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OUR WORK / FINANCIAL SERVICES

Financial Services, Banking & Capital Markets

From landmark privatizations and public offerings to modern payments communications, product launches and financial forums, Mediators brings together strategic communications, meticulous financial publishing and complete on-ground event management.

Our experience spans financial institutions, investment advisers, brokerage houses, banking audiences, regulators and fast-changing digital payments ecosystems.

Visa and Google Wallet launch event in Karachi, managed by Mediators
A CONNECTED PRACTICE

One partner across communication and execution.

Financial assignments demand precision, discretion and an understanding of stakeholders. Mediators’ work extends from advising on the story and preparing complex financial material to organizing high-profile business events.

01 / COMMUNICATIONS

Financial PR & institutional relations

Corporate positioning, financial announcements, executive interviews, media briefings, issue management and stakeholder communications.

02 / CAPITAL MARKETS

Prospectuses, translation & advertising

English and Urdu content editing, abridged prospectuses, design, typesetting, financial notices, print production and publication coordination.

03 / EXPERIENCES

End-to-end financial events

Event concepts and experience design, venue sourcing, budgeting, branding, staging, SMD screens, audiovisual production, registration, hospitality and on-ground management.

HERITAGE / FINANCIAL COMMUNICATIONS

Banking, privatization and economic change.

Mediators’ financial-sector experience includes some of Pakistan’s defining privatization and public-market communications programmes. Each assignment called for a careful balance of financial information, public perception, investor interest and media relations.

BANKING / PRIVATIZATION

Muslim Commercial Bank (MCB)

Public relations and advertising advice for the National Group before and after the bank’s privatization, representing an early and consequential banking communications assignment.

PUBLIC POLICY

Privatization Commission

One-year PR consultancy supporting an integrated communication strategy, public positioning and implementation of a national privatization communications plan.

PUBLIC OFFERINGS

PTCL share offerings

PR support connected to the initial PTCL voucher issue for Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari & Co. and Merrill Lynch, and subsequent share flotation work involving MCB and BMA.

STRATEGIC TRANSACTIONS

KAPCO and other transactions

Privatization-related PR for KAPCO, alongside communications advisory involvement in the KESC and FAEB privatization processes and Gharibwal Cement’s corporate takeover.

IPO SERVICES / FINANCIAL PUBLISHING

One of our strongest financial-sector specialisms.

For more than a decade, IPO and capital-markets communications have been a major part of Mediators’ work. Through investment banks, brokerage houses, issuers and financial advisers, our teams deliver the specialist publishing and advertising services behind public offerings and related transactions.

40capital-markets and financial publishing projects
10recent IPO, REIT and financial-offering assignments
360°editing, design, print and advertising coordination

Complete IPO & capital-markets communication services

PROSPECTUS & CONTENT

Technical editing & Urdu translation

Financial copy editing, technical document review, Urdu translation, financial tables, abridged prospectuses and investor-facing forms.

CREATIVE & DESIGN

Layouts, artwork & typesetting

Prospectus design, Urdu InPage and Illustrator production, newspaper advertisements, book-building notices and publication-ready artwork.

PRODUCTION

Prospectus & form printing

Full and abridged prospectus printing, subscription and book-building forms, production checks and print-vendor coordination.

PUBLICATION & DELIVERY

Newspaper advertising & distribution

Media planning, advertisement placement, proofing, English and Urdu publication, CDC notices and coordinated dispatch of transaction materials.

RECENT ASSIGNMENTS / 2023–2026

Continuing IPO and financial-offering work

Recent work has extended across new public offerings, REITs, sukuk and financial notices, with assignments tailored to the needs of issuers and their advisers.

2023

Dalda Foods

Urdu prospectus preparation, financial-content updates and abridged-prospectus artwork; proposed offering did not proceed to listing.

2023

BankIslami Ehad Sukuk II

Additional Urdu prospectus-translation assignment.

2024

Secure Logistics Group

English and Urdu abridged-prospectus newspaper advertisements, revisions, publication and later share-credit notice coordination.

