Welcome to Tameer Microfinance Bank Limited. Our vision is to be Pakistan's first nation wide, private sector, commercially sustainable microfinance bank. One of the major enabling factors for Tameer was the SBP 2001 Microfinance Ordinance regulating the creation of commercial microfinance banks.

At Tameer, we want to commercialize microfinance so that it is sustainable. If we stop thinking of the poor as victims and start picturing them as entrepreneurs and customers, a new potential market arises. Unless microfinance is financed through commercial sources, it will remain in the realm of development aid and its growth will be limited. If commercial capital is utilized and utilized profitably, growth and thus poverty alleviation can expand tremendously. In addition to growth, financial sustainability will allow us to meet our costs and provide a return to our shareholders. Whilst improving people's lives, microfinance can become a valid, profit making business.

With a network of branches across the country, in areas and communities where microfinance needs are greatest, we want to (a) serve our customers with appropriate and well tested banking services and tailor made products and (b) we want to be be part of their communities. We are doing this by formulating and executing an effective and understanding community relations strategy and by hiring people from within our the local communities where we have our branches. We are also using cutting edge technology in order to streamline and improve our services and to cut cost.

If we take the larger picture, microfinance underpins the achievement of many Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and plays a key role in many MDG strategies. In days to come, we hope to become part of this larger picture.


Nadeem Hussain
CEO/President