Karachi:
Deadline for
biometric verification of
bank accounts would expire
today (Sunday).
bank accounts of the customers who fail to get their
biometric verification done
today would be blocked and they would not able to carry out transactions.According to reports, between 60 and 80 percent
accounts in different banks have been transferred to
biometric system.Quoting a National
bank spokesman, Geo News reported almost three million
bank account have been registered in the
biometric system.The State
bank of Pakistan has directed banks not to block
bank accounts of customers who have failed to get their
biometric verification done before the
Deadline ends.Last week, the State
bank had stopped the banks from blocking
accounts before expiry of
Deadline which is June 30, 2019.The statement was issued after complaints surfaced that some banks have temporarily blocked
accounts and ATM cards until the
biometric verification is done.
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