2024

TPL REIT Fund I

Prospectus translation, offer-for-sale printing and financial advertising support.

2024

BF Biosciences

Urdu translation, formatting, IPO newspaper advertisements and printing.

2025

Barkat Frisian Agro

Translation, advertisement design, publication and IPO printing.

2026

Pak-Qatar General Takaful

English prospectus printing and share-credit advertisement preparation.

2026

Signature Residency REIT

Offer-for-sale documents, abridged publication, printing and share-credit notices.

2026

Sitara Petroleum Service

Prospectus printing and abridged-prospectus newspaper publication.

2026

Service Long March Tyres

Full prospectus printing and published abridged-prospectus notices.

Our work for International Packaging Films (IPAK) also covered financial advertisements and production coordination alongside translation.

CAPITAL MARKETS / SELECTED ASSIGNMENTS

Selected financial and capital-markets assignments

Across public offerings, sukuk, TFCs, REITs and corporate financial publications, these assignments demonstrate the breadth of our editing, design, printing and advertising services.

Public offerings, equities & corporate capital-market documents 28 entries
  • United Bank Limited (UBL) — 2014 secondary public offering
  • Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) — 2014 secondary public offering
  • Allied Bank Limited (ABL) — 2014 privatization offering
  • Hi-Tec Lubricants
  • Loads Limited
  • Roshan Packages Limited
  • Fatima Fertilizer Company Limited
  • Adira Capital Holdings (Private) Limited
  • WorldCall Telecom Limited
  • Ittefaq Iron Industries Limited
  • Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX)
  • TPL Life Insurance Limited
  • Inbox Business Technologies Limited
  • Matco Foods Limited
  • Master Wind Energy Limited
  • Interloop Limited
  • TPL Trakker Limited
  • Agha Steel Industries Limited
  • Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited — preference shares
  • Panther Tyres Limited
  • Service Global Footwear Limited
  • Pakistan Aluminium Beverage Cans Limited
  • Air Link Communication Limited
  • Octopus Digital Limited
  • Adamjee Life Assurance Company Limited
  • International Packaging Films Limited (IPAK)
  • Pakistan Reinsurance Company Limited (PAKRI)
  • Searle Pakistan Limited
Debt instruments, sukuk, REITs and related issues 8 entries
  • Treet Corporation
  • Orient Rental Modaraba
  • Bank Alfalah Limited — TFC assignment
  • Soneri Bank Limited — Additional Tier-1 TFCs
  • BankIslami Pakistan Limited — Ehad Sukuk
  • K-Electric Limited — Sukuk
  • Bank Alfalah Limited — rated secured TFC assignment
  • Globe Residency REIT
Banking documentation, translation and public announcements 4 entries
  • Sindh Bank Limited
  • JS Bank
  • Bank AL Habib Limited
  • Trust Securities and Brokerage Limited

Investment banks and market intermediaries: Arif Habib Limited, Next Capital, AKD Securities, JS Global Capital, BMA Capital, Elixir Securities, Topline Securities and others have featured in these transaction-specific workflows.

VISA PAKISTAN / EVENT MANAGEMENT

From first concept to the final on-ground detail.

Mediators has served as the end-to-end event management team for Visa Pakistan’s business forums, workshops, roundtables, launches and stakeholder gatherings. Our role covers the complete journey: creative concepts, venue planning, designs and layouts, production, vendors, branding, technical delivery, hospitality and on-site coordination.

Complete event management scope: conceptualization and design · venue inspection and negotiations · guest-flow and seating plans · staging and SMD · interactive features and branding · photography and videography · registrations and hospitality · production supervision and on-ground execution.

