SME Bank Internship Report
SME Bank Internship Report
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Dedication iii
Preface iv
Acknowledgement v
Executive Summary vi
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
1.0 History 5
Chapter 3 DEPARTMENTS
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3.4 Marketing and Business Development Division 28
4.1 Policy 35
6.1 Profit and Loss Statement, Balance Sheet and Ratio Analysis 49
7.1 Strength 54
7.2 Weaknesses 55
7.3 Opportunities 56
7.4 Threats 56
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8.1 Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited 58
9.4 Findings 69
10.1 Recommendations 71
10.2 Conclusion 72
Chapter 11 REFERENCES 73
Chapter 12 APPENDIX 75
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CHAPTER – 1
INTRODUCTION
1.0 History
Banking in the modern sense of the word can be traced to medieval and early Renaissance
Italy, to the rich cities in the north like Florence, Venice and Genoa. The Bardi and Peruzzi
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families dominated banking in 14th century Florence, establishing branches in many other
parts of Europe. Perhaps the most famous Italian bank was the Medici bank, set up by
Giovanni Medici in 1397. The earliest known state deposit bank, Banco di San Giorgio (Bank
Banks can be traced back to ancient times even before money when temples were used to
store commodities. During the 3rd century AD, banks in Persia and other territories in the
Persian Sassanid Empire issued letters of credit known as Ṣakks. Muslim traders are known to
have used the cheque or ṣakk system since the time of Harun al-Rashid (9th century) of the
Abbasid Caliphate. In the 9th century, a Muslim businessman could cash an early form of the
cheque in China drawn on sources in Baghdad, a tradition that was significantly strengthened
in the 13th and 14th centuries, during the Mongol Empire. Fragments found in the Cairo
Geniza indicate that in the 12th century cheques remarkably similar to our own were in use,
only smaller to save costs on the paper. They contain a sum to be paid and then the order
"May so and so pay the bearer such and such an amount". The date and name of the issuer are
also apparent.
The word bank was borrowed in Middle English from Middle French banque, from Old
Italian banca, from Old High German banc, bank "bench, counter". Benches were used as
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desks or exchange counters during the Renaissance by Florentine bankers, who used to make
The earliest evidence of money-changing activity is depicted on a silver Greek drachm coin
from ancient Hellenic colony Trapezus on the Black Sea, modern Trabzon, c. 350–325 BC,
presented in the British Museum in London. The coin shows a banker's table (trapeza) laden
with coins, a pun on the name of the city. In fact, even today in Modern Greek the word
It has not so far been decided as to how the word ‘Bank’ originated. Some authors opine that
this word is derived from the words ‘Bancus’ or Banque’ which mean a bench. Other
authorities hold the opinion that the word ‘Bank’ is derived from the German word ‘Back’,
which means ‘joint stock fund’. It is therefore, not possible to decide as to which of the
opinion is correct, for no record is available to ascertain the validity of any of the opinions
“A financial institution, deals with money and credit. It accepts Deposits from
individuals, firms and companies at a lower rate of interest and gives at higher rate of
The partition plan was announced on June 3, 1947 and August 15, 1949 was fixed as the date
on which independence was to take effect. It was decided that the Reserve bank of India
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should continue to function in the dominion of Pakistan until September 30, 1948 due to
Central Bank.
At the time of partition, total number of banks in Pakistan were 38 out of these the
commercial banks in Pakistan were 2, which were Habib Bank Limited and Australia Bank of
India. The total deposits in Pakistani banks stood at Rs.880 million whereas the advances
were Rs.198 million. The Governor General of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah issued the
order for the establishment of State Bank of Pakistan on 1st of July 1948. In 1949, National
Bank of Pakistan was established. It started with six offices in former East Pakistan. There
were 14 Pakistani scheduled commercial banks operating in the country on December 1973.
The Pakistan Banking Council prepared banks amalgamation schemes in 1974 for
amalgamation of smaller banks with the five bigger banks of the country.
