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Bank Islami Final Report Edited
Bank Islami Final Report Edited
For the completion of our report I am indebted to plenty of people for their very sincere
cooperation that they extended to me at various stages. First and foremost problem that every
student faces is the selection of a Report. I am very thankful to my supervisor Mr. Mr. Asad
Shahjan for helping me out in time of confusion. During our course and the execution of my
report, I had a real chance to learn from his vast experience and immense knowledge.
I am very thankful to staff members of Bank Islami Branch Mansehra that they guided and
provided me valuable information regarding my report especially Mr. Shafqat Hussain
(operational manager).
Finally I am thankful to the most merciful and Almighty Allah who gives me the strength that
I fulfill my task efficiently.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A good banking system plays important role in development of country’s economy. The aim
of this report is to show knowledge and observation of study during my six weeks internship.
During internship I came to know about procedures and activities of banking.
Bank Islami Pakistan limited is publically listed company was established on October 18, 2004
in Pakistan.
The report is divided into different chapters that cover all aspects of Islamic banking sector.
The first chapter describes purpose and background of study.
Second chapter shows the department’s products and value added services offered by BIPL.
Third chapter is about activities performed and learnt by internee during period of internship.
Fourth chapter is about financial analysis of different statements of BIPL and their comparison
with another Islami bank i.e. Meezan bank limited.
Fifth chapter is about SWOT analysis of BIPL and its cornparison with MBL.
Last chapter consist of weaknesses and recommendations which is necessary for bank to being
change in order to satisfy their customers.
BIPL is one of the few banks in Pakistan which has authentic deposits franchise, and offering
both wholesale and retail banking products and services through its wide network.
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LIST OF ACRONYMS
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Table of Contents
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Chapter No. 3 Product services and Departments
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Departments
3.2.1.1 Nature of the Deposits
3. 2.1.2 Procedures for account opening
3.2.1.3 Remittances Management
3.2.1.4 Cash Management
3.2.2 Credit Department
3.2.2.1 Musharakah Financing
3.2.2.2 Mudarabah Financing
3.2.2.3 Working Capital Finance
3.2.3 Consumer banking
3.2.3
Online Banking
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Annexure
Chapter No. 1
INTRODUCTION TO STUDY
Bank Islami was established on October 18, 2004 in Pakistan and is the second full-fledge
Islamic commercial bank in Pakistan and expanding its branches throughout the country and
also offering different products to customers.
In this study data is collected through primary as well as secondary sources but mostly
information is based on my personal observations which help me to collect the data about this
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specific branch.
Primary sources:
• Discussion with customer manager and interview taken from staff numbers.
• Personal observation.
Secondary sources:
Most of the useful information was obtained from already available manuals, journals, website
of organization, annual reports, of BIL etc. information regarding bank policies, procedures
and rules can be obtained from bank’s records and documents.
• 1st chapter is about introduction of study, which includes its background, purpose
research methodology, introduction to BankIslami including its nature, performance,
business volume, objectives and strategies.
• 2nd chapter is about departments of bank including account opening department, cash
department, remittance department, cleaning department.
• 3rd chapter is about activities performed by interne.
• 4th chapter is about SWOT and financial analysis of bank and comparison with other
banks and also including ratio analysis.
• 5th chapter is about shortfalls of organization and recommendations.
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Chapter NO.2
Introduction to banking
Banks are very useful for utilization of country’s resources and for growth of economy. Banks
help in capital information by deposit surplus from public and advance these surplus in form
of loans to businessman and industrialists, agriculturists under different scheme.
There are different views about origin of word banking. Some says it deceived from an Italian
word “banque” means bench. According to other view it derived from German work “bane”
means a joint stock firm.
According to Growther, there are three ancestor of banker i.e.
The Mechanls the gold smith, money lenders.
In short bank is a financial institution at lower rate of interest and give at higher rate of interest
to those who need them.
Banking in Pakistan
Banking is one of the fastest growing industries in all over the world. Banks play important
role in economic development of country.
Pakistan Banks Association established in 1953, its main objective is to co-ordinate the efforts
of banking industry. At the time of partition, Pakistan was in difficult situation to run its own
banking system with out resources. Therefore it was recommended that reserve bank of India
have continue to wok in Pakistan until 30th September 1948. Before establishment of SSBP all
banking activities were conducted by reserve bank of India. By 1970, Pakistan started
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flourishing in banking sector. Now all banks follow and are working under banking ordinance
1962 and controlled by SB and now there are three types of banks sewing in Pakistan i.e.
