{"id":552636,"date":"2026-06-23T10:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T05:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=552636"},"modified":"2026-06-23T10:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T05:30:10","slug":"secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\/","title":{"rendered":"SECP approves Pakistan\u2019s first digital lending product exclusively for women-led MSMEs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Islamabad<br \/>\nThe Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved the country\u2019s first digital financing product dedicated solely to women-led Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).<br \/>\nUnder this product, the Company will offer women entrepreneurs asset financing ranging from PKR 100,000 to PKR 1.5 million, based on the outcome of the credit assessment of each borrower.<br \/>\nThe initiative marks a significant step towards SECP\u2019s agenda of promoting financial inclusion and expanding access to formal finance for women entrepreneurs, a segment that has traditionally remained underserved in the country.<br \/>\nThe innovative product, titled \u201cKhudmukhtar Khatoon,\u201d has been developed by M\/s. Walee Financial Services (Private) Limited.<br \/>\nThe product will provide fully digital, Shariah-compliant asset financing designed specifically to address the financing needs of women-owned small businesses.<br \/>\nThe financing facility will be offered through the Company\u2019s already whitelisted digital lending application, \u201cHakeem.\u201d Eligible applicants will be able to complete the entire financing process digitally.<br \/>\nThe approved financing may be utilized to purchase business-related assets through an integrated marketplace available within the platform. The selected assets will be delivered directly to the registered addresses of the borrowers.<br \/>\nThe financing amount may be repaid through equal monthly installments over a period of up to twelve months, enabling women-led enterprises to acquire productive assets while effectively managing their cash flows.<br \/>\nWalee Financial Services (Private) Limited is a licensed Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) engaged in investment finance services and is currently providing digital nano-financing through its mobile application. Approval of the Khudmukhtar Khatoon product by the SECP enables it to expand from consumer financing to financing for the MSME segment.<br \/>\nLending NBFCs are playing a notable role in extending finance to unexplored segments in Pakistan, having collectively disbursed financing of approximately PKR 111 billion to around 7.5 million micro and small businesses during the half-year period from July 2025 to December 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved the country\u2019s first digital financing product dedicated solely to women-led Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Under this product, the Company will offer women entrepreneurs asset financing ranging from PKR 100,000 to PKR 1.5 million, based on the outcome of the credit assessment of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-552636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SECP approves Pakistan\u2019s first digital lending product exclusively for women-led MSMEs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SECP approves Pakistan\u2019s first digital lending product exclusively for women-led MSMEs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved the country\u2019s first digital financing product dedicated solely to women-led Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Under this product, the Company will offer women entrepreneurs asset financing ranging from PKR 100,000 to PKR 1.5 million, based on the outcome of the credit assessment of [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Lead Pakistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-23T05:30:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\"},\"headline\":\"SECP approves Pakistan\u2019s first digital lending product exclusively for women-led MSMEs\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-23T05:30:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":316,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Business\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\\\/\",\"name\":\"SECP approves Pakistan\u2019s first digital lending product exclusively for women-led MSMEs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-23T05:30:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SECP approves Pakistan\u2019s first digital lending product exclusively for women-led MSMEs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Daily Lead Pakistan\",\"description\":\"Daily Lead Pakistan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Daily lead Pakistan\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/logo3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/logo3.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":154,\"caption\":\"Daily lead Pakistan\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\",\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Web Desk\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/author\\\/edt\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SECP approves Pakistan\u2019s first digital lending product exclusively for women-led MSMEs","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SECP approves Pakistan\u2019s first digital lending product exclusively for women-led MSMEs","og_description":"Islamabad The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved the country\u2019s first digital financing product dedicated solely to women-led Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Under this product, the Company will offer women entrepreneurs asset financing ranging from PKR 100,000 to PKR 1.5 million, based on the outcome of the credit assessment of [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\/","og_site_name":"Daily Lead Pakistan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/","article_published_time":"2026-06-23T05:30:10+00:00","author":"Web Desk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DailyLeadPak","twitter_site":"@DailyLeadPak","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Web Desk","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\/"},"author":{"name":"Web Desk","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62"},"headline":"SECP approves Pakistan\u2019s first digital lending product exclusively for women-led MSMEs","datePublished":"2026-06-23T05:30:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\/"},"wordCount":316,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Business"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\/","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\/","name":"SECP approves Pakistan\u2019s first digital lending product exclusively for women-led MSMEs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-06-23T05:30:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/secp-approves-pakistans-first-digital-lending-product-exclusively-for-women-led-msmes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SECP approves Pakistan\u2019s first digital lending product exclusively for women-led MSMEs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/","name":"Daily Lead Pakistan","description":"Daily Lead Pakistan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization","name":"Daily lead Pakistan","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/logo3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/logo3.jpg","width":1000,"height":154,"caption":"Daily lead Pakistan"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DailyLeadPak","https:\/\/instagram.com\/DailyLeadPak\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62","name":"Web Desk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Web Desk"},"url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/author\/edt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":552644,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552636\/revisions\/552644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}