The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has taken steps to provide citizens with fresh currency notes, especially with Eid holidays at the end of the month.
To this effect, SBP has started its SMS service for the issuance of the fresh currency notes this year. The service is launched to facilitate people in acquiring new currency notes for the event of Eid-ul-Fitr.
This facility will be provided through 500 e-branches in 116 cities during Ramzan, 2016.
To get fresh currency notes, you need to have two things:
e-branch ID can be obtained by clicking this link. Note down the ID of bank branch that’s nearest to you and do following:
Charges of sending an SMS to 8877: Rs. 2 (plus tax)
In reply to the SMS, the customer will get their redemption code, e-branch address and redemption code validity date.
The redemption code will be valid for two working days.
Once you receive the code, the customer can visit the concerned e-branch along with their original CNIC card, its photocopy and the redemption code received from 8877 to acquire the fresh notes.
People should be mindful of the fact that in order to avoid an abuse of the system, SBP has allotted a quota of new notes which will be granted to each person.
This quota consists of:
Under the SMS service, each CNIC number and mobile phone number can only be used once.
No transaction code will be issued to the sender if they:
Not only will this not work, but it will result in an increased cost to the sender.
To entertain queries/complaints of the general public, SBP-BSC has established a help desk at 111-008-877.
The help desk can be contacted through NWD code of:
The help desk facility will only be available during office hours.
It is expected that the restart of the SMS service will facilitate the public in acquiring fresh currency notes for Eid-ul-Fitr in a timely and hassle-free manner.