Banking customers often use their debit and credit cards for online payments to Pakistani and international service providers and retailers. However, recent reports have revealed that United Bank Limited (UBL) customers are reportedly unable to make their Netflix payments.
While many of them feared that the bank might be following Meezan Bank in blocking payments for the video streaming platform, the bank’s customer representatives claim that is not the case.
A customer support official has informed ProPakistani that the facility of Netflix payments is unavailable due to some security issues at their end. He mentioned that their security team is fixing the issue, however, refrained from giving a restoration time.
Despite repeated efforts, UBL’s spokesman was unavailable for comment.
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Meezan Bank Controversy
It is worth mentioning here that the Shariah-Compliant Meezan Bank’s decision to block payments for Netflix subscription created quite a controversy on social media.
The news picked up when one of Meezan’s users took to Twitter to reveal that his payment for the Netflix subscription was declined. Within hours more and more people joined and started bashing the bank for its ‘ridiculous’ decision.
Following the scandal, the bank had to come up with an official statement saying that the payment was declined after the Shariah board’s decision.
As per the regulations and Shariah Compliance Guidelines of State Bank of Pakistan, Meezan Bank cannot provide any product or service that is not in line with the guidelines of Shariah Compliance.
If Meezan Bank is so “Shariah Compliant” then why are they dealing in interest? Or is that somehow much less of a sin than payments to Netflix?
For you, I would say, dogs will be dogs. Ops… just said it. ;)
Found the guy who lives off of interest!
netflix has people exposing their bodies so that’s why. you can lie, cheat and steal no problem. but don’t you dare expose your flesh. that is a sin worse than anything in pakistan.
What about so called Pakistan Lollywood movies they also do these things in their item Songs.
just buy nextflix subscription from daraz. they give you new account every month for 600 rs
Seems fishy. Is it legal?
How do they give the account in this amount?
nextflix new acount pe free trial deta hai 30 days ka. wo daraz waley aap ko new account bana ke de dete hain har baar 600 rs mei aur uss ka password de dete hain. aap ko bas prepayment karni hoti hai and within 24hrs email ata hai
Ubl services are let me say worst ever in banking industry. They need overall change in their top as well middle management.
meh.. I have switched to PTCL billing for Netflix. Took less than a minute. Cant be bothered to repeatedly manually renew my subscription through voucher cards every month.
Support Local Online Movie Service Like StarzPlay ” Or Launch Something New :
RIP Mentality
Bhai, apko kafi dafa useless comment kerte dekha hai. I understand apko baatein kernay ka showck hai magr bolnay se pehle soch lia kero and dekh lia kero ke kuch sahi bhi bolra hon ke nai.
StarzPlay American service hai like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Apni bananay ke liye time aur investment chahiye hogi jo kay ajkal mushkil hai.
Bhai kis jahil insaan ko samjha rhay hain aap is banday nay na kabhi netflex dekha hoga na starzplay yeh sirf apni aqalmandi yahaan sabit karnay k liye is trah ki bongiyaan marta rehta hay or sub say khoob zaleeh hota hy ab is ki qismat main zaleel hona likha hay tu aap or hum kya kar saktay hain
Baat apki bilkul sahi hai. Lekin is insaan ko aqal naam ki koi cheez nahi hai. Is se andaaza laga len k StarzPlay ko Pakistani service keh raha hai. Is bewaqoof ko har jaga apna munh kholnay ki adat hai.
Agar bewaqoofi k koi olympics hotay to ye har baar gold medal leta aur is k hotay huay koi bewaqoofi k gold medal k qareeb b nahi aa pata.
one can easily use PTCL billing for Netflix if they’re ptcl user.
easiest of them all!
And people say foreign companies are not providing their services in Pakistan, why the hell they will provide services when even our banking system is not approving a simple monthly subscription ?