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Pathfinder Group

Can a locally-licensed payments operator become the rails for financial inclusion and government disbursements across Pakistan?

HQKarachi, Pakistan
IndustryFintech / Payments
The story

Pathfinder Group's Financial Services & Technology Division operates Virtual Remittance Gateway (VRG), positioned since 2013 as Pakistan's first licensed Payment System Operator/Payment Service Provider. The business focuses on telco–bank interoperability under the Asaan Mobile Account (AMA) scheme and on G2P (Government-to-Person) social fund disbursement programs.

Last 12 months
Product timeline
2013
Virtual Remittance Gateway (VRG) launched as Pakistan's first licensed PSO/PSP and TPSP, focused on financial inclusion.· banking
Regulated entities
Payment System Operator / Payment Service Provider (PSO/PSP)
Pakistan (SBP) · 2013
Virtual Remittance Gateway (Pvt.) Ltd.
Third Party Service Provider (TPSP)
Pakistan (PTA)
Virtual Remittance Gateway (Pvt.) Ltd.
The stack
Payments / PSP
Virtual Remittance Gateway (self-operated)
Banking / BaaS
Virtual Remittance Gateway (in-house)
Accounting gap: none