Government banks, Private banks and Foreign banks.
The idea of BankIslami was conceptualized by Jahangir Siddiqui & Company Limited and
DCD Group in late 2003. The idea was formulized by Mr. Hassan A. Bilgrami, appointed as
Adviser to the sponsors on March 16, 2004. A detailed business plan was then prepared and a
formal application was submitted to the State Bank of Pakistan on May 26, 2004. On September
26, 2005, Dubai Bank joined the Sponsors and became one of the founding shareholders of
BankIslami by investing 18.75% in the total Capital.
The State Bank of Pakistan issued a No Objection Certificate on August 19, 2004 and
BankIslami Pakistan Limited, the second full-fledge Islamic Commercial Bank in Pakistan,
was established on October 18, 2004 in Pakistan.
BankIslami Pakistan Limited was the first Bank to receive the Islamic Banking license under
the Islamic Banking policy of 2003 on March 31, 2005. The Bank focus on Wealth
Management as the core area of business in addition to Shariah compliant Retail Banking
products, Proprietary and Third party products, and integrated financial planning services.
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BankIslami Pakistan Limited made a public offering of Rs. 400 Million, at par, from 6th to 8th
March. The Initial public offering (IPO) of BankIslami received great response from the
general public as the applications received were 9 times higher than offered, fetching nearly
Rs. 3.5 Billion, against the demand of Rs. 400 Million.
Network Expansion:
BankIslami started its operations on 7th April 2006 with its first branch in SITE, Karachi. The
Bank had 10 branches, nine in Karachi and one in Quetta by the end of 2006. By the end of
year 2007, its branch network grew to 36 branches in 23 cities. In 2008, the Bank opened 66
new branches nationwide which expanded its network to 102 branches in 49 cites. This gives
BankIslami the distinction of having the fastest expanding network in Pakistan.
BankIslami Pakistan Limited is the 2nd largest Islamic Bank in Pakistan. It offers both
wholesale and retail banking products and services through its distribution network.
Deposit Franchise
BIPL is one of the few banks in Pakistan which has a genuine deposits franchise. Instead of
targeting large, rate sensitive accounts, BIPL as strategy focused on retail customers who are
stable, less rate sensitive and loyal. Current and Saving Accounts recorded impressive growth.
Even growth in Fixed Deposits was propelled by our five and ten depository products which
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Technology Infrastructure
BIPL technology infra-structure was further strengthened during the year with full deployment
of state of art shariah complaint core banking system, iMAL. BIPL is the largest user of Linux
in Pakistan which has helped to have a stable, cost effective platform compared to their peers.
BIPL market share in ATM transactions has improved to 11 th position amongst 1-LINK
members
Management Team
Most of the BIPL's senior management team has had work experience at global banks and have
BUSINESS VOLUME
(Rs. in 000)
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2007 2008 2009 2010
Rupees in million
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2010 2009 2008 2007
Balance sheet
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Total Deposits
RS in million
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
2008 2009 2010
Total Assests
RS in million
50,000
45,000
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
2008 2009 2010
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Total Financing
RS in million
18,000
16,000
14,000
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
2008 2009 2010
Branck Network
RS in million
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
2008 2009 2010
Sponsors:
Bank Islami is a joint venture among three shareholders namely, DCD Group, Dubai Bank
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SHARE HOLDERS RS IN MILLION %
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Future Prospects of the Organization
Values Statement
• Product authenticity
• Customer focus
• Meritocracy
• Integrity
• Team work
• Humility
• Innovation
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Vision Statement
Mission Statement
The Mission of BankIslami is to create value for our stakeholders by offering Authentic, Sharia
through:
⚫ Authenticity
⚫ Innovation
foundation for our performance lies on our human capital and BankIslami remains
Objective:
• To achieve sustained growth and profitability in all areas of business. To build and
• To develop a customer service oriented culture with special emphasis on customer care
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and convenience.
• To effectively manage and mitigate all kinds of risks inherent in the banking business.
standards.
• To manage the bank portfolio of the business to achieve strong and sustainable
Strategic Planning:
• To facilitate alignment of the vision, mission, corporate and with the business goals.
• To provide strategic initiatives and solutions for projects, products, policies and
procedures.
• To provide strategic solutions to mitigate weak areas and to counter threats to profits.
