Launch of Web Portal (InvestPak) for Investment in Government Securities

DMMD Circular No. 08 — November 05, 2025

The Presidents/Chief Executives,

All Banks/Primary Dealers/Microfinance Banks

Dear Sir/Madam,

Launch of Web Portal (InvestPak) for Investment in Government Securities

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has launched a Web Portal named ‘InvestPak’, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Portal’, to digitize the process of investment in government securities for Individuals and corporate customers, maintaining PKR accounts with banks, Primary Dealers (PDs) and Microfinance Banks (MFBs) (hereinafter, collectively referred as Financial Institutions (FIs)). The Portal will allow account holders (customers) of FIs to digitally open Investor Portfolio of Securities (IPS) accounts; place bids in primary auction of government securities; and buy/sell securities through secondary market without having to visit FIs. The Portal is accessible at https://investpak.sbp.org.pk/ and through mobile application.

All banks/PDs are mandated to facilitate their customers to register on the Portal. The Microfinance Banks (MFBs) are also encouraged to facilitate their customers to register on the Portal. All FIs should ensure high service standards and excellent user experience for their customers.

Following instructions are being issued for strict compliance:

A. Role of FIs on the Portal:

1. The Financial Institutions (FIs) have been given access on the Portal.
2. The Portal has been designed to meet the requirements related to primary auctions and secondary market trading of government securities. In this context, the FIs can customize their treasury functions pertaining to front, middle, and back office.
3. The detailed responsibilities of the FIs are available at Annexure-I.

B. Customer Onboarding on the Portal:

1. All individuals, joint account holders and corporates (hereinafter collectively referred as customers) having PKR bank account are eligible to digitally register on the Portal using IBAN (International Bank Account Number).
2. In case a customer does not have an Investor Portfolio of Securities (IPS) account for investment in government securities, the customer can request for opening of the IPS account via the Portal to the respective FI along with the registration request.
3. The Portal allows all individual and corporates to use their multiple PKR / IPS accounts across different FIs on a single registered account on the Portal.
4. For facilitation of customers, the detailed process of digital onboarding on the Portal, Guidelines for Individual Investor, Guidelines for Joint Investors, and Guidelines for Corporate Investors are available at the Portal.
5. FIs are required to process each request of the account holder for registration/onboarding on the Portal and inform the customer of the decision within 2 working days (48 hours).
6. FIs are required to provide justification on the Portal for each registration/IPS account opening request that is turned down. Such instances of rejection will be regularly monitored by SBP.

C. Participation in Primary Auctions through the Portal:

1. Auctions of government securities will be set up on the Portal by SBP as per the Auction Calendar. The FIs must facilitate all registered users to participate through the Portal in primary auctions conducted by SBP.
2. The customers can submit their Competitive Bids (CBs) or Non Competitive Bids (NCBs) to their respective FI through the Portal. For further details, please see the Guidelines for Auction Activities available on the Portal.
3. For further specific details on role of FIs in this process, please see Annexure-II.

D. Secondary Market Trades:

1. Customers can also purchase or sell government securities in the secondary market through the Portal by requesting quotes from their bank for settlement in same day or forward value. FIs shall provide firm quotes for the government securities upon receiving buy or sell requests from their customers.
2. For detailed process, please see Guidelines for Sell/Purchase in Secondary Market at the Portal.
3. The quotes provided by an FI for the sale or purchase of government securities via the Portal will be considered binding till the stipulated time specified by the FI in the quote.
4. FIs must facilitate secondary market trades of customers requested during the business hours. Any request after business hours may be processed on the next working day.
5. Other requirements mentioned in Annexure C of DMMD Circular No.07 of 2021 will remain the same.
6. The settlement of accepted secondary market orders of customers will continue as per the existing mechanism with no change.
7. PDs are required to update the yields/prices of on-the-run issues on continuous basis at the “Indicative Quotes” page of the Portal during normal business hours. These quotes will remain visible to general public.