In early 90’s after the failure of nationalization policy, Government went for privatization of
financial institution. In last ten to fifteen years banking sector in Pakistan has shown
tremendous growth. Due to its remarkable growth, banking sector of Pakistan has become
very attractive for foreign investors. Many investors have already invested and still many
more to come.
SME Bank started his working for the provide loans to the small borrowers who have the
ability and experience in different sector but they not have resources for starting their own
business so the Government started SME Bank in 2002 after the merger of SBFC and RDFC
for the providing loans facility on easy terms and conditions and also these loans are provided
to the borrowers on low interest rate as compared to the market rate. Now I explain some
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1.3.1 Formation of SME Bank Ltd
The SME Bank was formed and incorporated as a public limited company under the
Companies Ordinance 1984. The Government of Pakistan is the major Shareholder of the
Development Finance Corporation (RDFC) and Small Business Finance Corporation (SBFC)
were amalgamated into SME Bank Ltd. effective January 01, 2002.
SME bank Ltd was established to exclusively cater to the needs of the SME sector. It was
created to address the needs of this niche market with specialized financial products and
services that will help stimulate SME development and pro poor growth in the country.
SBFC provided loans to the borrowers on easy terms and conditions and these loans
are secured against personal guarantee. 98% of Self Employment Loans secured
Government directed and sponsored Self Employment Schemes for providing loans to
Low interest rate on the loans as compare to the other financial institutions Working
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1.3.3 Regional Development Finance Corporation
Second institutions which provide loans to the projects and industries of the private
These loans were issued to the projects for industrialization in the less developed
The objective was to establish industrial estates on regional basis like Bhimber, Hattar
Another motive was to raise the living standard in remote areas by providing those
These are two institutions which merged in 2002 and started their new business with
Small and medium enterprises or SMEs, also called small and medium-sized enterprises and
small and medium-sized businesses or small and medium businesses or SMBs are companies
whose headcount or turnover falls below certain limits. The abbreviation SME occurs
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commonly in the European Union (EU) and in international organizations, such as the World
Bank, the United Nations and the WTO. The term small and medium-sized businesses or
EU Member States traditionally had their own definition of what constitutes an SME, for
example the traditional definition in Germany had a limit of 500 employees, while, for
example, in Belgium it could have been 100. But now the EU has started to standardize the
concept. Its current definition categorizes companies with fewer than 50 employees as
"small", and those with fewer than 250 as "medium". By contrast, in the United States, when
small business is defined by the number of employees, it often refers to those with less than
100 employees, while medium-sized business often refers to those with less than 500
employees. However, the most widely used American definition of micro-business by the
number of employees is the same of that of EU: less than 10 employees. In most economies,
smaller enterprises are much greater in number. In the EU, SMEs comprise approximately
99% of all firms and employ between them about 65 million people. In many sectors, SMEs
Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) means an entity, ideally not a public limited
company, which does not employ more than 250 persons (if it is manufacturing / service
concern) and 50 persons (if it is trading concern) and also fulfills the following criteria of
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either ‘a’ and ‘c’ or ‘b’ and ‘c’ as relevant:
a) A trading / service concern with total assets at cost excluding land and building upto
Rs 50 million.
b) A manufacturing concern with total assets at cost excluding land and building up to
Rs 100 million.