• To create and leverage strategic assets and capabilities for competitive advantage.
• Future prospectus is to improve risk management, which considered being one of the
essentials for sustainable success in the business. Based on the risk management
guidelines issued by state bank of Pakistan; a risk management strategy has been
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Chapter No. 3
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PRODUCT, SERVICES & DEPARTMENT
3.1 Introduction
BankIslami Mansehra branch is newly opened branch in Mansehra city; also bankIslami history
is not too much old. It’s all about to 5 to 6 year old. The organization of BankIslami Mansehra
branch is a complete banking system but it is covering modern technologies like ATM. This
banking system is collection of interrelated departments that works together to achieve the
objectives of the organization. BankIslami is a hierarchical system in that it includes other sub
departments and these are integrated to work together.
In the internship of six weeks I worked in different departments to see how the practical work
is done and compared it with the theories I studied during my bachelor courses. Each
department has its own importance and value to the organization. But the basic thing was that
departments have to integrate to improve the performance.
3.2 DEPARTMENTS:
BankIslami Mansehra branches divided into different departments.
• Credit Department
• Operations Department
• Consumer Banking.
a) Credit Department
The main purpose of this department is to extend loans to its clients for the productive purpose.
Credit Department is also called Corporate Banking Group.
Bank is offering different type of financing in her branches. This type of financing are based
upon Islamic mode of financing. Just like MUSKUN home financing, Islami Auto Ijara-new
vehicle and same with imported vehicles.
b) Operations Department:
Operations department of the BankIslami is responsible for the overall operations of the bank,
Customer Services Department, Remittance Department, Clearing Department, Accounts
Department, etc. all come under it.
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c) Consumer Banking
Consumer banking is the Marketing Department of the BankIslami. At BankIslami, consumers
are treated very well. They are of the opinion that customers must be satisfied with the services
provided by the Bank. All of the Branches try to make sure that customers are satisfied with
the services being provided by the Bank.
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• Facility of making instant payments at Orix terminals for grocery, fuel ,dining and other
purchases
• Free Internet Banking service
• Free Account statement facility
• Hold mail and Stop payment facility
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• Joint Account facility up to four joint account holders
• Access to the entire on line network of 102 Branches in 49 Cities
• Unlimited over the counter deposits and withdrawals, free of charge
• No restrictions on intercity transactions
• Free 1 Card, BankIslami's ATM & Debit card
• Access to all ATMS linked to MNET and 1 Link throughout Pakistan
• Facility of making instant payments at Orix terminals for grocery, fuel ,dining and other
purchases
• Free Internet Banking service
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e) Islami Amadni Certificate
Why take interest when you can earn Halal profit on your investment. With Islami Amadni
Certificate customer hard earned investment works harder to yield high expected profits so you
can build your wealth for a prosperous future. You get the best of both worlds in a safe, secure
and flexible package to perfectly meet your needs.
If you are a salaried individual, a businessperson or a corporate entity with some long term
investment funds to spare, our Islami Amadni certificate is an ideal solution for you. With our
Islami Amadni Certificate, the higher your investment the higher will be your return and that
too in a Shariah compliant manner. Also, you have the flexibility to choose amongst various
investment tenures to suit your personal or business needs.
Islami Amadni Certificate offers you the following key salient features:
• Available in Pak Rupees
• Investment can be done for 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 or 60 months
• Minimum amount of investment is Rs. 10,000/- only
• Payment of profit/loss and amount of investment on the maturity date
• Quarterly profit payment for investment of 12 months and above
• Differential and specific pool allocation possible for large deposit holders
• Profit announcement at the end of every month
• Free Account statement facility
• Free facility of transfer of profit and invested funds in nominated Islami Current or
Islami Bachat Account
• Free Internet Banking service having free Term deposit enquiry facility
• Facility of premature encashment available. In such a case, the corresponding period
weight age would apply, unless stated otherwise
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existing customer of the bank that will introduce him to the bank. In order to protect against
losses resulting from fraud or unintended overdraft the account opening activity has been
formalized through certain steps. These steps include
• Formal Application: Customers are required to fill in the prescribed account opening
form, which the bank provides to the customers free of cost. In this basic information
about himself is provided by the customer like his name, address, occupation and nature
if account he wants to operate.
• Obtaining introduction: Introductory references are quid pro quo for opening the
account. For this it is necessary that an existing customer verify the authenticity of the
facts provided in the account opening form.
