{"id":4608,"date":"2017-08-10T15:15:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T14:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/?p=4608"},"modified":"2018-12-04T10:13:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T10:13:44","slug":"central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Directorate of National Savings: Outstanding Contribution to Financial Inclusion Pakistan 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4609\" src=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NationalSavings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"137\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Administering the savings of over seven million individuals, Pakistan\u2019s Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) is the country\u2019s largest financial institution in terms of deposits with a balance in excess of $32bn. CDNS maintains a nationwide presence through a network of 376 branch offices.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">National Savings \u2013 as the directorate is known \u2013 traces its history back to 1873 with the enactment of Government Savings Bank Act. Today, National Savings offers an exceptionally comprehensive array of products from saving accounts and certificates to prize bonds, ranges from 3 months to 10 years, from Youth\/ Students to Senior Citizens, from Individuals to Employee Contributory Funds.. CDNS also offers a number of special purpose products that caters to the specific needs of senior citizens, widows, pensioners, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The directorate adheres strictly to its long-time mission to further financial inclusion and strengthen social security by promoting thrift and mobilising the resulting savings for the common good. Almost half of CDNS clients are women. whereas in commercial banks, women represent barely 4% of depositors. National Savings emphasises the institution\u2019s role in empowerment of women. CDNS also aims to help reduce the number of people outside the financial system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The CFI.co judging panel commends National Savings on its proactive approach to its mission. The judges are pleased to offer the Central Directorate of National Savings the 2017 Outstanding Contribution to Financial Inclusion Pakistan Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Administering the savings of over seven million individuals, Pakistan\u2019s Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) is the country\u2019s largest financial institution in terms of deposits with a balance in excess<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,41,53],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-4608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-community-engagement","category-front","tag-83"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.6 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Central Directorate of National Savings: Outstanding Contribution to Financial Inclusion Pakistan 2017 - CFI.co<\/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:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Central Directorate of National Savings: Outstanding Contribution to Financial Inclusion Pakistan 2017\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Administering the savings of over seven million individuals, Pakistan\u2019s Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) is the country\u2019s largest financial institution in terms of deposits with a balance in excess\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CFI.co\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CapitalFinanceInternational\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-10T14:15:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-12-04T10:13:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NationalSavingsThumb.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"349\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"218\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"marten\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@CFIMagazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CFIMagazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"marten\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"marten\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#\/schema\/person\/e3ad9b01223c3a8168d49fc9b884a909\"},\"headline\":\"Central Directorate of National Savings: Outstanding Contribution to Financial Inclusion Pakistan 2017\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-10T14:15:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-04T10:13:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/\"},\"wordCount\":236,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NationalSavingsThumb.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2017\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Asia Pacific\",\"Community Engagement\",\"FRONT\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/\",\"name\":\"Central Directorate of National Savings: Outstanding Contribution to Financial Inclusion Pakistan 2017 - CFI.co\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NationalSavingsThumb.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-10T14:15:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-04T10:13:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#\/schema\/person\/e3ad9b01223c3a8168d49fc9b884a909\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NationalSavingsThumb.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NationalSavingsThumb.jpg\",\"width\":349,\"height\":218},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Central Directorate of National Savings: Outstanding Contribution to Financial Inclusion Pakistan 2017\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/\",\"name\":\"CFI.co\",\"description\":\"Awards\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#\/schema\/person\/e3ad9b01223c3a8168d49fc9b884a909\",\"name\":\"marten\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cba215529388907795149c7f3a29e812b17a839430ad09073ac8adeb2fd3b7f4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cba215529388907795149c7f3a29e812b17a839430ad09073ac8adeb2fd3b7f4?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"marten\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/author\/marten\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Central Directorate of National Savings: Outstanding Contribution to Financial Inclusion Pakistan 2017 - CFI.co","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:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Central Directorate of National Savings: Outstanding Contribution to Financial Inclusion Pakistan 2017","og_description":"Administering the savings of over seven million individuals, Pakistan\u2019s Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) is the country\u2019s largest financial institution in terms of deposits with a balance in excess","og_url":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/","og_site_name":"CFI.co","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CapitalFinanceInternational\/","article_published_time":"2017-08-10T14:15:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-12-04T10:13:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":349,"height":218,"url":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NationalSavingsThumb.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"marten","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@CFIMagazine","twitter_site":"@CFIMagazine","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"marten","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/"},"author":{"name":"marten","@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#\/schema\/person\/e3ad9b01223c3a8168d49fc9b884a909"},"headline":"Central Directorate of National Savings: Outstanding Contribution to Financial Inclusion Pakistan 2017","datePublished":"2017-08-10T14:15:05+00:00","dateModified":"2018-12-04T10:13:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/"},"wordCount":236,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NationalSavingsThumb.jpg","keywords":["2017"],"articleSection":["Asia Pacific","Community Engagement","FRONT"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/","url":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/","name":"Central Directorate of National Savings: Outstanding Contribution to Financial Inclusion Pakistan 2017 - CFI.co","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NationalSavingsThumb.jpg","datePublished":"2017-08-10T14:15:05+00:00","dateModified":"2018-12-04T10:13:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#\/schema\/person\/e3ad9b01223c3a8168d49fc9b884a909"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NationalSavingsThumb.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/NationalSavingsThumb.jpg","width":349,"height":218},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/asia-pacific\/2017\/central-directorate-of-national-savings-outstanding-contribution-to-financial-inclusion-pakistan-2017\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Central Directorate of National Savings: Outstanding Contribution to Financial Inclusion Pakistan 2017"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/","name":"CFI.co","description":"Awards","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#\/schema\/person\/e3ad9b01223c3a8168d49fc9b884a909","name":"marten","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cba215529388907795149c7f3a29e812b17a839430ad09073ac8adeb2fd3b7f4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cba215529388907795149c7f3a29e812b17a839430ad09073ac8adeb2fd3b7f4?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"marten"},"url":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/author\/marten\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}