Selected Visa events delivered by Mediators

DateEventLocation
21 Feb 2023Visa Startup Founders Lunch with Visa’s CEMEA leadershipZ-House, Clifton, Karachi
1 Nov 2023Visa × HBL — She’s Next Pakistan Launch & Press ConferenceHBL Tower Auditorium, Karachi
20 Feb 2024Visa Products ForumAvari Towers, Karachi
27 Feb 2024Visa Leadership RoundtableAvari Towers, Karachi
28 Feb 2024Visa Commercial Solutions ForumAvari Towers, Karachi
6 May 2024Visa Pakistan Client Success ForumKarachi
21 May 2024Visa Risk TrainingKarachi
12 Mar 2025Visa × Google Wallet Launch & Client IftarPearl Continental Hotel, Karachi
25 Sep 2025Visa Insights Forum: Empowering Digital PakistanVisa Karachi Office, Dolmen City
10 Nov 2025Visa × HBL — She’s Next 2.0 Launch & Press ConferenceHBL Building, Clifton, Karachi
7 Jan 2026Visa Pakistan Fintech ForumMarriott Hotel, Karachi
23 Jan 2026Visa Connect Roundtable — stablecoins discussionMarriott Hotel, Karachi
REAL PROJECT PHOTOGRAPHY

Visa events, in pictures.

A look at the branded environments, stage designs, interactive experiences and event production delivered for Visa Pakistan.

Visa Products Forum presentation and large format LED stage, Karachi February 2024
Visa Products Forum — stage production and technical presentation, February 2024
Interactive Visa-branded 360 degree activation booth, February 2024
Interactive Visa experience — event activation and fabrication, February 2024
Visa Client Success Forum branded stage with delegates, May 2024
Visa Pakistan Client Success Forum — branded event stage, May 2024
Visa and Google Wallet branded launch environment, March 2025
Visa × Google Wallet Launch — creative installation and corporate gathering, March 2025
VISA × HBL / MEDIA MANAGEMENT

She’s Next Finals — Media Relations & Coverage.

For Visa and HBL’s She’s Next final ceremonies, Mediators led media management — journalist outreach and confirmations, press materials, interview facilitation, on-site media coordination, coverage dissemination and reporting.

17 JANUARY 2024

She’s Next Pakistan — First Final Ceremony

Media coordination and press engagement for the competition’s final ceremony at the Pearl Continental Marquee, Karachi.

9 FEBRUARY 2026

Visa × HBL — She’s Next Winners’ Ceremony

Media invitations, journalist coordination, interviews and post-event coverage reporting for the finals at the Pearl Continental Marquee, Karachi. The ceremony attracted representatives from 41 media houses.

Ongoing payments and financial PR

Beyond events, Mediators’ Visa work covers press-release dissemination, editorial coordination, spokesperson opportunities, research communication and campaign coverage across digital payments, financial inclusion and consumer security. Relevant programmes include She’s Next, Google Wallet communications and Stay Secure Pakistan.

SELECTED FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

Across the financial ecosystem.

Mediators’ banking-sector record spans long-standing PR relationships, financial-publication engagements, capital-market transactions and more recent digital-payments communications. These relationships span PR, financial publishing, investor communications and transaction support.

Banking institutions

Citibank logoHistoric banking & institutional communications
MCB Bank logoLegacy banking PR and privatization
HBL logoPayments campaigns and event/media work
United Bank Limited logoPublic-offering communications
Allied Bank logoPublic-offering communications
Bank Alfalah logoTFC and financial publications
Bank AL Habib logoBanking forms and translation
JS Bank logoBanking forms and translation
BankIslami logoSukuk prospectus assignments
Soneri Bank logoAdditional Tier-1 TFC communications

Payments & capital-markets institutions

Visa logoDigital payments & financial PR
Arif Habib Limited logoIPO and capital-markets communications

Additional banking and financial-sector experience includes ANZ Grindlays Bank, NIB Bank, PICIC, Islamic Investment Bank, Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan and the Privatization Commission, alongside specialist advisers and brokerage houses.

FEATURED PROJECT CASE STUDY

Visa × Google Wallet Launch

The documented event context and Mediators’ launch-environment assignment in Karachi.

Read the Visa × Google Wallet case study ↗
WORK WITH MEDIATORS

Financial communications with execution built in.

From complex investor-facing material to purposeful business gatherings and media engagement, our team brings the planning, production and communications disciplines together.

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