• Specimen Signature: The customer gives the banker a specimen signature generally
taken on a card specially designed for this purpose. Name of the customer and account
number are entered on it. This specimen signature is used later on by the bank to verify
the signature on cherubs drawn on the bank by comparing these signatures on the card
and the other on the cheques.
• Minimum Initial Deposits: The customer has to make a certain minimum deposits to
open an account. However, later on customer can withdrawn part of this amount but
must maintain minimum deposits to avoid closure of the account or service charges.
• Operating the Account: When the account is opened banker customer relationship is
established. The customer in order to be able to operate the account is given the
following documents:
• Pay-In-Slip Book: This book is issued to the customer containing slips upon which
money is deposited. Each slip contains blank spaces for amount, account number, date,
depositor signature and name of the account holder.
• Cheque Book: The customer to withdraw the money from the bank uses Chequebook.
Chequebook consists of 10, 25, 100 leaves. When new cheque book is required by the
customer he has to fill in the cheque book” requisition slip” with two signature on it
and give it to the concerned officer who on verification of the signature will issue new
cheque book.
• Qualification of the Customer: The relation of the banker and the customer is purely
a contractual one. Therefore any person who is capable of entering into a contract
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according to the Section 11 of the contract Act 1872 can be a customer. However the
following qualifications are necessary for a person to become a customer.
• He must be of the age of majority
• He must be of sound mind
• He must not be disqualified under any law.
b) Payments
When bank receives money from customers, it undertakes to repay the same upon demand. The
money can be withdrawn through cheques, drafts or pay orders. However before making
payments, bank satisfies itself that the instrument is valid and there is sufficient balance in the
customer account to support the payment. For making payments the procedure followed.
Cheque is first presented to token clerk. Token clerk notes down date, amount on the cheque,
and account number in token register, assign token number to cheque on the back of it gives
token to the customer and then forwards the cheque to an officer to the check the signature and
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verify it with signature on specimen card which the customer signed at the time of opening the
account. The cheque is then forwarded to the computer department for verification of the
balance. The cheque is then forwarded to the cashier who makes payment to person who
presents the token.
The process may differ from what mentioned above depending the nature of cheque.
A cheque is defined as written order of a depositor to pay to or to order of a designated party
or bearer, a specified sum of money on demand.
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3.2.2.3 Working Capital Finance (shot term financing)
At BankIsami, we understand that your business needs constant access to low cost and flexible
financing, in order to meet day-to-day funding needs. Our teams of experienced Relationship
Managers with wide sector experience offer you effective cash flow management by way of
financing arrangements suitably structured to your needs and your risk profile.
Cash is the lifeline of your business. Let your business have a blooming & prosperous life with
our Working capital finance facility. To fulfill your working-capital financing requirements,
BankIslami offers a wide range of products as follows:
a) Murabahah Financing:
Murabahah is a type of sale in which the seller discloses the cost of goods and profit to the
buyer. Through this short-term financing mode, BankIslami can finance the asset purchase
requirement' of the Corporate Customers.
The Customer, intending to utilize the Murabahah facility, identifies the commodities ('assets')
it needs to purchase through Murabahah facility. BankIslami purchases the assets from Supplier
and then sells the same to the Corporate Customer against an agreed price (including disclosed
profit portion) on deferred payment basis.
b) Istisna Financing:
Istisna is a contract of sale of specified items to be manufactured/constructed, with an
obligation on the part of the manufacturer/seller to deliver them to the buyer upon completion.
Istisna can be used for made-to-order commodities where the buyer (BankIslami) would order
a specific good with some specifications to be manufactured by the Corporate Client in a
particular period of time and deliver to BankIslami after completion.
c) Salam Financing:
Salam is a sale, whereby, the seller undertakes to supply some specific commodity to the buyer
at a future date in exchange for an advanced price fully paid on the spot. As a matter of
principle, the sale of a commodity which is not in the possession of the seller is unlawful. Thus,
the practice of Salam is legalized as an exception and is allowed under certain term and
condition. Salam is allowed for commodities only which are homogeneous and fungible in
nature i.e. every unit of the commodity should be identical and substitutable in nature e.g.
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sugar, rice, wheat etc. Therefore, Salam is an ideal mode for financing for agricultural concerns.
Salam financing can also fulfill all working capital requirements of manufacturers/traders
dealing in homogeneous commodities.