c) Any concern (trading, service or manufacturing) with net sales not exceeding Rs 300
Keeping in view the important role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the
economic development of Pakistan and to facilitate and encourage the flow of bank credit to
this sector, a separate set of Prudential Regulations specifically for SME sector has been
issued by State Bank of Pakistan. This separate set of regulations, specifically tailored for
SMEs, is aimed at encouraging banks / DFIs to develop new financing techniques and
innovative products which can meet the financial requirements of SMEs and provide a viable
Banks / DFIs should recognize that success in SME lending requires much more extensive
involvement with the SMEs than the traditional lender-borrower relationship envisages. The
banks / DFIs are, thus, encouraged to work in close association with SMEs. The banks / DFIs
should assist and guide the SMEs to develop appropriate systems and effectively manage
their resources and risks. The banks / DFIs are encouraged to prepare a lending program
(including detailed eligibility criteria) for each specific sub-sector of SME in which they want
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to take exposure in a significant manner. For this purpose, the banks / DFIs may conduct /
arrange surveys and research to determine the status and potential of specific SME sub-
sectors. It is expected that banks / DFIs would prepare comprehensive guidelines / manuals
and put in place suitable mechanism / structure, aided by proper MIS, to carry out the
activities related to SME financing in an effective way. This should, however, not stop
banks / DFIs from lending to SMEs before undertaking the steps mentioned above as the
banks / DFIs may start soft lending operations or test marketing campaigns, as they feel
appropriate, to gain experience and necessary know how. The factors mentioned above gain
more importance and become critical for the success of a bank / DFI in SME lending, as the
exposure of the bank / DFI on SMEs becomes a significant portion of its loan portfolio
State Bank of Pakistan encourages banks / DFIs to lend to SMEs on the basis of assets
conversion cycle and future cash flows. A problem, which the banks / DFIs may encounter in
this respect, is the lack of adequate information. In order to overcome this problem, banks /
DFIs may also like to prepare general industry cash flows and then adjust those cash flows
for the specific borrowers keeping in view their conditions and other factors involved. As
mentioned above, presently most of the SMEs in Pakistan lack sophistication to have reliable
and sufficient data and financial information. In order to capture this data and information,
banks / DFIs will need to assist and guide their SME customers. The banks / DFIs may come
up with the minimum information requirements and standardized formats for this purpose as
per their own discretion. For better understanding and to facilitate their SME customers,
banks/ DFIs are encouraged to translate their loan application formats and brochures in Urdu
Banks / DFIs should realize that delay in processing the cases might frustrate the SMEs.
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Banks / DFIs are therefore encouraged to process the loan cases expeditiously and convey the
decision to the SME borrowers as early as possible. In order to encourage close coordination
of the officials of the banks / DFIs and SMEs, the banks / DFIs may require the concerned
dealing officer to regularly visit the borrower. For this purpose, at a minimum, the dealing
officer may be required to pay at least one quarterly visit and document the state of affairs of
the SME. In addition, an officer senior to the ones conducting these regular visits may also
visit the SME at least once in a year. State Bank of Pakistan will closely monitor the situation
on an ongoing basis and work proactively with banks / DFIs to make SME financing a
success
40,000,000 additional share of Rs.10 each to Government of Pakistan without right issue in
2004 and 2005 respectively and issue of 50,000,000 bonus share of Rs.10 each. Proceeds
against issue of additional share in 2004 were paid by GOP to SBP against Bank’s loan
balances due to SBP. The pattern of Share holdings of the bank as on 31.12.2007 is as under:
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1.6 Mission Statement
“To support and develop the SME sector by providing necessary financial and technical
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1.7 Vision Statement
We will be the leading institution for providing financial assistance for the development and
support of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) In Pakistan. We will respond to the needs
specific products, focused on the financing need and limitations of SME sector. We will
through support of the SME sector, contribute to the growth of local entrepreneurs, develop
To support, develop and promote Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) by providing
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To enable SMEs to play a vital role in stimulating GDP growth, create job
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CHAPTER – 2
ORGINIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE
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2.0 Organization structure of SME bank
The Board of Directors of the Bank looks after all of the affairs of the bank.
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2.2 Banks Management
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HEIRARCHY
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2.3 Hierarchical Positions of SME Bank
The Bank has following grade positions to support its employee’s growth and business
Operations:-
The objective of the Management shall be to create supportive environment for optimum
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SME Friendly Approach.
