Pakistan, June 1 -- Some stories are about growth.

Others are about survival.

But once in a generation, a story emerges about resurrection.

When TPL and Abhi came together to enter the banking space, we were not searching for an easy acquisition. We were stepping into one of the most difficult institutional recovery challenges in Pakistan's financial sector.

FINCA International, the outgoing shareholder, had built an institution that had served thousands with commitment over the years, but the devastating aftermath of COVID created losses that could no longer be sustained. Yet even in transition, there was one principle they cared deeply about: that the institution be handed over to a group that would not simply revive the balance she...