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Banking services. Online Banking means that all our 102 Branches in 49 Cities are connected
with each other so that you can instantly access your account and make transactions in any
BankIslami Branch. The following are the key benefits that you will get out of using our online
branch network:
• Cash Deposit for immediate credit to a remote branch.
• Remote Cheque Encashment from any online branch.
• Instant Funds Transfer between any 2 online branches.
• Balance Enquiry and Statement of Account from any Online branch
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Chapter NO 4
ANALYSIS
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31ST DECEMBER
(Rupees in 000)
ASSETS 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Cash and Balances with treasury banks 3.035.148 4,217,515 2,175,413 1,433,166 338,222
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Financing 16.670.125 13,282,152 6,527,531 3,962,867 959,133
LIABILITIES
Sub-ordinate loan - - - - -
REPRESENTED BY
Reserves 9,310 - -
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2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Profit / return on financing, investments and 3,806,209 2,193,891 1,468,688 602,060 100,00
placements earned 8
Return on deposits and other dues expensed 2,057,533 1,222,169 729,528 303,842 18,665
Provision against non-performing financings - net (7,424) (89,780) (130,556) (28,372) (1,001)
OTHER INCOME
Fee, commission and brokerage income 87,821 37,854 112,117 61,207 3,430
Income from dealing in foreign currencies 60,276 278,054 29,273 10,248 740
OTHER EXPENSES
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2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
42,268
Horizontal Analysis
Investment:
BIPL investment are increased years by years for last five years . The reason is fewer funds are
used in investment in fully paid up shares of listed companies and unlisted terms finance
certificates.
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Advances:
In BIPL there was increase in advances year by year.
Other assets:
Ratio of the other assets is also showing the trend towards increase for last five years data.
Liabilities:
Bills payable:
In BIPL five years comparison of bills payable shows that in the year 2004 to 2007 ratios are
slightly increase but in year 2008 & 2009 it increased quickly.
➢ Other liabilities:
➢ It also shows the increase
➢ Share Capital:
➢ In BIPL share capital increased in 2004 but remains the same in 2008 to 2010.
Markup/return/interest expense
Administrative Expense
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The administrative expenses are increasing every year because of expansion of the branch
network.
Liquidity Ratios:
Liquidity represents the ability of a bank to efficiently and economically accommodate deposits
withdrawal as well as fund increase in assets.
1-Current Ratio:
The current ratio measures the number of the firms current assets cover its current liabilities.
2006
2007
2008
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Current liabilities 1,418,824
2009
2010
Current ratio shows a firm's ability to cover its current liabilities with its current assets. If value
of current ratio is grater then one it means that firm can pay all its current liabilities from its
current assets but if value of current ratio is less then one it means that firm is unable to pay its
currents liabilities from its current assets. For last five years current ratio in BIPL are strong.
Working capital is the difference between current assets and current liabilities.
Working capital is used to check liquidity of the organization.
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Current Liabilities 243,779
Working Capital 1,860,196
2007
Current Assets 5,436,837
Current Liabilities 668,465
Working Capital 4,768,372
2008
Current Assets 5,365,639
Current Liabilities 1,418,824
Working Capital 3,946,815
2009
Current Assets 11,449,108
Current Liabilities 1,559,100
Working Capital 9,890,008
2010
Current Assets 1, 21, 64,583
Current Liabilities 20, 70,997
Working Capital 1, 00, 93,586
Working capital is better in 2010 which means that assets are utilized more efficiently in 2010
Cash Ratio
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Cash and cash equivalent are the most liquid assets. It is used check the liquidity of the
organization.
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
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Analysis of cash ratio of BIPL
Higher cash ratio also shows the higher rate of satisfaction like other liquidity ratios. Cash ratio
is more important liquidity ratio. In 2005 cash ratio was 6.51%, it increased quickly in 2006 to
28.05%, but it shows declining trend in 2007 to 2009. In 2010 it decreases dramatically to
8.007 %.
Leverage Ratios
Leverage ratios of a firm show the extent to which a firm finances its operation from the outside
sources and money. The leverage can be determined from analysis of owner equity in business,
total liabilities, current and long-term liabilities. Long-term assets and total assets of the
business.
Its shows that how much assets have been financed by liabilities.
Debt Ratio
2006
2007
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Total Debts 10,602,747
2008
2009
2010
Financial leverage is the extent to which a firm is financed with debt. In BIPL, 2010 is heavily
financed because debt was the major source of financing in 2010.
