Pakistan’s Meezan Bank launches ‘Laptop Financing
Meezan Bank has launched a new consumer financing product that will allow customers to purchase laptops on easy installments. The new product called Laptop Ease is being offered for repayment periods ranging from 3 months to 24 months. The bank will not charge any profit or return for customers who opt for the 3 month or 6 month installment plan. The product has been launched in collaboration with M/s. New Horizon and is available for only HP laptops. M/s. New Horizon will provide two years warranty with parts along with nationwide after sales services at the customers’ doorsteps.
“Meezan Laptop Ease” through which customers can purchase Hewlett-Packard (HP) laptops, equipped with the latest features under a Halal financing scheme, is another step towards achieving Meezan Bank’s Vision of making Islamic banking the banking of first choice. Through this Riba-free facility, customers will be able to acquire laptops at easy installments for periods ranging from 3 to 24 months.
Laptop Finance is based on the concept of Musawamah which is a general and regular kind of sale in which price of the commodity to be traded is bargained between seller and the buyer without any reference to the price paid or cost incurred by the former. Thus, it is different from Murabaha in respect of pricing formula. Unlike Murabaha, seller in Musawamah is not obliged to reveal his cost. Both the parties negotiate on the price. All other conditions relevant to Murabaha are valid for Musawamah as well.
An MoU for this arrangement was signed between Meezan Bank and New Horizon at Meezan Bank’s Head Office. Mr. Mohammad Raza, Head of Consumer Banking of Meezan Bank and Mr. Rahim Eqbal, COO of New Horizon signed the MoU.
Speaking at the occasion, Mr. Raza said that Meezan Bank has an active focus on developing customer-friendly, Islamic alternatives to conventional banking products, in line with its Mission to offer a one-stop shop for innovative value-added products and services to the customers within the bounds of Shariah.
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