Good Governess.
intact human resource and recovery support & remission polices etc. in
targets for each branch through analyzing the branch portfolio and potential of
recovery teams/personnel.
regulations, land revenue act and other court cases in coordination with the
2.5.2 MANAGERS
recovery and business operation targets for the branch, to be based on the branch
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Compliance of legal formalities under recovery policies, SBP prudential
regulations, land revenue act and other court cases under supervision/coordination
Regions/Head Office.
CHAPTER – 3
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DEPARTMENTS
To deal with cases of complaints, fraud and forgeries and conduct inquires into disciplinary
cases.
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Formulation of policies and procedures
a) Business Operations
b) Recovery Offices
c) Camp Offices
d) Audit Offices
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3.4 Marketing & Business Development Division
This department of SME deals in formulization of the policies and procedures related to
marketing. This department looks for creating new opportunities which would be profitable.
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Recovery from outside is also responsibility of this department. Deal with issue of resource
mobilization and its effective coordination and marketing of Bank’s Products & services.
This department looks deeply before lending the credit that what type of risk is involved in
this and how can we minimize it. It deals with the functions presently carried out by risk
The basic purpose of this department is that it deals with procurement of all types of
equipments and provision general services and Administrative issues related to the Bank.
The basic purpose of this department is look at the demand and supply of money related to
the bank. Deal with financial matters of the bank. These are the Department which are
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working under Finance Division.
It handles different functions like payment verifications and the inter branch reconciliation.
Finance department looks at where to invest and how to invest. It looks at the potential of
project. Finance department deals treasury division and take decision how and what to
invest in money capital market and when to take borrowing from money capital market. It
and summary of investment. It maintain statements like fund flow statement and treasury
statement.
accounting functions of the bank. It submits report to SBP daily, weekly and monthly.
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3.7.4 Corporate Reporting
It is involved in preparation and submission to SBP monthly CIB report and various
other returns as defined in SBP. It is also responsible for the maintenance of records
and recording of transactions relating defunct RDFC loan portfolio and coordinating
with Recovery Division in this respect and the preparation of various internal reports,
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3.8 Human Resource Division
efficient management structure and works under the standard operating procedures matching
effectiveness. It is the responsibility of HR department to define the clear job roles and
responsibilities of the management, placing the right person at the right job at the right time
SME Bank has a separate department HR department which basically deals with all the
human resource needs of the organization. The job of this HR department is to hire
employees, appraise the employees, do a performance analysis of the employees, give the
employees their pays and maintain the records of the employees in the organization. The
department basically deals with all the needs of the employees.. HR department aims to
develop the minimum required internal capacity of the organization to take up the process of
change while aligning its strategic objectives with the desired change process to perform a
department has been towards nurturing the strengths of the human capital to its maximum
with a defining principal to help create a progressive environment and sustain a thorough
commitment of our staff towards focused customer service. A frequent complaint is the
mismatch of the output of our human resource development institutions with the demand of
SME. There are also only limited training options for middle management. Low skills of
work force, inadequate vocational training facilities yet remain outside the scope of the
entrepreneurial culture in Pakistan which goes beyond the inclination to trade in goods. This
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can be boosted by entrepreneurial skill development programs. The data of last five years
about the turnover of employees has shown that there is massive increase in employees
turnover, the number of employees in 2005 were 632 and now is 576 which shows a great
These are some of the intrinsic extrinsic benefits and factors that sme bank provides to its
There are three Department working under Special Assets Management Division which are
Small Loans Recovery Department (SLRD) Project Loans Recovery Department (PLRD) and
This department has the responsibility to recover the loans from small SMES. In this
department recovered old loans of Small Business Finance Corporations is recovering from
the borrowers and guarantors. These loans of less than Rs.500,000/- which are coming under
this department.