E. Update of Investor Portfolio Details:

The securities purchased or sold through the Portal will be automatically reflected in the Investor Portfolio. For securities purchased or sold through other means, it will be the responsibility of FIs to update their customers’ securities portfolios through functionalities available on the Portal, like Excel Upload.

F. Complaint Management System:

1. Customers can lodge their complaints via the Portal or through dedicated call center.
2. FIs must devise measures and allocate appropriate resources to ensure the prompt resolution of customers’ complaints marked to the FIs on the Portal.

The Portal shall be available for the customers from 06-Nov-2025. Other instructions on the subject shall, however, remain unchanged.

Enclosed:

• Annexure-I - Responsibilities of FIs
• Annexure-II - Participation in Primary Auctions through the Portal

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Mahmood ul Hasan Khan
Director

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Annexure – I
Responsibilities of FIs

1. A senior officer of the concerned area of each FI will be designated as “Super-user”,
   who will have privileges for all functionalities on the Portal including creating further Sub-users within respective institution as per its own requirements.
2. In order to create a ‘Super-user’ account, FIs must share with SBP the details, i.e.
   name, designation, official email and mobile phone number of the officer, at email ID: money.market@sbp.org.pk.
3. The Super-user will have the privilege to add or remove any role and responsibility of
   the Sub-users.
4. For onboarding of account holders on the Portal, the Super-user will at least create
   following two types of Sub-users:
   a. One Sub-user (Inputter) will be responsible for verification of details submitted by an account holder on the Portal as part of its onboarding request. b. Upon verification of all the details by above mentioned Sub-user, second Sub￾user (Approver) will be responsible to give final authorization for customer on￾boarding on the Portal.
5. Upon authorization of onboarding request, the Portal will auto-generate the user ID
   and first time password and will send it to customer through email and mobile number provided at the time of registration.
6. Super-user can create further Sub-users as per their internal assignment of roles and
   requirements.
7. The FI will immediately inform SBP for removal of rights/privileges of ‘Super-user’ in
   case of transfer/ resignation. Further, the FI will ensure that the access of Sub-users leaving the FI or transferred to any other department must be removed immediately.
8. The Super-user must also perform regular management review of all accounts and
   privileges of the Sub-users’ access on the Portal and ensure that their access rights are appropriate. The frequency of this review must be at least twice a year (i.e. every six months). The procedures listed below are an outline of the minimum efforts needed to comply with these instructions. a. Produce a record of all Sub-users, including their specific levels of access. b. Review the Sub-users to determine if they are still active and if their level of access is appropriate.
   c. Suspend Sub-users who are no longer active and change levels of access if
   needed. d. Retain all data and communications produced during the review.

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Annexure-II
Participation in Primary Auctions through the Portal

1. Non-PDs are mandated to forward bids (both competitive and non-competitive) of
   their registered customers to the PDs using the Portal.
2. PDs will forward all bids of their registered customers including bids forwarded by
   Non-PDs, to SBP through the Portal.
3. PDs will continue to submit all the bids (including bids received through the Portal and
   those received from the existing mechanism in place) on PRISM+ auction module as per existing practice.
4. The auction closing time for respective bids of customers, Non-PDs, and PDs will be
   specified and separated by appropriate time intervals to facilitate FIs to complete their internal processes.
5. Each participant will submit the bids in the auction within their respective auction
   window opened at the Portal.
6. Bids submitted in the auction cannot be withdrawn or amended after the closure of
   auction window.
7. The auction results will be available to all auction participants through the Portal after
   the cut-off announcement.
8. The securities portfolios of all successful customers on the Portal will be updated with
   the accepted bids after the announcement of the auction cut-offs.
9. The settlement of successful bids will continue to take place through existing
   mechanism, in which SBP will debit PD’s current account and credit securities in respective PD’s SGLA. The PD will further onward settle the bids submitted by Non-PD FIs.