Debt equity is calculated by dividing total liabilities of the bank by the tall owner equity.
Debt to Equity Ratio = Total debt / shareholders equity or Debt ratio / 1- Debt ratio
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2006
2007
2008
Total Debts 13,896,779
2009
2010
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Analysis of the Debt to equity ratio
Greater the debt greater risk for the firms shareholders. In 2006 risk for the shareholders was
very low as compared to the other years decrease debt to equity ratio was very small on the
Equity multiplier
“Owner equity to fixed assets ratio” shows that how much money does owner in relation to
fixed assets invest. If the owner equity is greater then the fixed assets, it means that owner
finances a part of current assets. When owner equity is less than fixed assets it means that
2006
2007
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2008
2009
2010
Total Assets 4, 50, 35,703
In BIPL it is a better in 2010 it means that bank has about 8.53 in total assets of 100 of equity.
Coverage Analysis
Coverage ratios analysis the ability of a firm to cover or service its financial obligations.
This ratio shows the firms overall effectiveness of operation. Gross profit divided by net sales.
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2006
2007
Net Markup / Interest income 298,218
2008
2009
2010
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Analysis of gross spread ratio
It is measure of the efficiency of the firm's operation. Gross spread ratio of BIPL is high in
2005 as compared to the other years. Only because of low expenses during the year.
2006
Investment 493,008
Ratio 12.25
2007
Investment 3,864,027
Ratio 26.75
2008
Investment 5,019,525
Ratio 26.30
2009
Investment 6,813,191
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Total Assets 34,286,771
Ratio 19.87
2010
Ratio 30.49
2006
Advances 959,133
Ratio 23.83
2007
Advances 3,962,867
2008
Advances 6,527,531
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2009
Advances 13,282,152
Ratio 38.74
2010
2006
Ratio 127.54%
2007
Ratio 124.50%
2008
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Non Markup Expense 1,033,895
Ratio 128.48%
2009
Ratio 146.78%
2010
Non Markup Expense 19, 18,661
The ratio is obtained by dividing cost of sales by net sales. The following are the cost of sales
2006
Markup Expense 18,665
2007
Markup Expense 303,482
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Markup Earned 602,060
2008
2009
2010
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Chapter NO 5
SWOT ANALYSIS
Due to globalization and management studies now organizations cannot survive until they
compete with their surroundings and then internationally. SWOT analysis is the kind of tool
which is used to analyze the organization’s performance in relation to its internal and external
environment strength; weakness, opportunities and threats face by BIPL are as follow.
Strengths
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• It has a competitive advantage of doing less marketing as compassed to conventional
banking and as a result better cost control.
• For speculative motive less money is used due to which there is reduction in volatility
• As bank made on name of Islam in Pakistan so, it have advantage of religious position
in a country.
• Saving can be mobilized and increasing deposits of banks using as charities and zakat
fund schemes etc.
Weaknesses
• To complete with conventional banks a lot of capital is required and large amount of
recourses have to maintain to meet any loss situation in Islamic finance modes of
investment.
• To do job efficiently and serve Islamic financial services, training is required for
improving skills of management and staff.
• Staff of BIPL is less experienced and young
• Work I more than the employee's working houses
• Main weakness o BIPL is lack of specialization i.e. employees are rotated from one job
to another job of totally different characteristic
Opportunities
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• Due to Islamic banking new markets have emerged like Islami mortgage, Islamic
insurance and other investment projects etc
• BIPL offers value added services and products to customers
Threats
BARAKA BANK
Strengths
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• Shareholding is very strong.
• Full fledged Islamic bank
• Highly invested in technology.
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
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5.2.2 SWOT Analysis of al-Baraka bank strength:
Weaknesses
• Centralized decision making which results loss of confidence among employees and
mgt.
• Lack of marketing effort
• Less internal recruitment for new posts.
• Lack of training at all levels
• Lengthy process of recruitment.
Opportunities
• Better Management
• Location of branch is very suitable place
• Proper utilization of internal expertise being major change in organization
Threats
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5. 3 Comparison
• Meezan bank has 204 branches through out the country while BIPL has 102 branches
so; Meezan bank has strength of increasing market share in country through expending
its branch net work.
• Meezan bank provides training facility to their staff members as compared to BIPL.