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3.9.2 Project Loans Recovery Department
This department recover the loan which are given to big SMEs like these loans are the loans
which were given to the projects in different sectors by the Regional Development Finance
In SME Recovery Department the loans provided by the SME Bank after its working is
recovered by this department. All types of loans which provided by this bank is recovering by
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CHAPTER – 4
SYSTEM FOR
RECOVERY
4.1 POLICY
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The Bank considered loan recovery operation as its full time professional/operational
responsibility.
Loan recovery strategy and modalities shall fall in line with borrower’s category
and staff.
Loan recovery policies shall be reviewed and revised from time to time under
instructions of Government/SBP.
Regions & Branches grouped into homogenous categories on the basis of portfolio
size.
certificates/yearly shields.
Up to 30% cross the board for early settlement incentive based and upto 50%
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CHAPTER – 5
PRODUCTS
& SERVICES
This commercial bank provided these two types of products to the borrowers and the other
institutions which need financing or financial assistance from the bank or they need services
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of this bank.
1. Lending Products
2. Banking Products
Any commercially viable business proposal merits SME Bank's support. It is Bank's effort to
assist and support enterprises that use indigenous raw material, add value and are export
oriented. Such enterprises are vital to our economy since these are labor intensive and thus
2. Asset Finance
3. Running Finance
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5.2.1 Product Features
Rs.25,000
Profit rates up to 5 %
Rs. 25,000
Rs. 25,000
Minimum Balance fee: Rs. 25 per month based on balances below Rs. 25,000
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PROFIT STRUCTURE RATE PER ANNUM
Privilege Coverage
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Accidental death covr Up to Rs.2 m
New account eligibility, for insurance cover, starts after 90 days from account opening.
Insurance cover provided by EFU Life Insurance. Quick processing time for borrowing
against funds. The insurance cover is provided to the extent of average balance maintained in
the account during last 90 days in case of natural death, whereas in case of accidental death
the coverage provided is double. For of permanent disability, due accident, a percentage of
In case of joint or partnership accounts the benefit is apportioned pro rata for each account
holder, i.e. if two account holders then the benefit is half for each, if three then a third for
Fees and other charges will be as per applicable schedule of bank charges. Zakat and
Product Features
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Free Issuance of ATM card.
Privilege Coverage
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New account eligibility, for insurance cover, starts after 90 days from account opening.
Insurance cover provided by EFU Life Insurance. Quick processing time for borrowing
against funds. The insurance cover is provided to the extent of average balance maintained in
the account during last 90 days in case of natural death, whereas in case of accidental death
the coverage provided is double. For of permanent disability, due accident, a percentage of
sum insured is paid. In case of joint or partnership accounts the benefit is apportioned pro rata
for each account holder, i.e. if two account holders then the benefit is half for each, if three
Fees and other charges will be as per applicable schedule of bank charges. Zakat and
SME Bank brings to you the opportunity to maximize the utilization of your funds. SME
smart term deposit plans not only gives you flexibility of choices in term of selecting the
profit payment plan, but a high return as well, because we know that you only go for the best.
Invest as low as Rs.100,000 for 1 Year and earn a profit of Rs.791.00 per month,
Or
Invest as low as Rs.100,000 for 2 Years and earn a profit of Rs.854.00 per month.
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month after month, which provides the flexible power to save with additional profit or
Fees and other charges will be as per applicable schedule of bank charges. Zakat and
Profit on Accounts
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SME Regular TDR
1 month 6.50%
3 month 7.50%
6 month 8.50%
1 year 10.00%
2 year 10.50%
3 year 11.00%
Special Rates for deposits exceeding Rs. 20 Million may be negotiated with the
customers on case to case basis. The terms & conditions are subject to the approval of
Kindly note that above profit rates are liable to compulsory deduction of withholding
tax @ 10%
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Premature encashment permissible at 0.25% less than the period for which deposit
were maintained
Access to market and industry information is one of the keys to develop successful business
strategies. Frequently, business and trade associations are able to provide their members with
such services. By associating with like institutions in foreign countries, they are also able to
establish links and obtain information on foreign markets. Over half of our SME (54 percent)
belong to a business or industry association. Their perceived role is limited to lobbing and
negotiation with the government. Yet very few SME (12 percent) perceive their associations
to increase the service provision by all types of stakeholders will become a fundamental issue
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CHAPTER – 6
FINANCIAL
ANALYSIS
Following is the financial analysis of SME bank for the last 5 years based on the profit &
Loss statements, balance sheet and ratio analysis. Financial statements of last 5 years are
given in appendixes.
