TPS Pakistan

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TPS Pakistan
Company typePrivate Limited Company
IndustryFinancial services
Founded1996 1
FoundersMohammad Sohail
Mubashir Rahim
Headquarters,
Pakistan
Area served
Europe, Middle East, Africa and South Asia
Key people
Mohammad Sohail
(Director)
Mubashir Rahim
(Director)
Ovais Habib Khan
(COO)
Shahzad Shahid
(CEO) in 2017 [2]
ProductsSwitching Middleware
ATM & POS Controller
Inter Bank Shared Switch
Payment gateway
Remittance gateway
Internet Banking System
EMV personalization
Number of employees
Over 500 (2021)
Websitetpsworldwide.com

TPS Pakistan is a Pakistani technology company established in 1996 by two entrepreneurs Mohammed Sohail and Mubashir Rahim.[1]

Company background

TPS Pakistan's two founders, Mohammad Sohail and Mubashir Rahim, completed their higher education in engineering in the United States. After gaining experience at NCR Corporation, a software and electronics company specialised in computer servers and ATMs,[1] they returned to Pakistan in the early 1990s. In Karachi, they established their own software company, focusing on networking connectivity, particularly within the banking and financial sectors.[1]

Accomplishments

Business agreements with other companies

  • In 2017, National Bank of Pakistan launched 'Pre-paid' cards with the cooperation of TPS Pakistan company.[3]
  • As of 2015, TPS Pakistan claimed that approximately 40 microfinance banks were utilizing their inter-bank shared switch, 1LINK, an interbank network in Pakistan. Before adopting TPS's software, banks in Pakistan could only connect to their own ATMs during regular banking hours. There was a pressing need for constant, 24/7 online connectivity, not only with their own ATMs but also with those of other banks, to provide customers with the convenience of using any ATM regardless of their bank. TPS Pakistan's solution addressed this need, enhancing the efficiency and accessibility of ATM services across the country.[1]
  • TPS Pakistan reportedly claims that they developed the badly needed Inter-Bank Fund Transfer (IBFT) technology in Pakistan which then allowed electronic fund transfers from bank to bank in real time.[1]
  • As this technology already existed in many countries, TPS Pakistan reportedly wanted to introduce it in Pakistan with their developed software to allow people to do their basic banking transactions through the internet and mobile phones.[1][4]

Headquarters

TPS Pakistan's headquarters are located at TPS Tower in Karachi. Initially, the headquarters were situated in Business Avenue. In 2008, TPS Pakistan announced the relocation of their headquarters to the larger and more spacious TPS Tower.

History

TPS Pakistan started off as a two-man operation in 1996 by the name of Transaction Processing Systems, it gradually grew and eventually was incorporated with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan as TPS Pakistan (Private) Limited company in 2003.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Parvaiz Ishfaq Rana (19 January 2015). "TPS software house's reach". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. ^ CEO Shahzad Shahid interviewed, techjuice.pk website, Published 27 April 2017, Retrieved 21 September 2017
  3. ^ National Bank of Pakistan launches 'Prepaid' cards with the company TPS Pakistan, The News International (newspaper), Published 4 February 2017, Retrieved 21 September 2017
  4. ^ Ali Raza Mehdi (7 September 2015). "Financial inclusion through digitization". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 21 September 2017.