• Location wise BIPL is better that Meezan bank.
• Work is over loaded to employees in BIPL as compared to Meezan Bank.
• Services and financial instruments offered by Meezan bank are charged highly as
compared to its competitor BIPL.
• As compared to other conventional banks BIPL,MBL and Albaraka bank are not
• Few services are offered by Albaraka bank than BIPL and MBL.
Chapter NO 6
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According to my observation, it is pointed out that there are some short comings in BankIslami
Mansehra.
It is becoming clear that the true lasting competitive advantage comes through human resources
and how they are managed. BIPL is not focusing on this critical issue as the job satisfaction
Lack of Specialization:
The employees are constantly rotated from one job to another job of the totally different
characteristic in and they do not have know-how of the working in other unrelated departments.
But I think this is not a very good tactics used by the management. Otherwise the situation
Centralization:
There is a high degree of centralization in the bank. Almost all the decision-making is in the
hands of the upper management. But centralization is effective up to a certain level otherwise
it becomes inefficient and at times costly too. I personally observed that delay occurred in the
operations of the employees only due to the fact that they had not got any instructions from the
head office.
Presently there is no specific training program arranged for the new recruiters. They have to
learn based on their observations and also their mistakes. It takes a bit time for the fresh one to
learn the banking the result is huge amount of blunders, mistakes etc. resulting in monetary and
non-monetary losses for the bank. There is pressure not only on the new learner but also on the
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person placed upon with this responsibility.
The no. of experienced and well trained staff is very low. Majority of the staff working in the
bank branches is quite young and inexperienced. If the bank failed to bring down its high
employees turnover, then it would be lacking the most important resources of an organization
Mostly customers are unaware about charges for DD, TT, PO etc. so manager should tell them
Overburdened work
Employees are overburdened, so they have to stay at branch till late at night. Due to high work
Lack of appreciation
Sometimes bank ignored the good performance of employees. If hard work of employees are
not appreciated, then they become dishearten and losses his interest in work.
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was very cooperative and due to their help I learned big deal about modern banking.
⚫ I suggest that such an internship program highly integrative for the students of commerce
education so that the students should be inquired with the knowledge of practice world .I do
summarize that it would be a great help to me in selection of job or future field of work.
⚫ Here I am putting some suggestions, which will enable the bank to compete with other banks
more effectively & efficiently.
⚫ It is observed that the employees were overburdened so they have to stay at branch till late
at night. In this way their efficiency is affected and hiring more employees can reduce their
work.
⚫ The employees should be assigned jobs for specific period and than they should rotated to
other department so that they gain knowledge/ experience of other jobs.
⚫ BankIslami should properly advertise and Communicate to public about the services
provided by it, so that more customers will be attracted.
⚫ The bank’s management should give more incentives and pay scale of officers should be
revised & improved.
⚫ System and operations should be more defined and organized.
⚫ Administration drawbacks should be improved by the strict control of general issues.
⚫ Expenditures must be control, which are very high.
⚫ BankIslami has not strong position in market. So BankIslami should do heavy advertisement
both electronically and print media to create public awareness.
⚫ Branch manager should also arrange training programmers for existing employees to
improve their performance.
⚫ Proper distribution of work should follow to run the organization in smooth way.
⚫ There should be a complaint box in bank for hearing complaints of customers because most
of the people feel hesitation to go to manager for complaint.
⚫ IT department should be establishing in order to maintain connection with other banks.
REFERENCES
Annual Report
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BIPL's Annual Report 2008
BIPL's Annual Report 2007
Staff of BIPL Mansehra Branch
WEBSITE:
www.bankislami.com.pk
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Annexure-I
DESIGNATION NO OF EMPLOYEES
Branch Manager 01
Operation Manger 01
Officer Level I 02
Officer Level II 01
Officer Level IV 02
Cashier 01
Service quality Officer 01
Telephone Operator 01
Gunman 02
Peons 03
Annexure-II
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MANAGEMENT OF THE BANKISLAMI- (In Alphabetical order)
Annexure -III
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MANAGEMENT HIERARCHY
Chairman
Board of
Directors
Chief
Executive
Head of
Departments
Regional
Managers
Area Area
Operations Managers
Annexure IV
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PROVINCE WISE BREAK UP OF BRANCHES
37 37 13 8 5 2 102
Annexure
Designation Name
Branch Manager Mr. Zulfiqar Ali
Opening)
Remitance)
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