6.1 Profit & Loss Statement, Balance sheet and ratio analysis:
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The profit and loss statement basically shows the decline in the profits of the bank. In the last
5 years there is a global slump and every organization is suffering due to this, same is the
reason with SME bank. They have given the loans but not recovered them which eventually
resulted in bad debts for the organization and the firms revenues are going down. As u can
see in the profit and loss statement of last 5 years (Given in Appendix) that the profit after tax
in 2005 was at 206.2(in billions) which was at all time high but as we moves toward next
years it is decreasing year by year, even in 2008 the bank was suffering with losses but now
they have recovered it, again they are trying to maintain and stable their condition.
Same is the case with balance sheet and ratio analysis which shows that how badly the
recession is affecting the bank and what is the condition of the bank in last 5 years through
ratio analysis. The ratio analysis is also an important component for financial analysis
because most of the investor invests after looking at the ratios; same is the case with the
customer. You can easily judge the position of the bank through looking at the change in
earning per share every year, which is at its peak in 2005 and at its worst in 2008. Investment
is giving the worst return in 2008 and the best returns in 2005 which would be peak for SME
bank. Even the capital and the Assets are returning lowest profits.
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6.2 Profit and Loss account (Rs.000)
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6.4 Ratio analysis (Rs.000)
The ratio analysis is also an important component for financial analysis because most of the
investor invests after looking at the ratios; same is the case with the customer. You can easily
judge the position of the bank through looking at the change in earning per share every year,
which is at its peak in 2005 and at its worst in 2008. Investment is giving the worst return in
2008 and the best returns in 2005 which would be peak for SME bank
In my point of view this is the weakest part of the bank. Currently they are not focusing on
the marketing strategies; basically the bank has both functions commercial and loaning. But
the whole focus is on the loaning function, they are totally neglecting the commercial one.
They don’t have any kind of marketing or advertising campaign and they are not advertising
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CHAPTER – 7
SWOT ANALYSIS
SWOT ANALYSIS:
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Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
SWOT analysis is a process to identify where we are strong and where we are vulnerable,
where we should defend and where we should attack. It tells us our strengths, our
weaknesses, the opportunities which prevail in the market and the threats which we may face
individual.
7.1 Strengths
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Responsible and competent people as branch manager who have the knowhow of
7.2 Weaknesses
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Every loan case has to be approved from head office which takes 10 days for
completion
Many of the value assessments are made on the basis of assumptions instead of
realities
Not targeting new customer base, only relying on the existing ones
7.3 Opportunities
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A great room for the bank to build themselves in commercial banking
Should conduct campus interviews to hire fresh blood which they really need
7.4 Threats
Pakistan is a developing country and our debt burdened economy is a major threat
The adoption of online system and developing of web sites by other banks can
The employee turnover can create a serious problem for the bank.
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CHAPTER – 8
COMPETITORS OF
SME BANK
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8.0 Competitors of SME bank
convenient, efficient and professional manner, leading to success of the Bank and the
farmers.
financing, special lending programs, technical assistance, and other products &
Pakistan (ADBP) is the premier financial institution geared towards the development
The restructuring of former ADBP is being carried out with the aim to uplift the
agriculture and rural sector by raising farm productivity, streamlining the institutional
credit and increasing income generating capacity of the farming community. ZTBL
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The new corporate structure redefines the bank's status as a public limited company
which aims at ensuring good governance, autonomy, delivering high quality. ZTBL is
financial services to the rural Pakistan, comprising 68 % of the total population. The
million clients annually and over one million accumulated account holders with the
average loan size of around Rs.89,000 serving 65%, 31% & 4 % of subsistence,
The total assets of the Bank stand at Rs.84 billion with authorized capital of Rs.25
country.
