties, taxes on cotton import withdrawn
• More than 16000 children to born on New Year's Day in Pakistan: UNICEF
• GCC countries top destinatio­ns for Pakistani workers
• Rs46,302.5 million released for NHA projects
• New Year celebratio­ns bring roaring business
• FBR issues SRO to launch Phase-II of Pak-China FTA
• What comes next on global markets in 2020?
• China central bank skips reverse repos
• Oil prices set for biggest yearly rise since 2016
• Asian shares slip as investors lock in gains from 2019 rally
• ManCity's Laporte closing in on return to full training: Guardiola
• Pogba to return for Arsenal trip, agent rules out move
• Five opportunit­ies for 2020
• Ray of hope in dark times
• A collapsing system
• PPP’s lack of ambition
• Economy in 2020
• Importance of social, emotional learning
• Thai bank M&A is about coups and condoms
• Being homeless is not a crime
• The 100-year-old bank
• Fighting for the forgotten child
• Motorola goes for the flip rather than fold
• 'Initial US-China trade deal has major hole'
• India's economy misses feel-good buzz
• China releases tariff schedule for 2020
• Indonesia plans fixed fees for e-wallet transactio­ns
• US pending home sales rebound 1.2pc in November
• Battle to save Australian wildlife as bushfires rage
• China outbound M&A plummets to 10-year low
• US grains fall on profit booking
• Realme seeks to maintain edge in Indian smartphone market
• Turkey unveils first fully homemade car in $3.7b bet on electric cars
• Baowu Steel set to buy majority stake in peer
• Huawei blasts WSJ report alleging local govt financial assistance
• Chinese factory activity remains steady in December
• Pakistan will be 50th economy in 2034
• 8,000 expats return home under Malaysian amnesty scheme
• Samsung most favored by foreign investors in 2019
• ECC allows withdrawal of duties on imported cotton
• Pakistan Customs drafts rules for cargo clearance

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