Assist rural community, particularly the small farmers, in raising their productivity
and income levels through timely delivery of credit, advisory and ancillary services.
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sustainable with indigenous product deployment. .
Establish and provide backward and forward linkages to strengthen agri. value added
commodity chains. .
Engage in public - private and wholesale - retail partnership to deepen outreach and
commercialize the agri. sector by delivering the true value of credit to the client.
8.2.1 Establishment:
development of the rural masses. This movement is very strong in many countries
tiers: Primary Societies were at the base, Central Bank / Banking Union were at the
secondary level; and Provincial Bank / Apex Society was at the top.
The Central Cooperative Banks (CCB) were established at each District / Tehsil and
Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank Ltd. in 1924 as an Apex Bank to meet funding
Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank Ltd / Central Cooperative Banks were engaged
in all types of banking & credit business with societies and individuals who were
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their members.
PPCBL was organized and being managed on the principal of voluntary and open
Cooperative Societies.
Sustaining operating losses mainly due to high cost debt servicing to SBP
HR Development issues
8.2.4 Restructuring:
PPCBL a viable and self sustained Bank for rural masses. For this purpose, a 5-Years
Restructuring Plan was prepared and submitted to State Bank of Pakistan (copy
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Organizational Structure revamped
Audit & Inspection Cells at Zonal Offices Shifted to Head Office and reorganized in
4 Teams
Surplus staff lay off and induction of qualified professionals – process initiated
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IDBP is one of Pakistan’s oldest developments financing institution created with the primary
objective of extending term finance for investment in the manufacturing sector of the
economy. Over the years, however, the Bank has emerged as an institution fostering the
growth and development of SME sector stimulating industrial progress in the rural/less
developed regions of the country besides offering lucrative opportunities to the house-holds
and institutions for the investment in its deposit schemes. IDBP has also become an important
component of the financial sector of Pakistan and is playing an active role in money and
capital market of the country. For attaining its objectives, the Bank provides medium and
long term finance in local and foreign currencies for the creation of fixed assets to new
existing projects. It extends technical, financial and managerial advice to its clients in
planning and execution of the industrial projects. It also facilitates transfer of technologies
IDBP is wholly owned by Government of Pakistan with 57% of its shares held by Federal
Government, 36% by State Bank of Pakistan and 7% by Provincial Governments and other
Public sector corporations. Its Board of Directors consisting of the representatives of private
IDBP is that besides Development Financing Institution it is also a scheduled bank and
authorized dealer of foreign exchange. Thus IDBP extends all kinds of merchant, investment
and commercial banking services to its clients which include provision of short term
advances, trade financing, lease financing, guarantees and under-writing. Thus IDBP operates
IDBP has the unique distinction of financing the first ever projects for a diversified list of
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products. These include UHT pack milk, three wheelers, radio/wireless receiving sets, marble
processing, coal mining, granite, acetic yarn, PVC deep sea fishing etc. The projects
implemented through IDBP’s financing generated over 100,000 new jobs and have an export
potential of about Rs.8.00 billion per annum. The value addition by the completed project is
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CHAPTER – 9
EXPERIENCES &
OBSERVATIONS
was assigned in the credit department. This department basically deals with all the following
Legal issues
Documentation
Evaluation
Evaluation of Assets
Insurance management
In the credit department we were not only confined to the work of credit we were performing
I was assigned to make the stock report of the clients which summarizes that what is
the value of the stock client has. On the basis of this stock reports they further renew
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I was assigned the job to interview the new customer, asses that what is value of the
collateral he/she and finally on the basis of the collateral what is amount of loan to be
issued. After this all assessment the other functions of the bank comes into account.
I was assigned to interview the client whose being finalized to issue the loan but
his/her personal information is still not enough. The form consists of six to seven
pages. We need to interview the person and fill the form accordingly.
9.1.4 Survey
I was also assigned the job to conduct a survey research that how many of the people
are aware of SME banks functions, how they react to this name, what people thinks
about loaning, how many are ready to get a loan etc. The responses were surprising
that many of the people were even not aware of SME bank.
After the survey was conducted, the manager assigned me another job to go shop to
shop in the commercial area and tell people about SME bank, its functions etc. This
tasks was a vast experience for me because I was interacting with different people
daily and was trying to convince those people who doesn’t even allows to sit. But that
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9.2 Contribution that I made
The marketing activities that I perform through going shop to shop and distributing cards,
broachers and pamphlets made me introduce SME bank to more than 150 shops, SME bank
was not having any kind of marketing department or marketing activity before. After doing
this I suggested them to make some marketing team in order to increase the number of credit
In my point of view the main problem and the weakest part of the banking strategy of this
specific branch is marketing. The reason behind fewer customers is marketing. SME bank
does not have any marketing strategy which they implement to grab the customers. Many of
us even don’t know that a bank exist named SME bank. The main reason behind all this is
lack of marketing or advertising campaign and they are not advertising through any kind of
media. The specific branch in which I have done internship doesn’t have any marketing team
or even a single guy who may inform others about the bank or even just pass on some
advertising material. The lack of marketing strategies has decreasing their share day by day
and they already don’t have many commercial customers. People may visit and people may
encounter their services but the condition is if they know that there is a bank named SME
bank. So the main problem which I identified there as a internee is lack of marketing
activities.
9.4 Findings
SME bank in Pakistan over the years has been facing many difficulties due to negligence by
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Government of Pakistan. Out of many problems, cumbersome procedure by Government
internalization of new technologies, lack of basic infrastructure, finance, marketing etc. and
most important of all, these factors discouraged commercial banks and other loaning
institutes to extend financing to SME sector. Some of the other problems are described
below:
Lengthy and cumbersome application procedures, which discourage both SMEs and
Banks.
Lack of skills in banks for identifying needs and structuring the delivery of financial
assistance to SMEs
There was lack of understanding between the credit and commercial department.
Less focus on customer convenience because use to wait for the cash teller to come
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RECOMMENDATIONS
&
CONCLUSION
10.1 RECOMMENDATIONS
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SME bank should adapt according to the need and change in technology and should
adopt the new technology like other Multinational banks are using.
SME bank should provide proper and up to date training to their employees in order
SME bank should build marketing team in order to aware the customers about them.
SME bank should focus to improve their commercial activities because there is lot of
SME bank should focus on innovation and creative products, it should bring
something new and transform their existing products so that the customer gets attract
of it.
SME bank should build some kind of cross functional teams in order to bridge the gap
SME bank should initiate some more motivational tools in order to maintain loyal
SME bank should try to increase the number of account holders through effective
means.
10.2 Conclusion
SME bank is basically controlled by federal government and it follows the directions and
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policies of the government. The basic function of SME bank is to provide loans to Small and
Medium enterprise. SME bank tries to provide a friendly environment to its customers and
try to win the trust of its customers. Talking about the current scenario, the financials of SME
banks shows it in losses but trying to recover. It also has some internal problems like
conflicts between departments. Most importantly it is not focusing on its marketing activities
due to which its customer base is week. Employees of the organization are not satisfied due
to lack of job security which reduces their motivational level. To be at the top SME should
focus on its marketing activities and should bring something innovative to change its current
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REFERENCES
References:
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Written notes during the internship
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank
http://www.google.com/
http://www.idbp.com.pk/idbp/intro.htm
http://www.pibas.com/
http://www.sbp.org.pk/stats/Balance/PunjabProCor
http://www.smebank.org/default.php
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APPENDIX
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